12 Notable alumni of
Kurukshetra University
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Kurukshetra University is 2118th in the world, 503rd in Asia, and 56th in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Kurukshetra 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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Sushma Swaraj
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sushma Swaraj was an Indian lawyer and politician, who served as the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. She was the second person to complete a 5-year term as the Minister of External Affairs, after Jawaharlal Nehru. A senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Swaraj was the second woman to hold the office of Minister of External Affairs, after Indira Gandhi. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977, she became the youngest cabinet minister of the Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998 and became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.
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Jagjit Singh
- Enrolled in Kurukshetra University
- Graduated with postgraduate education
- Occupations
- songwritercomposersingerentrepreneur
- Biography
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Jagjit Singh was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them. In terms of Indian classical music, his style of composing and gayaki (singing) is considered as Bol-pradhan, one that lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth (1982), and Saath Saath (1982), and TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Singh is considered to be the most successful ghazal singer and composer of all time in terms of critical acclaim and commercial success. With a career spanning five decades and many albums, the range and breadth of his work has been regarded as genre-defining.
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Meghna Malik
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Meghna Malik is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi television and films. She is popularly known as the high-handed Ammaji of Colors TV's popular show Na Aana Is Des Laado. The show dealt with the issue of female infanticide and other atrocities against women.
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Rajendra Gupta
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Rajendra Gupta is an Indian film, television and theatre actor and director who is known for his television roles of Adina Beg Khan Sahib e Azam in 2010 series of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Pandit Jagannath in the 1990s Doordarshan fantasy television series Chandrakanta and Sudha's father – Jagat Narayan – in the 1998–2001 Sony TV drama Saaya.
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Surya Kant
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Suryakant Sharma is an Indian judge of the Supreme Court of India, set to become the 53rd Chief Justice of India, if the convention of seniority is followed. Prior to his elevation as judge, Kant was a Senior Advocate and also served as the Advocate General for Haryana.
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Rattan Lal Kataria
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- politician
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Rattan Lal Kataria was an Indian politician from Haryana. He served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Jal Shakti and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment till 7 July 2021. He was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha. He was elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Ambala as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 612,121 votes out of 1,220,121 total, defeating INC candidate Raj Kumar Balmiki. Previously, he was elected to 13th Lok Sabha from Ambala as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1991, representing the Radaur Assembly constituency. He was born on 19 December 1951, and educated at Kurukshetra University.
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Anil Kumar Gupta
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- university teachermarketer
- Biography
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Anil Kumar Gupta is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots innovations. He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2017, where he served for about 36 years.
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Suraj Bhan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Suraj Bhan was a former Governor, Member of Parliament and an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Aditya Jha
- Born in
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Nepal - Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Aditya Jha is an Indo-Nepalese Canadian entrepreneur, philanthropist and social activist. A globetrotter, his business portfolio consists of several startups and company turnarounds with interests in Canada, Nepal, Thailand and India. He also runs several philanthropic initiatives through his Private Charitable Foundation, promoting education and nurturing entrepreneurship to increase opportunities for the less fortunate. Jha takes special interest in nurturing prosperity and financial independence amongst Canadian First Nations (aboriginal) communities and individuals through education scholarships at top Canadian universities and a project (Project Beyshick) that nurtures entrepreneurship. Jha is 2012 inductee to the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian award.
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Pritam Pal
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Pritam Pal is former Lokayukta, an anti-corruption ombudsman body in the Indian State of Haryana, India. After serving as Lokayukta he retired from services on 18 January 2016. He was born on 3 June 1947 in the village Kandroli in the District Yamunanagar, Haryana. After putting 14 years of practice in Law, he joined Haryana Superior Judicial Service and remained District and Sessions Judge of various districts. In the year 2002, he was posted as Registrar General and then elevated as permanent Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. On his superannuation, he was appointed as President, State Consumer Redressal Commission, UT, Chandigarh. Thereafter he was appointed Lokayukta, Haryana. He recommended action in many high-profile matters involving Ministers, MLAs, Builders, Promoters and senior officers for committing acts of corruption. In his reports to the Governor, for eradication of corruption, he recommended and suggested for introducing compulsory moral education at school level. He also headed the Monitoring Committee of National Green Tribunal constituted for the State of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and UT, Chandigarh. Presently, he is Vice-President of DAV College Managing Committee, New Delhi.
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Mohinder Pratap Chand
- Years
- 1935-2020 (aged 85)
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Mohinder Pratap Chand was an Urdu writer and poet of India who promoted Urdu language and literature in India.
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Chandra Pal Sheoran
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Chandra Pal is Indian legal education administrator, jurist presently working in Baba Mast Nath University as professor. He has previously worked as Head and Dean of the Law Department, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. He has been distinguished invitees, Chief Guest, Guest of honor in various universities. The Prof. C.P. Sheoran, has published three books and 140 research papers and book reviews. He has guided many Ph.D.'s. He has participated and organised many seminars and conferences. He is alumni of Kurukshetra University. He was awarded Ph.D. in 1980 PG (LL.M.) in 1974, UG(LL.B.) in 1972 and (B.Sc.) in 1969 Kurukshetra University, Rohtak.
