TIME100 Next Archives

Swapna Reddy: From an Indian immigrant family to championing a million asylum seekers in the US

by Amrita Priya | Oct 16, 2026

(Oct 16, 2026) A daughter of Indian immigrants, Harvard and Yale alumna Swapna Reddy co-founded ASAP. Through it she has helped more than one million asylum seekers from 175 countries navigate the US immigration system. Her work earned her a place on TIME100 Next in...

From Kansas City to TIME100 Next: Tara Raghuveer’s blueprint for housing justice

by Amrita Priya | Apr 26, 2025

(April 26, 2025) It started around a kitchen table in early 2019, when a handful of renters fed up with slumlords and looming evictions came together to share their stories. Under Tara Raghuveer’s leadership, that small, multiracial gathering transformed into KC...

Apoorva Mehta: The Indian-origin entrepreneur in Time100 Next who changed the way America shops for groceries

by Chandu | Nov 5, 2021

(November 5, 2021) Early on during the COVID-19 pandemic the world went into a lockdown and uncertainty prevailed in terms of accessibility to essentials like groceries and medicines. That’s when a host of apps and services stepped in to help ease the lives for those...