Triumphs and trials: Members of our 2016 30 Under 30 list experienced it all in the past year. While some achieved greater glory and scaled newer heights, others continued to strive hard towards excellence, as the report card shows
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Law, Policy & Politics
Raman Jit Singh Chima
Global Policy Director at Access Now
Over the last year, Chima has been instrumental in the formation of savetheinternet.in, which seeks to safeguard net neutrality in India. (Forbes India 30 Under 30 alumnus Apar Gupta is also a member of this initiative.) Chima spent the last year working with governments around the world explaining to them why censorship of the internet does not work. He argues that promoting counter speech is a better model to take on things like violent extremist ideologies that populate parts of the internet today.
The Forbes India Impact: “The recognition made it easier for me to reach out to fellow 30 Under 30 alumni,” says Chima. “It is easier for people to understand what we are doing and to take us seriously.”
(This story appears in the 17 February, 2017 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)