2020 Class of EuropeIndia40: Meet the Top 40 Under 40 EU

The 2020 class of 40 under 40 Europe India Leaders list (#EuropeIndia40) was released virtually on 27th November 2020 as the Corona Virus Pandemic had affected plans to have a physical event during the year.

#EuropeIndia40, an initiative of EICBI which is in its 2nd year, to discover the Top 40 under 40 Europe-India Leaders, covers the stories of young leaders and their contributions in promoting EU-India / UK-India relations.

For the virtual release ceremony, we had Leaders from the British Parliament, European Parliament and Indian Parliament.

From the Indian Parliament, we had Mr. ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM - Member of Parliament - India/ Former Union Minister/ Member - Standing Committee for External Affairs, Indian Parliament/ Time Magazine Top 100 Global leaders in 1994. From the European Parliament, we had Mr. NICCOLO RINALDI - Directorate General for External Policies of the European Union - European Parliament, Brussels. From the UK Parliament, we had Hon. VIRENDRA SHARMA MP - Member of Parliament - Ealing Southall, Chairman - Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group and Lord WAVERLEY - Member of Parliament - House of Lords, United Kingdom/ Founder - SupplyFinder, Portugal.

The 14 women and 26 men who made to the 2020 class of EuropeIndia40 list come from all walks of life and represent 19 different nationalities - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom.