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Background Info/Test Scores/ECsOh boy where do I start? I am a first generation Hispanic middle income student with fairly good test scores. My GPA was 3.97 unweighted. My school is very small and we do not rank. We utilize a platform called summit which is online learning, individual based. My test scores probably were the weakest part of my application; honestly I am not very good at tests. My ACT score was a 31 (32 superscored) and my SAT was a 1510. My subject tests were better though, 780 on Biology and 800 on Chemistry. I do have a lot of hooks and extracurriculars which really helped me a lot throughout the college admissions program. These include: Captain of my Varsity Soccer team for 4 years, NHS President, InterACT President, Student Council Treasurer, Class President, and Robotics Club founder, and Editor-in-Chief of Journalism club. I made state for debate. I was an active participant in Model UN and held many cancer walkathons in my city to raise awareness and money towards the cause. My team went to state for three years (soccer) and won regionals every year for the charter league. I was on the All-State team for charter as well. I have over 600 volunteer hours at my local hospital shadowing and interning with a neurosurgeon. I have participated in research with him as well and am consistently involved in medical activities. I established a delivery system to help the elderly who live alone with no family or that have existing medical conditions that prohibit them from leaving their houses to pick up their prescriptions and groceries. I also established a recycling program at my school and local soccer stadium and worked as a referee. I tutor kids in low income areas for no charge in the subject areas of biology and chemistry in my free time and love every minute of it. I have moved 10 times throughout my life and my personal statement related my life to a upbringing to a sandwich. I made sure to highlight the sacrifice in struggle not only my family had to make, but the inner conflict I had within myself as I was constantly leaving my friends behind and in a way starting over. I highlighted that me moving allowed me to experience different cultures and how that truly opened my eyes to how beautiful diversity is.More on ECs & AwardsAlong with those, I also had some job experience. I worked part-time at a fast food restaurant and had some experience working as an intern at an AI startup near Austin. These were fun experiences that I did solely for the fact of making some extra money and learning some cool info. Nothing here directly related to what I wanted to do in my career of medicine. At my school, I got a fair amount of awards. National Hispanic Scholar, 4x A Honor Roll, Superintendent’s List, Student of the Year, Leadership/Community Service Award, 3x Varsity Soccer MVP, Duke TIP Scholar, Regional Champs & State Finalists (Soccer), regional newspaper community service recognition award, and an 800 volunteer hour recognition award from my school. No award was huge and super meaningful but those are most of them.AP ExamsChemistry (4), Human Geography (4), World History (5), Physics (4), US History (4), Biology (5), English Language (4), Spanish Language (4)Senior Year CoursesAP Environmental ScienceAP Calculus BCAP GovernmentAP Spanish LiteratureCybersecurity & Web DesignNow for my colleges!I applied to 20ish because I had all my fees waived.Duke - (Denied) this was my dream school! I fell in love with every aspect of it when I visited. I spent countless hours polishing this application and the admissions counselor even called mine saying how well rounded my application was and that the letters of rec sent for me were a prime example of an excellent letter of rec. This got my hopes up and I was emailed constantly about financial information but when they say came, I was denied. It stung for awhile but stuff happens and you live and learn.Vassar College - (Denied) Only applied because the queen Meryl Streep attended, was not really interested.Williams College - (Denied) Loved the campus and its culture/system, but was denied:/Tufts - (Deferred, Denied) this one stung a lot because I love the Boston area and Tufts just fit me, but they didn’t think so ripCornell (Denied) I rushed the application and hated the school and I guess that reflected in my applicationBrown - (Waitlisted) I honestly had high hopes for Brown as the admissions counselors threw every hint that I was probably gonna get in but nope, waitlist is better than nothing I guess.UNC - (Waitlisted) I was surprised that I did not get accepted because I knew countless people with lower stats and hooks with no community or city impact that got in.Harvard - (Waitlisted) honestly the biggest long shot on here but I yolo’d it and threw the Hail Mary and got waitlisted which was actually pretty cool for me!Texas A&M and UT Austin - (1 year another school, 3 years at A&M or UT) I WAS ABSOLUTELY PISSED at this outcome! These are two schools in my state that I met and exceeded every box but nope I got these programs as offers for admission instead. Was a huge hit to my confidence and lost hope for a bit honestly. My school does not rank but kids with lower grades, scores, and hooks got in which I just did not understand.Baylor University - (Accepted) I was pretty happy about this one! I was accepted under the Cognitive Neuroscience program and it’s name recognition (at least for the med school) is well known.SMU - (Accepted) Was also super happy about this one as the campus is super pretty!Boston University - (Accepted) Super super excited about this one as I love Boston and this one was a huge morale booster in a time of denials and waitlists. BA in neuroscience and is one of my top choices!Boston College - (Accepted) I like BU better but was happy nevertheless.NYU - (Accepted) This was pretty cool as I did not try my hardest in this application because I had never been to New York so I had to get creative. Was honestly surprised and humbled!UCSB - (Accepted) Wow! Cool…but I don’t really like California.The Ohio State University - (Accepted) My tia went there and the campus is super big which I think is cool and scary at the same time.University of Michigan - (Accepted) Yay! I love the cold and the campus culture.The United States Naval Academy - (Appointed) WOO! Love the culture and I get to serve my country…awesome feeling. One of my top choices.Yale University - (Accepted) UM WHAT?! I choked on my water when I saw this. I never wanted to attend an Ivy but it was the best feeling being admitted to one. Not a viable option for me because it’s just not a good fit for me of that makes sense. Humbled, honored, and forever grateful.Univeristy of Texas at Rio Grande Valley - (Accepted) My local university, was accepted under their honors program and looking at the VaquerosMD program, meaning automatic acceptance into med school when I graduate. One of my top options!I’d say that the admissions process was a successful one. There were many ups and downs and times where I felt like I wouldn’t be good enough for a lot of these schools, and if recommended just continuing to believe in yourself and trust the process. Your hard work and dedication will pay off one way or another, no matter where you go to college. My Top 3 choices are Naval Academy, Boston University, and UTRGV VaquerosMD program. I have a difficult decision to make but I know I’ll work my butt off anywhere I’ll go. Thank you to all the colleges who accepted me for believing in me, and to all the ones who denied me for adding fuel to my fire so I can achieve my dreams.Best of luck Class of 2021!!!

It depends on what's the definition for highly successful people. Is it just news makers (and trouble makers) or real achievers?There are numerous achievers within the state in many spheres throughout history, but below here are list of eminent & well known names in India in recent history.These are in addition to Yugandhara Srīshā 's post.HERE IS THE LIST OF SOME FAMOUS TELUGU PEOPLE well known in INDIA.Heads of StateSarvepalli.Radhakrishnan - 2nd President of India & First Vice-President of India. More renowned in west as a prominent scholar on religion, philosophy etc and Vice-Chancellor in numerous Universities.One of India's most distinguished twentieth-century scholars of comparative religion and philosophy, his academic appointments included the King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science at the University of Calcutta (1921–1932) and Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at University of Oxford (1936–1952).(Birthday celebrated as TEACHERS DAY - 5 September)V. V. Giri - 4th President of India & more notable for his long active career in Employee Trade Union movement and long time All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) President.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy - 6th President of India Long time Congress Minister, 2 time Lok Sabha speaker & Chief Minister of AP. President elect by Moraji Desai's Janatha Government.P.V.Narasimha Rao – Former Prime Minster of India, who at last opened the economy of India. Long-time cabinet Minister and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms", He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India and saw the end of security threats in Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Assam and LTTE in Tamil Nadu. India's economy thereafter would grow to double digit levels from the early 1-2% annual growth.Rao's mother tongue was Telugu and had an excellent command of Marathi. In addition to seven Indian languages (Telugu, Hindi, Oriya, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil and Urdu), he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish, German and Persian.Rao's term as Prime Minister was an eventful one in India's history .Global Technology IndustryIn addition to Sahtya Nadella of MicrosoftShantanu Narayen - CEO of Adobe Systems. Prior to this post, he held the role as the President and Chief Operating Officer since 2005. He is also the President of the board of the Adobe Foundatio, Board of Directior in Dell Inc. on the advisory board of the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.Born in Hyderabad,completed his schooling in Hyderabad Public School and obtained BS in electronics engineeringfrom Osmania University, Hyderabad, a MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a MS in computer science from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.Started his Apple. Later moved to Silicon Graphics to serve as director of desktop and collaboration, then co-founded Pictra Inc., a company that pioneered the concept of digital photo sharing over the Internet.Narayen joined Adobe in 1998 as a senior Vice-President, and appointed to his current post in January 2005 at the age of 41.Padmasree Warrior - Currently CEO of NextEV, an electric vehicle company and was called the "Queen of the Electric Car Biz" by Fortune magazine. She was former Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTO) of Cisco Systems (till mid 2015), and prior to that was CTO of Motorola, Inc. In 2014, she was listed as the 71st most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Warrior was born and raised in the city of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing her schooling at Children's Montessori School and Maris Stella College in Vijayawada she graduated in B-Tech-Chemical Engineering from(IIT) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1982. Later moved to USA and has an MS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. Fortune Magazine called her one of four rising stars on its Most Powerful Women list.Vijaya Gadde - Twitter's Board Member Legal Counsel.Indian-born Gadde, the only woman on Twitter’s executive team, says the most important aspect of her job is allowing as much content to flow freely while respecting local laws.A graduate of Cornell undergrad and NYU’s law school, Gadde previously spent close to a decade at the Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.Dhivya Suryadevara - General Motors Vice-President, Finance and Treasurer . Also CEO and Chief Investment Officer of GM Asset Management.She is head of GM's global treasury operations, including capital planning, capital market activities, worldwide banking and participates in business development, risk management and investor relations.RBI GovernorsDuvvuri Subbarao - RBI Governor (2008-13)Y. Venugopal Reddy - RBI Governor (2003-8)Special ContributorsPingali Venkayya - Indian freedom fighter and the designer of the flag on which the Indian national flag was based.Bhandaru Acchamamba (1874 – 1905) –Pioneer in women's movement pioneers and regarded as one of the early feminist historians in India. Acchamamba studied Telugu, English and Hindi classics under her brother's guidance and became knowledgeable in literature and women's issues. She wrote several biographies of Telugu and British women, which laid path for future historians. Her several short stories reflect the social conditions of her times and women's issues. Her most popular writing was a volume of biographies of 34 women, known as Abaala Saccharitra Ratnamala.V. V. Lakshmi Narayana was a former Joint Director for India's Central Bureau of InvestigationNyapathi Subba Rao Pantulu ( 1856 – 1941) was an Indian politician and social activist who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council between 1893 and 1909. He was one of the founders of The Hindu newspaper.Music & ArtsSaint Thyagaraja - Kakarla Tyagabrahmam (1767 - 1847), also known as Tyāgayya in Telugu, Tyāgarājar in Tamil, was one of the greatest composers of Carnatic music or Indian classical music. A prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the classical music tradition (Carnatic Music). Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today.[Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis( English: "five gems"), which are often sung in programs in his honour.In addition to nearly surviving 700 compositions (kritis), Tyagaraja composed two musical plays in Telugu, the Prahalada Bhakti Vijayam and the Nauka Charitam.Tyagaraja Aradhana, the commemorative music festival is held every year at Thiruvaiyaru, Tanjore, Tamil Nadu in the months of January to February in Tyagaraja's honour. This is a week-long festival of music where various Carnatic musicians from all over the world converge at his resting place. On the Pushya Bahula Panchami, thousands of people and hundreds of Carnatic musicians sing the five Pancharatna Kritis in unison, with the accompaniment of a large bank of accompanists on veenas, violins, flutes, nadasvarams, mridangams andghatams.A crater on the planet Mercury is named Tyagaraja.M. Balamurali Krishna - Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards Indian Art. He was made Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005.***There are too many that would make a very exhaustive list.Technocrats, Scholars & ScientistsVisvesvaraya - Notable engineer, scholar, statesman & Diwan of Mysore. His birthday 15 September is celeberated as "Engineers Day".Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu - Nuclear physicist who worked under the supervision of Nobel Laureate Marie Curie for his doctoral thesis in Paris and ran one of her labs. Later set up medical radiation equipment devised at the Curie Institute in New York, United States and Tata Cancer Institute in Bombay. He was Scientific Advisor to UNESCO and the Tata group. (His daughter Leela Naidu in this same list posted down)Suri Bhagavantam - He was Vice chancellor of Osmania University and Director of Indian Institute of Science and Defence Research and Development Organization.G. D. Naidu (Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) - was an Indian inventor, engineer and industrialist who is also referred to as the Edison of India.[1][2] born in Coimbatore. He is credited with the manufacture of the first electric motor in India. His contributions were primarily industrial but also span the fields of electrical, mechanical, agricultural (Hybrid cultivation) and automobile engineering.[3][4] He had only primary education but excelled as a versatile genius. He one main ambition was to introduce an innovation educational system in India in technical field .Tough he was an atheist and not part of any political system his guests at his residence included M. S. Golwalkar, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, C. N. Annadurai, S. Radhakrishnan, Rajaji, B. R. Ambedkar, Kanchi & Sringeri Shankaracharya, Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and numerous international industrialists notable from Germany with whom he had close relations including Mercedes Benz AG. His companies clubbed as UMS group still operates many companies.Naidu died on 4 January 1974. Sir C V Raman said of Naidu: "A great educator, an entrepreneur in many fields of engineering and industry, a warm-hearted man filled with love for his fellows and a desire to help them in their troubles, Mr Naidu is truly a man in a million – perhaps this is an understatement!"Yellapragad Subbarao - Discovered ATP, Indian biochemist who discovered the function of adenosine triphosphate as an energy source in the cell, and developed methotrexate for the treatment of cancer in USA.Narayana Kocherlakota - Indian born American economist and is the 12th and current president of the Federal Reserve Bank of MinneapolisDabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy -Indian-American computer scientist and early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence and has served on the faculty of Stanford and Carnegie Mellon for over 40 years. He was the founding Director of the Robotics Institute at CMU. He was instrumental in helping to create Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies in India. He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the ACM Turing Award, in 1994, the highest award in Computer Science, for his work in the field of artificial intelligence.Politicians & Leaders(***Not included in this list are numerous CM’s of AP, Madras State, Central Cabinet Ministers & AP Political Party heads)Sitaram Yechury - Politburo Member and General Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and leader of party's Parliamentary group leader. He was elected as its General Secretary on 19 April 2015.Chandra Rajeshwara Rao - Indian freedom fighter. General Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) for 28 years until he gave up due to health reasons. He was one of the top leaders of the Telengana Rebellion (1946–1951).Kondapalli Seetharamaiah - Founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (PWG) , a predecessor to current Maoists Naxalite Union.Kishenji (Mallojula Koteswara) - Communist Party of India (Maoist), former Party leader, Politburo and Central Military Commission and the party's military leader. He was seen as "the face of the Maoist movement in India”.Cherukuri Rajkumar (a.k.a Azad)- Communist Party of India (Maoist), Spokesperson and one of the senior most members of the Central Politburo of the banned Maoist group Communist Party of India.Philosophers, Intellectuals & SpiritualJiddu Krishnamurti - New Age PhilosopherU. G. Krishnamurti - New Age PhilosopherJaggi Vasudev - New age Hindu PhilosopherHealthcareDR. Govindappa Venkataswamy & P. Namperumalsamy Ophthalmologists and founders of Arvind Eye Hospitals - Largest Free Eye car hospital in the world. Dr. V., born in 1918 to a farming family received his medical degree from the Stanley Medical College in Chennai and joined the Indian Army Medical Corps to practice obstetrics. Around that time that tragedy struck Dr. V. in the form of rheumatoid arthritis, a degenerative disease that attacked his hands. Although unable to practice obstetrics, Dr. V. did not give up. He began studying ophthalmology and had instruments specially designed for his arthritic hands - each one custom-made to fill a specific need. These instruments enabled him to perform as many as 100 cataract surgeries a day. He quickly became the most admired cataract surgeon in India.After post retirement at 58 with no money, no business plan or safety net and with fingers damaged by rheumatoid arthritis Dr.V founded the 11 bed Arvind Eye Hospital in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.Dr. V. who over the last three decades treated over 32 million patients and performed over 4 million surgeries, the majority for free. The Aravind model is emulated in many countries including the United States; a case study on its work is mandatory reading for every MBA student at the prestigious Harvard Business School.About 15 per cent of all Indian ophthalmologists have trained at Aravind. His son P. Namperumalsamy was listed in TIME Magazine 100 Year 2013.Prathap C. Reddy - Apollo Hospitals, leading hospital and pharmacy cjhains in India.Prem Reddy - Prime Healthcare Services USA (27 Hospital chain in Los Angeles).Kallam Anji Reddy - Founder of Reddy Laboratories.Film, Fashion & Entertainment IndustryApart from Jayapradha & Sridevi . Both were leading Bollywood actress throughout 80's.Leela Naidu - Miss India 1954 and actress and Vouge Magazine listed her as 10 most beautiful women in the world. Her father Dr. Pattipati Ramaiah Naidu from Madanapalle, AP was a famous Nuclear Physicist (listed elsewhere on same page) who worked under Madam Curie and her mother Marthe Mange was of Swiss - French origin.She was first married to the Oberoi Hotels heir, Tilak Raj Oberoi and had twin daughters, Maya and Priya. She was married for the second time, to Mumbai poet Dom Moraes.L.V.Prasad - Prasad Studios ( the de-facto studio for Movie post production -Color & Audio and the most well equipped studio in India). The Studio facilities are also used by Hollywood majors for Classic Movie restoration and lead supplier (Movie lease) of Panavision movie cameras in Asia. The group also runs Prasad Eye foundation.Prema Narayan - Miss India 71 runner & Miss World 71 contestant. Also Bollywood actress and Model in 70's & 80'sSuchitra Krishnamoorthi - Singer, Actress and writer (i guess) (parents from a Telugu speaking family in Tamil Nadu), formerly married to Shekar Kapoor.Sindhura Gadde - Femina Miss India 2005 and semi-finalist in 2005 Miss World Pageant held in China.Rambha – South Indian Movies & Bollywood during 90's. One time reining queen in Tamil and Telugu movie industry.*** Not included numerous Telugu actress, actors and playback singers who reigned supreme in Tamil, Telugu for several decades as well as at times in Malayalam & Kannada film industries.Vasuki Sunkavalli - Miss India Universe 2011.A Former law graduate of Symbiosis International University in Pune and New York University School of Law and currently working as the Third Committee's Research Assistant at the United Nations’ Permanent Mission of India.Nina Davuluri - Miss USA 2014 and Miss New York 2013.Bharat Nalluri - British-Indian television director, directed episodes of Spooks, Life on Mars, Hustle (which he also helped to conceive), and Outcasts: all for transmission on BBC One.Madhavi - Indian film actress known for her works in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya and Bengali cinema. In a career spanning seventeen years, she has acted in three hundred films as was most active in late 70’s till early 90’s nad has acted in over 25 movies in Bollywood starring alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Rishi Kapoor, Kabir Bedi , Jeethandra etc.S. P. Balasubrahmanyam – Notable Indian film playback singer in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada & Hindi (Bollywood). Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs (over 40,000 songs). 6 time National Film Award winner for Best Male Playback Singer 9 across 4 different languages) apart from winning Nandi Awards in Telugu cinema 25 times from the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Also won Film fare Award, five South Film fare Awards and numerous state awards from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Recipient of Padmashri (2001), Padma Bhushan (2011) from the Government of India.Nationwide he is well known as playback singer for Bollywood actor Salman Khan in one of the biggest musical blockbsuters , Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun.Aluri Chakrapani & Naggi Reddy - Vijaya Vauhini Studios. South Indian Movie moghuls, who operated one of Asia's largest Movie Studios (in Floor Space) and produced numerous Telugu, Tamil and Bollywood (Ghar Ghar Ki Khani, Julie,Yahi Hai Zindagi Swarg Narak, Swayamvar &Ram Aur Shyam) in 70's.Alluri Chakrapani was also the founder publisher of Chandamama children magazine in 13 languages with print run of over 200,000 per issue.Sameera Reddy – Bollywood and South India actress and Model. (Born in AP to Telugu Father and Mangalorean Mother)Rekha – Bollywood actress. Most popular actress in late 70's and 80's. (Telugu Mother, grew up in Telugu House).Nagesh Kukunoor – Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Bollywood and Parallel cinema. He is a Chemistry graduate from Gerogia TEch, USA and was an Environmental Consultant in Texas before his Film career.Sushama Reddy – Former Model, Producer & former VJ (Channel V)She worked on more than 100 television commercials including Limca, Fair & Lovely, Liberty, Godrej, Blender's Pride, Ford Icon and a TV commercial for Thumbs Up with Salman Khan. Reddy also appeared in Diwakar Pundir's music video Deewana with Sonu Nigam, in DJ Suketu's Tere Jaisa Pyaar and Sona Mohapatra's music compilation Ishq Nachaya. She has also hosted numerous programs in Discovery Travel and Living.Meghna Reddy – Former Model, More popular for co-hosting Mangta Hai, on Channel V during the mid-nineties. Has done numerous Modeling stints in New York for mail catalogs like Macy's.Meghna Naidu - Indian actress and dancer (Blooywood, Telugu & Tamil). More notable for first major appearance was in the music video for UMI10's "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" (2000) an official remix of Lata Mangeshkar's 1981 song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" . Also featured in Saru Maini's video Dil De Diya Tha (Sutta Mix),[4] before starting to work in Indian films.Pratima Anae Yarlagadda - Miss Indiana USA (1999) and was a finalist in Miss USA (1999) is also an Model working with Ford Models and has appeared in Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Town & Country.SportsNarain Karthikeyan - India's first Formula One driver. Competed 2 seasons 2005 (Jordan) and 2012 (HRT) apart from several other categories. Crashed while leading Macau GP while leading in Formula 3. In NASCAR Camping World Truck Series voted by the fan as the most Popular Driver Award for the 2010 season , becoming the first foreign-born driver to win that award.KarnamMalleswari, the first Indian female athlete ever to win an Olympic medal by winning bronze medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics for 240 Kg. She was nine time national WeightLifting champion in 52 kg category and seven times in the 54 kg category, and 1995 Asian champion and held the world weightlifting title with a new record, by lifting 113.0 kg in the clean and jerk.Her first victory was when Malleshwari participated in the 'National Junior weight lifting championship', and stood first. In 1992, she won three silver medals at the Asian championship held in Thailand, later winning three bronze medals in the world championship. Malleswari, won the contest's gold medal, beating the previous record of112.5 kg set by China's Long Yuling in December 1993.A Native of from Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh) who in her ten years career, won 11 gold and three silver medals besides the prestigious Olympic bronze. Besides the Arjuna Award in 1994 she was also the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour for the year 1995-1996 and recipient of the civilian honour Padma Shri in 1999. Malleswari was married in 1997, and moved to Yamuna Nagar . Later in 1998 she returned to participate in the Bangkok Asian Games in 1998 after a short break. She broke her own records in the Senior National Weightlifting Championship in 1998, and India's first medal, a weight lifting Silver, in the 1998 Asian Games at BangkokJwala Gutta - Left-handed International Badminton player has won theNational Badminton Championships fourteen times till 2013. Born to Indian father and Chinese mother. She was married to fellow Badminton champion from Andhra Pradesh Chetan Anand (image Right)P. V. Sindhu - Indian badminton player. First ever Indian woman to win a Silver medal in Olympics (2016 Rio for Badminton singles), Bronze in World Championships followed by one more bronze following year (even before Saina Nehwal). Padma Shri awarded on 30 March 2015. Placed in top 10 in the Badminton World Federation rankings ranked 3 in the BWF Junior Rankings. ***Sindhu's father Ramanna is himself an Arjuna Awardee and represented India in Volleyball.Pullela Gopichand - former Indian badminton player. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001 becoming the second Indian to achieve this feat after Prakash PadukoneHe runs theGopichand Badminton Academy. He received the Dronacharya Award in 2009 and Arjuna Award in 1999 makking him the only Indian to win the teacher and student awards, and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award in 2014.Chetan Anand Buradagunta - Badminton and four time National Badminton champion in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2010 from Vijaywada, AP. He has a career best world ranking of world no 11. He was married to Jwala Gutta.Humpy Koneru - Indian chess Grand-master, currently number three[1] in the world among women players , becoming the second female player, to exceed the 2600 ELO mark.From 2002 through 2008, Koneru held the record as the youngest woman ever to become a Grand-master (not solely a Woman Grand master).Dronavalli Harika - Indian chess Grand master who won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Girls' Under-14 and Under-18 categories. In 2011 she won the Asian Individual Women Chess Championship.Pendyala Harikrishna – Youngest Indian chess Grand-master from India on September 12, 2001. As of May 2015, he is ranked No. 2 in India and No. 26 in the world.V.R.Naren Kumar - National Rally Champion 7 time (MRF & JK) and One time Asia Zone champion. He became the first Rally Driver from India to compete in WRC in Mitsubishi Evo 8 driving for four-time world rally champion Tommi Makinen's Racity Oy team in 2005. Prior to that he was invited by Suburu WRC Team and Fiat Abarth team for international events, but could not raise enough sponsorship in India.N.Leela Krishnan - 6 time INRC National Rally Champion 6. Also operated Team MRF (1992 - 2004) & Team JK Rally team (2005 ,6), Red Rooster Team (2006 till date). His Rally tuned FIA Rally cars won National Constructors/Tuners trophy 15 times. Currently based in Bangalore and runs the Red Rooster Performance Intl Ltd., a performance car and race team company.Achanta Sharath Kamal -professional table tennis ,considered to be one of the best table tennis players India has ever produced. He won the men's singles gold in the 16th 2004 Commonwealth table tennis championship in Kuala Lumpur . Won the 2010 US Open Table Tennis Men's championships at Grand Rapids, Michigan defeating the defending champion Thomas Keinath of Slovakia in an epic battle of 7 games to win 4-3. In the same year he won the Egypt Open beating Li Ching of Hong Kong in straight sets 11-7, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4; thus becoming first Indian to win a singles title on the ITTF Pro Tour. He also captained the Indian men's team that won the team title at the same championship by defeating favourites and nine-time champions England.Won Gold in 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, beating crowd favourite Australian William Henzell , and part of Indian team that won gold against Singapore. He teamed up with Subhajit Saha to win the Men's Doubles gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.Represented India in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and is still the top Indian TT player. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award in 2004 and currently lives in Düsseldorf, Germany, playing in the European league.+++ CricketC. K. Nayudu – India’s first Test Cricket Captain also known as 'CK' by fans and press. Born in Nagpur (then Central Provinces) he played first-class cricket regularly from 1926 till 1958, and returned for one last time in 1963 at the age of 68. In 1923, the ruler of Holkar invited him to Indore and made him a Captain (land and air) in his army, conferring on him the honour of a Colonel in Holkar's Army.When Arthur Gilligan led the first MCC tour to India in the 1926-27 season, CK played for the Hindu team at Bombay Gymkhana. Nayudu hit 153 in 116 minutes with 11 sixes. One of the sixes, off Bob Wyatt, landed on the roof of the Gymkhana. The MCC presented him with a silver bat in recognition of that innings. He was also the first Indian cricketer to endorse a brand (Bathgate Liver Tonic) in 1941.C K Nayadu trophy is named in his honour.M. L. Jaisimha – Former Test Cricketer in 60's, right-handed batsman who was noted for his style on and off the field. He bowled medium pace, often opening the bowling for India, and off-breaks, and was a brilliant fielder.Mohammad Azharuddin - former Indian Team cricketer & Captain. Debut in test cricket against England with consecutive 3 centuries. As a cricketer, he was known for a graceful and fluid batting style. He has held records for the fastest hundred in ODIs and also the highest career runs in ODIs.In Test Cricket he scored 22 centuries with an average of 45, and 7 in ODIs, at an average of 37. As a fielder, he took 156 catches in ODI , a world record until surpassed by Mahela Jayawardene. He has also held world records for maximum ODI runs and fastest ODI hundred, both subsequently broken by other players, and scored centuries in his first and last Tests. His highest test score is 199, gained against Sri Lanka in 1991.Azharuddin was captain of the Indian team for most of 90s, statistically making him one of India's most successful captains, winning 90 ODIs, till bettered by by M.S. Dhoni in 2014. His 14 test match wins as captain was a record until broken by Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly with 21 test match wins. However due to the scandal that marred the latter part of his career, he was unable to retire with the honour that befitted him.Rohit Sharma – Cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional right-arm off break bowler who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is the captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League and has been one of the most successful batsmen in the IPL.V. V. S. Laxman - former Indian cricketer. Also represented Hyderabad in domestic cricket and played for Lancashire in English county cricket. He was the captain of the Deccan Chargers team i IPL's inagural season. Most notable for his batting against Australia, with Six out of his 17 Test hundreds, and four out of his six ODI hundreds were against Australia. He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000–01, and 200 not out at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008–09, and in 2002 he was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year and was awarded the Padma Shri.Mithali Raj - Captain of the Indian Women's cricket team. Held record for the highest individual score by an Indian Woman Cricketer in a World Cup match (91 notout of 104 deliveries which included 9 fours) against NewZealand in Women's World Cup 2005 till 2013. Recipient of Arjuan Award and Padma Shri in 2004 and 2015.She made her One Day International debut in 1999 against Ireland at Milton Keynes and scored 114 runs not out. She made her ODI debut in the 2001-02 season against South Africa at Lucknow. On 14 August 2002, at the age of 19, in her third Test, she broke Karen Rolton's record of World’s highest individual Test score.Listed as No.1 in the ODI chart among women for 2013 Women's World Cup, Mithali Raj starred as the No.1 Cricketer . She scored 100s: 1 and 50s: 4 in Test cricket, 100s: 5 and 50s: 36 with best bowling of 3/4 in ODI's and 50s: 7 in T20's.Women EntrepreneursRajshree Pathy - An eminent entrepreneur from Coimbatore, is the chairperson of Rajshree Group of Companies (Sugars, Chemicals & Textiles) and founder of India Design Forum. Also head of CII southern region. Former posts include chairperson of CII National Committee on Textiles, president of Indian Sugar Mills Association. Also conferred Padma Shri in the field of Trade and Industry by the Government of India , she received the Global Leaders of Tomorrow recognition from the World Economic Forum, Davos (Switzerland). She was awarded the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship in 2000.Nina ReddyJoint managing director of Savera Hotels in Chennai, Shyam’s Hospitality, Chennai's leading restaurant chains with restaurants that include Amravathi, Karaikudi, Shogun, Snowfield andThe Brew Room. Also founder of O2 gym and Duchess club.IndustryGVK group (Bangalore & Mumbai Airports) , GMR group (New Delhi & Hyderabad Airports), LANCO, Infratech, Maducon etc and too many in the modern day infrastructure industry.Navayuga group - Krishnapatnam Port, largest port in East CoastAmaron Batteries & Galla FoodsP Obul Reddy - Nippo Batteries founder and one time Panasonic India Managing DirectorToo many leading Bio technology industries and Civil infrastructure industries in Modern Highway construction, Dam, Tunnel construction etc.*** In addition to this there are too many in TN on Food Retail industryA2B chain of restaurants (Chennai, Bangalore)Annapoorna chain of restaurants (Coimbatore)Aryaas chain in South & West TNSavera Hotal & Shyam Hospitality (Amaravati, Kumarakom, Shogun, Karaikudi, Snowfield restaurant chains in Chennai)Other well known Tamil Nadu based companiesKCP - One of India's largest Sugar & Cement machinery manufacturer.ROLON Chains - (80% of OEM Two wheeler market)ELGI Equipments - Leading in Air Compressors & PneumaticsLMW - One of the worlds largest Textile machinery manufacturerPRICOL - Dominant in Instrumentation industry.Suguna - India's largest poultry retailerVenkys (Pune) - India's second largest poultry retailer***and of course everything about the movie BAAHUBALI :-)

I'll take a crack but with the caveat that context really matters, no? THE most influential? Who can really say. Most influential in economic development? In the media? Politics? In innovation? In startups? By way of the Capitol?That last point is most important, you realize Austin is the Capitol of Texas... So... arguably, the most influential are Rick Perry and the various representatives. Aren't they?Also want to clarify, you're asking about influence, not power, wealth, control, success, etc. but most capable of persuasion, audience, and reach.Here's an attempt. If you clarify, we can revise...Angelos Angelou - One of the cities most influential economic development leaders and is the founder of Austin's International Accelerator. As the world continues to look to Austin, perhaps more than Silicon Valley, for investment potential, opportunity in innovation, etc. due to costs, talent, and so forth, the role Austin plays on the world stage is exploding.Andres Carvallo - Founding CIO of Austin Energy which, as you may know, powers all of Austin. He's worked for Microsoft, Borland, HP, and Philips. His recognition in enery (smart grid, etc.) reads like the complete list of awards and honors available and thus, he is one of the foremost thought leaders on the Smart Grid and Internet of ThingsTerry Lickona - Producer of Austin City Limits and the 2012-2014 GrammysBrett Hurt - Founder of Bazaarvoice and mentor via Capital Factory and Techstars; Brett is one of the few Angel investors in Austin demanding more of Austin's entrepreneurs with a philosophy that reflects Silicon Valley's approach more than that of Texas. He's been involved with Coremetrics, IBM, Ad:tech, Shop.org, Powered, and Austin Ventures; Brett is also the EIR at McCombsShawn Collins - Is eCommerce. Affiliate marketing, to be precise, but as the founder of the Affiliate Marketing Summit, THE affiliate marketing summit, that entire industry is influenced by Collins, as is the eCommerce from which it was born.Sheryl Cole - Austin Mayor Pro Tem and Council Member, Cole is former Ernst & Young. Involved with Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation Policy Board, Downtown Alliance Austin, ABIA Development Corp, Leadership Austin, and the Austin Area Urban League and Communities in Schools.Charles Attal - Founder of C3 which produces Austin City Limits Music Festival, Austin Food & Wine Festival, and Lollapalooza Chicago. Partner in StubbsSam Decker - Perhaps the most influential entrepreneur on the list (accounting for the others no longer running their respective ventures), Sam led the growth of Bazaarvoice and then hit it out of the park again, probably faster than anything in Austin, with Mass Relevance.Rony Kahan - Here's where I question "influence" a bit as Rony is the strong silent type. Not very public, not on social... he's the co-founder of Indeed; arguably Austin's most significant venture of the last decade. Certainly the most deserving of more attention. Not that it needs it; almost entirely bootstrapped, it was acquired for around $1BMichele Skelding - Head of Tech and Innovation for the Chamber, she's the one who will rebrand Austin as the epicenter of the future of the economy of the United States. In fact, she's already doing it.Jennifer Bullard - The reason Austin is a Gaming industry. Call of Duty, The Sims, SpiderMan, she's on the board of the Skillpoint Alliance, Women in Games Association, and International Game Developers Association as well as founder of one of Austin's fastest growing conferences, Captivate.Jamie Rhodes - Director of new ventures in The Texas A&M University System Office of Technology Commercialization, Rhodes is the founder of CTAN and the Angel Capital Association.Chelsea McCullough - Exec. Director of Texans for Economic Progress, she's the lobbyist. Not a fair term, she's not a lobbyist but it's the best analogy. She's doing all the work with elected officials and regulators on behalf of Texas industries, entrepreneurs, and policy.Issac Barchas - Director of Austin Technology Incubator and on the board of IC2 Institute his past includes McKinsey, Stanford, University of Chicago, Austin Technology Council.Rudy Garza - Board of Motion Computing and Socialware, Rudy is @TexasSuperAngel and knows more people than just about everyone I've met (barring a few people on this list)Melissa Anthony - Former Leadership Austin, and Entrepreneurs' Organization, she's also heavily involved in communications for the Austin Chamber and serves as board member to the Capital Area Food Bank. And she runs an effective PR firm; media relations hits the mark as an influencer.Jennifer Rani Gooding - Speaking of PR firms, Gooding is the Queen. She's getting the headlines in Fast Company, CNN, etc. Former media director at the Chamber of Commerce and for Startup Texas; currently on the board of TexChangeMike Martinez - Austin City Council on the Minority-Owned Business Enterprise and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and Public Health and Human Services subcommittees as well as the Boards of Directors of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) Development Corporation, Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors, Mueller Local Government CorporationDenise Bradley - Head of corporate communications and public affairs at St. David's. The voice in health is here. She's also past executive director of the Texas State History Museum Foundation and worked with Laura Bush at the White HouseDave Evans - He wrote the book on social marketing. Literally. Couple of them, I think. He was head of strategy at GSD&M and now LithiumJoshua Baer - Founder of Capital Factory, Baer is the PR machine, drawing attention to Austin. CF is expensive for coworking but it's in the heart of downtown where most young entrepreneurs want to be. Don't misunderstand the cost criticism, it is expensive, but worth it; and their program is the kick start Austin needs. As a result of their attention, Austin is drawing DreamIt Ventures, Techstars, and more, leading me to...Jason Seats - Leading Techstars in Austin out of it's Texas roots in San Antonio. Not familiar with Techstars, it's the national version of YCombinator. No one pulls investors in front of entrepreneurs better, and this is the program that knows how to spot teams.Kyle Cox - Closes out the Trifecta of Austin's most influential in the incubators (with Cap Fac, Techstars, and ATI), as though Jacobson and Barchas are ATI, Cox is the soul. Yes, ATI is deserving of three people on the list.Paul O'Brien - Outspoken advocate of Austin's potential; advisor, "growth hacker," and thought provoking writer. Most of the people here are old tech (hardware), he's old school internet. I think, the longest term Silicon Valley veteran on the list, a past in Yahoo, HP, and a series of successful startups - helping Austin reach across the Rockies to our friends in the Valley.Mitch Jacobson - Clean tech in Texas. Not kidding, he's Texas Renewable Energy Industry Association, on Austin Chamber's Clean Energy Council, CleanTX, and ATI's co-director of their clean energy incubator. But hardly the reason he's on the list... board of Pecan Street, Austin Young Chamber of Commerce, ZACH Theater, The Nature Conservatory, Habitat for Humanity, the Long Center...Bryan Menell - Another of the biggest voices for Austin's startup community, Menell is AustinStartup. He was Dachis Group, Texchange, and SubtleData; now Capital Factory and Mahana.I'm going off my format once... SXSW is the highest revenue-producing event for the Austin economy but the team, the influencers, are hard to nail down. You've got Janet Pierson, head of Film, Hugh Forrest is Interactive, and Roland Swenson, SXSW PresidentClaire England - Exec Director driving most of the significant growth of RISE (Austin's most significant "local" conference), but is also involved with IMPACT Texas, Startup America, and incubator Tech Ranch as well as SXSW.Pike Powers - State Representative in the seventies, Chief of Staff to the Governor in the eighties, founder of one of Austin's early incubators, former board member of Schlotzky's (yes the sandwich shop), a chair of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund... Powers is THE lawyer and the reason Austin is in tech. Not enough room to explain why.Lani Rosales - Communities need their rogue media outlet that people actually want to read: is critical and sophisticated. AGBeat is Austin's. Lani runs the show. She's also behind BASHH - Austin's Big Ass Social Happy HourBijoy Goswami - Mr. Bootstrap. Austin is to bootstrapped ventures what Silicon Valley is to disturbing valuations and investments and Bijoy is the thought leader of the bootstrap. Also the founder of Entrepreneur Scene, an informal group that endeavors to get many of these people working togetherLaura Kilcrease - Former executive director of The University of Texas IC2 Institute’s Center for Commercialization and Enterprise, Kilcrease runs Triton Ventures and was a founder of ATIBryce Gilmore - Food & Wine Best New Chef 2011, GQs best new restaurant 2012, James Beard finalist Best New Chef 2013... but Gilmore is new, not the only in food...Tyson Cole - okay, hardly "old," but we can go back to 2005 with Cole. He's Uchi and Uchiko: Gilmore's predecessor for many of the same accolades, Cole was also an Iron Chef competitor in 2008Jeremy Benken - Another old school internet; Benken was SEO before it was a thing. Founder of Apartmentratings.com back in the nineties. Helped get RetailMeNot off the ground and in addition to being a Capital Factory advisor, he's one of the cofounders of Written.Pete Winstead - Corporate structure and taxation in Texas = Winstead. He was appointed by Governor Bush to be the first chair of the Texas Turnpike Authority and has been heavily involved in Texas' infrastructure. I'm not kidding re: structure and taxation, he guided Dell through their IPOIngrid Vanderveldt - At the helm of Dell's involvement in innovation is Ingrid, Dell's EIR. Since going private, Dell has stepped up their involvement and one would think, their willingness to take some risks, push the envelope, and make a difference.Cam Houser - Advisor to Mass Relevance but not the reason he's on the list, Houser is the CEO of 3 Day Startup.Andrew Tull - Dude know everyone.Kate Buck Jr - What Dave Evens is to the book, Kate Buck Jr is. Influence via social is @katebuckjrGary Farmer - Like Jacobson, the list of things in which Farmer is involved would take up too much space... Chairman of Greater Austin Economic Development Corporation, Board Member of The University of Texas Chancellor's Council, the UT Development Board, Director's Council for UT's Department of Theatre and Dance, The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, the President's Council of The Real Estate Council of Austin, The Greater Austin Crime Commission, The Trust for Public Land, The American Heart Association, Capitol Area Council and the National Multi Housing Council.... suffice it to say, commercial real estate and economic development in Austin is Farmer.Morgan Flager - As VCs go, this is the guy with the potential to influence. Silverton isn't as big as Austin Ventures but then, AV is almost private equity at this point. Silverton is raising funds, knocking investments out of the park, and Morgan is accessible, supportive, and actively participates in the community. He's Standford so again, be careful of those California roots ;)Olga Campos - KVUE journalist, Campos is now community relations for the U.S. Money Reserve and on the board of the Austin Film Festival, the Austin Film Society's Development Committee and the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians.Michael Dell - Really, need I explain?Josh Kerr - Involved with DEMO, Techstars, and Capital Factory, Kerr is up there with Kate Buck on social reach, knows everyone, and is the CEO of Written.Footnote, lack of Quora links to the individuals are only a result of those people not being on Quora.I'd also clarify again, you asked for influence. I can see how some might ask how in the heck someone ranks up there with Dell, why a pub called AGBeat and not the Statesman, or how some of these young people even compare to Powers or Farmer. These are the people who are, to me, not just successful, or rather, success has no bearing on your question, they have audience, they question, think outside the box, have the networks, and can move others.Certainly not all inclusive, I can't conceivably get together such a long list for a broad question.