The publication quoted DesiCrew’s Saloni as saying, “DesiCrew’s biggest challenge has been to convince clients about the productivity of rural areas and shape the mindset of its rural workforce on service-level agreements required by the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.”

The list also includes Vishal Gondal, 31, who studied till 12th grade only, but has made to the list with his website Indiagames.com, which is India’s benchmark online and mobile games company and a Top 20 global mobile games developer and publisher. Previously, Gondal set up FACT, a computer training institute when he was just a 19-year-old.

He started Indiagames as an online gaming company in 1999 and later ventured into mobile gaming. The firm has acquired mobile gaming licenses for major Hollywood brands like Spider-Man, Jurassic Park, Predator, Bruce Lee, The Scorpion King series, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, among others, to expand its presence into the international mobile market.

“Young business people like these are catching the attention of American financiers, who are taking notice of the improved climate for local entrepreneurs,” Businessweek noted. Other than the five Indians, the list also includes persons from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam and China.

BusinessWeek said that these 25 persons best represent the creativity and energy that is now increasingly common among startups across the region. “While young entrepreneurs in China and India are well positioned to benefit as financiers in the US pour more money into the region, not everyone is in such good shape,” it noted.