beetle Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 APJ Abdul Kalam and Ratan Tata voted as Most Trusted Indians Tuesday, 02 March 2010 21:09 New Delhi: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam and leading industrialist Ratan Tata were voted as the most trusted Indians in an online survey conducted by market research firm Digital Edge. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has been ranked seventh. Here's the Top Ten List in the Survey: 1. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (Former President) 2. Ratan Tata (Tata Group) 3. Kiran Bedi (top Police Officer) 4. Narayana Murthy (Infosys) 5. AR Rahman (Music Director) 6. Viswanathan Anand (Chess) 7. Dr Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister) 8. Sachin Tendulkar (Cricket) 9. RK Laxman (cartoonist) 10. Amartya Sen (Economist), G. Madhavan Nair (Space Scientist) and Azim Premji (Wipro) Among others, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is on 29th spot, while several top politicians of the country finished at the bottom. Indian Skipper MS Dhoni is at 42nd, while shooter Abhinav Bindra is at 25th. Sania Mirza finished a poor 81st. Among the Bollywood celebrities, Amitabh Bachchan got 14th place, ahead of Aamir Khan, who is at 18th. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is at 82, while TV serial producer Ekta Kapoor is at 95. Shah Rukh Khan could manage to stay at the 53rd place. The politicians, who finished at the bottom are, BJP veteran L.K. Advani (94), Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee (96), Agricultutre Minister Sharad Pawar (97), CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat (98), RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav (99) and Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati (100). IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi is at 93. President Pratibha Patil could manage to stay at 67, while Congress President Sonia Gandhi is at a poor 72. Home Minister P Chidambaram stays at 50, while Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is at 73. Here are the Top Professionals in India as per the Survey: 1. Teachers 2. Firefighters 3. Farmers 4. Scientists 5. Armed Forces 6. Doctors 7. Pilots 8. Surgeons 9. Nurses 10. Engineers Religious leaders, lawyers, police officers, government officials, realtors, sports administrators and politicians got thumbs down in the survey.
Riley's Girl Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Always interesting to see who are trusted and who not. Should it be worrying in general that people trust a cricketer (great as he may be), a music director & cartoonist more than they trust those responsible for taking the day-to-day decisions regarding the welbeing of the nation?
beetle Posted March 5, 2010 Author Posted March 5, 2010 Sravanthi Challapalli Chennai, March 2 Politicians rank at the very bottom of the list, but it is a man who entered politics very late in life that topped an associated list. The March edition of Reader's Digest carries a survey, ‘Who Do You Trust, India?' which ranks former President and scientist Mr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as the most trustworthy person in a list of 100 people. In the list of most trusted professions, teachers, firefighters and farmers rank first, second and third, in that order. Scientists and members of the armed forces, doctors, pilots, surgeons, nurses and engineers follow. Following Mr Kalam are chairman of the Tata group Mr Ratan Tata; former police chief Ms Kiran Bedi; Infosys founder Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy; composer Mr A.R. Rahman; chess grandmaster Mr Viswanathan Anand; Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh; cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, cartoonist Mr R.K. Laxman and at tenth place, Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, Wipro head honcho Mr Azim Premji and space scientist Mr Madhavan Nair. Speaking to Business Line, Mr Mohan Sivanand, Editor-in-Chief for India, Reader's Digest, said the study would “allow us to examine ourselves as a society”. This is the first time this survey has been conducted in India, he said. The survey also attempts to analyse why the results have come out the way they did, by speaking to political and social scientists and observers. How they stack up In the list of 100 personalities (a random selection, according to Mr Sivanand), businesspeople have fared quite well, India being the only country to turn up this result among others where similar surveys have been conducted, he said. The Chairman of the Unique ID Authority, Mr Nandan Nilekani, ranks 13, while Arcelor Mittal CEO, Mr Lakshmi Mittal, ranks no. 15. AV Birla group Chairman Mr Kumar Mangalam Birla finds place at no. 20 but the Ambani brothers rank 74 (Mukesh) and 77 (Anil). CEOs rank no. 23, along with electricians (and below bankers, economists, hairdressers and flight attendants) in the list of professions. Mr Ashok Mahadevan, former Editor-in-Chief of the magazine, who reported on the survey, said that by and large, “it was a good listing” and shows that “people are quite discriminating” in terms of values. One interesting aspect, he said, was that philanthropists such as cardiologist Dr Devi Shetty of Narayana Hridayalaya, Bangalore (at no. 17), and social activists Drs Prakash and Mandakini Amte and Mr Anna Hazare (at 20) feature only lower down in the list; worse off were religious/spiritual figures with a sizeable following, such as Sathya Sai Babai (at no. 88), Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (no. 37) and Mata Amritanandamayi (no. 83). So were most actors, with Sushmita Sen ranking no. 64, Rajnikanth no. 67, Kamal Hassan no. 71 and Aishwarya Rai at 82. Aamir Khan was ranked 18 and Shah Rukh Khan at 53. Amitabh Bachchan was the only actor to feature high up on the list at no. 14. Why, and why not? According to expert opinion, Mr Mahadevan said, philanthropists were not so well known as they are not very visible in the media, and Godmen because Hinduism has no agreed-upon hierarchy unlike other religions. It was also noticed that the more publicity one got, the higher they scored, provided they were honest, he added. The survey was conducted by online market research group Digital Edge. Over 5,000 people were invited but the first 761 people who responded were polled over the Internet from over 30 cities across India. Reader's Digest has conducted similar surveys in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Canada and South Africa. The magazine says some caution in interpreting the results is necessary: The majority are under 34 years of age and male, and nearly all have at least a bachelor's degree, from cities and know English. “So though they don't mirror India as a whole, they are however representative of India's Internet users, a group whose opinions are very significant,” says the report. Hitting rock-bottom As for who figures on the bottom of the list: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms Mayawati is ranked last at 100, former Railways Minister Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav 99, CPI-M general secretary Mr Prakash Karat 98, Union Agriculture Minister Mr Sharad Pawar 97 and Railways Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee 96. Finance Minister Mr Pranab Mukherjee is ranked 73. President Ms Pratibha Patil ranks 67. There were no surprises in the least trusted professions - these are the people India loves to hate: Politicians (ranked last at 40), real estate agents (39) and government officials and police officers (37). Lawyers are a notch above, at 36, and religious leaders at 35. As for journalists, they only rank no 30 in the list of 40 professions - below electricians, mechanics and plumbers and just a few notches above domestic helpers, taxi drivers and hawkers.
beetle Posted March 5, 2010 Author Posted March 5, 2010 Where is Shahrukh's name? The man calls Pakistan a good neighbour.How can people trust a man with a brain missing?
pappu_kanghi Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Always interesting to see who are trusted and who not. Should it be worrying in general that people trust a cricketer (great as he may be), a music director & cartoonist more than they trust those responsible for taking the day-to-day decisions regarding the welbeing of the nation? Good point. :hmmm:
Guest Gunner Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 What about sharad pawar and my personal favourite Ram vilas pawan? :protest::protest:
Guest DeveGowda Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 10. Engineers Least....who done this survey ? :hitler: **Where is my name in this Least..i desreved to be number 1 :winky:
Ram Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Not surprised at all by the names in the top 10 list.. But a bit surprised to see 'firefighters' in the list of most respected professions. That sounds a bit fishy.. :hmmm:
Ram Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 ^ Why not? It demands respect by default, no? No not that. Just that, in India, we dont really have a well-established concept of firefighters, unlike the West. Sure, there's a firestation and people work in it, but I have never come across someone who is a 'firefighter'.
flamy Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 No not that. Just that' date=' in India, we dont really have a well-established concept of firefighters, unlike the West. Sure, there's a firestation and people work in it, but I have never come across someone who is a 'firefighter'.[/quote'] I dont think most people answering the survey met one either :--D
Clarke Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 Pranab deserves a much better ranking :headshake: he is as clean & practical as u get in Indian politics. His ranking behind Prathiba Patil is just shocking. As per professionals, Lal Bahadur Shastri said it and AB Vajpayee added, Jai Jawaan, Jai Kisaan, Jai Vigyaan ::isalute:
Online Posted March 5, 2010 Posted March 5, 2010 why am I any less trustworthy than those guys? Bull ****
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