19 Notable alumni of
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University is 1726th in the world, 393rd in Asia, and 43rd in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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- poetpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian poet, writer and statesman who served as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for 6 years from 1998 to 2004. He was the first non-Congress prime minister to serve a full term in the office. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a volunteer and full-time functionary (pracharak) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He was also a Hindi poet and a writer. The Sangh's emphasis on self-cultivation and disciplined nation-building left a lasting mark on Vajpayee's early worldview. Scholars have observed that Vajpayee combined cultural nationalism with political moderation, shaping a distinctive strand of post-Independence Indian conservatism rooted in civilisational identity. His speeches and poetry are noted for blending political pragmatism with themes drawn from India's cultural and philosophical traditions.
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Ajit Kumar Doval
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- police officer
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Ajit Kumar Doval is an Indian bureaucrat, spymaster and retired police and intelligence officer who has been serving as the longest tenured National Security Advisor of India (NSA) since 2014. Doval is serving his third consecutive five-year term as NSA. During his second tenure he was given Cabinet rank. Doval previously held the position of Director of the Intelligence Bureau from 2004 to 2005, after leading its operations wing for over a decade. He worked as a career intelligence officer for over 33 years. He is recognized for his contributions to counter-terrorism and covert missions.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav
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- politician
- Biography
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Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician, schoolmaster, lecturer and a socialist figure and the founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha, a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly, member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition several times as well. Yadav was often referred to as Netaji by his party leaders and workers. In 2023, he was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
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Raj Babbar
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- actorpolitician
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Raj Babbar is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor and politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a three-time member of the Lok Sabha and a two-time member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the state President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.
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Charan Singh
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- politician
- Biography
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Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician, peasant leader, author and an independence activist who briefly served as the prime minister of India from July 1979 to January 1980. Singh was principally known for his land and agricultural reform initiatives, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Baghpat. During his premiership, he was a member of the Janata Party (Secular). He served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Kranti Dal. He also briefly served as the deputy prime minister of India from January 1979 to July 1979 as a member of the Janata Party. Singh is widely regarded as the "Champion of Farmers", dedicated to advocating for the well being and rights of farmers.
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Arun Govil
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- actorpolitician
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Arun Govil is an Indian actor and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is best known for portraying Lord Rama in the Ramayan TV series and reprising his role as Lord Rama (voice acting) in the 1993 animated film, Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama. He also appeared in films like Paheli (1977), Sawan Ko Aane Do (1979), Saanch Ko Aanch Nahin (1979), Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981), Himmatwala (1983), Dilwaala (1986), and Govinda Govinda (1994). He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha to Meerut Lok Sabha constituency from June 2024.
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Bhagat Singh Koshiyari
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- politician
- Biography
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Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran, Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter, was the first leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (when Uttarakhand was part of undivided Uttar Pradesh; later continued in Uttarakhand Legislative Council) and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency, earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
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Ram Gopal Yadav
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- politician
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Ram Gopal Yadav is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is the Secretary-General of the Samajwadi Party and a Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha, since 2008. Yadav also served as Lok Sabha MP of Sambhal from 2004 to 2008.
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Santosh Gangwar
- Enrolled in Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Santosh Kumar Gangwar is an Indian politician currently serving as the eleventh Governor of Jharkhand since 2024. He is a former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. He was a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha.
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Rajendra Yadav
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- linguistwritertranslator
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Rajendra Yadav was a Hindi fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. He edited the literary magazine HANS, which was founded by Munshi Premchand in 1930 but ceased publication in 1953 – Yadav relaunched it on 31 July 1986, (Premchand's Birthday).
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Aziz Qureshi
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- politician
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Aziz Qureshi was an Indian politician and a senior Indian National Congress leader of mixed Arab-Pathan Muslim ethnoreligious and Urdu-speaking linguistic background from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
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Hirday Nath Kunzru
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- politician
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Hridya Nath Kunzru was an Indian freedom fighter and a public figure. He was a long-time Parliamentarian, serving in various legislative bodies at the Provincial and Central level for nearly four decades. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India (1946–50) that drew up the Constitution of India. He was also keenly interested in international affairs and co-founded the Indian Council of World Affairs and the Indian School of International Studies.
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Ramakant Yadav
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- 1968-.. (age 58)
- Occupations
- neurologist
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Ramakant Yadav is a professor of Neurology and Yash Bharti Award winner who is working at Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai.
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Farman Fatehpuri
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- linguistliterary criticeditor
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Farman Fatehpuri was an Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan.
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Dalveer Singh
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- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- politician
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Thakur Dalveer Singh is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a former member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Barauli constituency in Aligarh district.
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Mufti Faizul Waheed
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- 1964-2021 (aged 57)
- Occupations
- interpreterIslamicist
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Faizul Waheed was an Indian Islamic scholar, jurist and an exegete of the Quran from Jammu and Kashmir, who served as the chief-mufti of Markaz-ul-Ma'arif, an Islamic seminary in Bathindi, Jammu. He wrote Faiz al-Mannān, the first ever translation and commentary of the Quran in Gojri language.
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Khadga Jeet Baral Magar
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- diplomatpolitician
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Khadgajeet Baral was a Nepalese police officer, diplomat, and sports promoter who served as the 9th Inspector General of Nepal Police (IGP). Appointed at the age of 44, he was among the youngest to hold the IGP position, introducing several reforms and initiatives, such as the Nepal Police Flying Squad. Baral also served as Ambassador of Nepal to Burma, Indonesia and French Indochina (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), and as Chief Liaison Officer of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
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Ram Sakal Gurjar
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- 1975-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
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Ram Sakal Gurjar is an Indian businessman and politician from Agra district in Uttar Pradesh. He is a former Minister of State for Programme Implementation and Minister of State for Sports and Youth Welfare in Samajwadi Party government (2012–17). In April 2019 he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). With his immense popularity in Western Uttar Pradesh he is seen as a great influential leader in whole Western UP. Ram Sakal Gurjar is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, representing the Agra district of Uttar Pradesh.
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Dev Swarup
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- academic
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Dev Swarup is an Indian educational administrator. He is founding Vice-chancellor of The Baba Amte Divyang University, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
