Ms. Pratibha Devising Patil, the 12th President of Republic of India is the first Female President of India. With the swearing in of Ms. Patil as the first citizen of India, the male bastion in the Rashtrapti Bhawan has also been successfully stormed.

Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa the saint gutter, had conquered the hearts of people by her selfless service and dedication. Quite early in her life, she had vowed to service the humanity and it is a matter of joy that she could fulfill her vow. till the last moment of her life she was fully devoted to selfless service.

Neha Kapur has been crowned the Pond's Femina Miss Indian Universe at the Miss India Beauty Pageant in Mumbai on March 18, 2006.

Perhaps the most significant individual of the 20th century, Albert Einstein’s contributions to science reshaped physics in ways that continue to be explored and led to the development of atomic energy and the atomic bomb.

Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man of India, was a leading Indian nationalist and critic of the British economic exploitation of India.

Benjamin Franklin was the ultimate American figure of the Enlightenment. Renowned on both sides of the Atlantic, he used his enormous energy and talents for philosophy, politics, and diplomacy in service to the new United States and was involved in every aspect of its successful separation from the British Empire.

Isaac Newton was born in 1642 at Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, three months after his father, yeoman farmer Isaac, died.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the former leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), or Indian People’s Party, a pro-Hindu political movement that seeks to define Indian culture and society according to Hindu religious values.

India’s 14th prime minister since independence in 1947, Manmohan Singh was born on September 26, 1932, in the Punjab before the partition of the subcontinent.

"Vivekananda was the first Hindu whose personality won demonstrative recognition abroad for India's ancient civilization and for her new born claim to nationhood"-this is what Sir Valentile Chirol said for Vivekananda.

Subhas Chandra Bose, popularly known as Netaji was really a towering personality in the political scene of freedom movement, as all other leaders look pygmies before his patriotism.

Rarely does ay single individual succeed in lifting the mood of an entire nation virtually to an ecstasy as Sachin Tendulkar, the legendary cricketing icon, has done in umpteen occasions.

World champions in individual sporting events are indeed rarity in the Indian context. That is precisely why the emergency of world champions from Indian is greeted with mass hysteria.

Ace shooter Lt. Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the first ever sportsperson from India to have won an Olympic Silver medal in any individual event, was presented the country's top sports award. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2004, by Hon'ble President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on August 29,2005.

Narendra Modi a powerful orator and an original thinker won a third term as Chief Minister of Gujarat. Action speaks louder than words this adage is apt in context of Mr. Modi.

Evangelista Torricelli (1607-47): This Italian mathematician and physicists best known for the invention of the barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure.

Mithileshwar Jha is Professor Marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. he has a postgraduate degree in management from IIM Ahmedabad, where he is also a Fellow.

Abraham Koshy is Professor of Marketing at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

Shiv Khera is the founder  of Qualified Learning Systems Inc, USA. An educator, business consultant, much sought-after speaker and successful entrepreneur, Shiv wears many hats.

“People equivalent to Bill Gates are very rarely born. In recent past the world has seen an unknown guy who is as brilliant as the young Bill gates was

If Charles Babbage is regarded as the father of the Computers then Darren Rowse (the founder of problogger.net) is regarded as the father of Professional Blogging. Darren Rowse is just not a guy next door.