Stressing the importance of role models in societies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said more and more people are achieving excellence at a young age and the "era of grey eminence is gradually coming to an end".
"Achievers also act as a role model in aspirational society...role models are essential for society," he said at the Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow National Leadership Awards here.
Such recognitions should encourage the role models to occupy the centre-stage of public discourse, he said.