By Rudra Narayan Sahoo, Mumbai: Who is the most viewed professional on LinkedIn in India? It is none other than The Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi. Mr Modi is known for his social media penchant while LinkedIn Power Profiles 2016 proved it again. LinkedIn Power Profiles 2016 for CEOs in India rates Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi as the most viewed and influential professional on LinkedIn. The LinkedIn Power Profiles for CEOs in India has also featured another seven business leaders including Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon Limited and Rekha M Menon, Chairman & MD, Accenture in India.
Mr Modi leads the list of LinkedIn Power Profiles in India for 2016 while the LinkedIn profile of Prime Minister has 1,804,741 followers as on date. The other seven CEOs who are featured in the Power Profiles list are as followed: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon Limited; Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal; Santosh Desai, Managing Director & CEO, Futurebrands; Anil Sardana, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Power; M.S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Thermax; Anant Gupta,President & CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd; and Rekha M Menon, Chairman & MD, Accenture in India.
LinkedIn said that it has used member data over 2015-2016 to arrive at the Power Profiles 2016 list. The company also applied filters to capture engagement levels and other actions on the platform. LinkedIn employees were excluded from the list.
India is the second largest market for LinkedIn with 37 million members. The USA is the largest market for linkedIn while in Asia Pacific India is the largest market for it. The world’s largest professional network has more than 450 million members as on date.
The list of LinkedIn Power Profiles 2016 for CEOs:
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD, Biocon Limited
Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal
Santosh Desai, Managing Director & CEO, Futurebrands
Anil Sardana, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Power
M.S Unnikrishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Thermax
Anant Gupta,President & CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd
Rekha M Menon, Chairman & MD, Accenture in India.
