70 Notable alumni of
Panjab University

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Panjab University is 878th in the world, 184th in Asia, and 17th in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 70 notable alumni from Panjab University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Manmohan Singh

    Manmohan Singh
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1932-2024 (aged 92)
    Enrolled in Panjab University
    1952-1954 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
    Occupations
    economistbankeruniversity teachercivil servantpolitician
    Biography

    Manmohan Singh was an Indian politician, economist, nationalist and statesman who served as the prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Nehru to be re-appointed after completing a full five-year term.

  2. Sushma Swaraj

    Sushma Swaraj
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-2019 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    lawyerpolitician
    Biography

    Sushma Swaraj was an Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat who served as the Former Chief Minister of Delhi, and also 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 Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998 and became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.

  3. Kiran Bedi

    Kiran Bedi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    tennis playerpoliticianwriterpolice officer
    Biography

    Kiran Bedi PPMG PNBB is a former tennis player who became the first woman in India to join the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1972 and was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry from 28 May 2016 to 16 February 2021. She remained in service for 35 years before taking voluntary retirement in 2007 as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development.

  4. Kirron Kher

    Kirron Kher
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    film actortelevision presenterstage actorpoliticiantelevision actor
    Biography

    Kirron Anupam Kher is an Indian politician, actress, television personality, singer, and entertainment producer. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and in May 2014 was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from Chandigarh. Through her film career, she is the recipient of two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Award nominations.

  5. Vandana Shiva

    Vandana Shiva
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    environmentalistpoliticianecofeministwriteruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalization author. Based in Delhi, Shiva has written more than 20 books. She is often referred to as "Gandhi of grain" for her activism associated with the anti-GMO movement.

  6. Gul Panag

    Gul Panag
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1979-.. (age 46)
    Occupations
    politicianmodelbeauty pageant contestantactor
    Biography

    Gulkirat Kaur Panag is an Indian actress, voice actress, and model. She was crowned Femina Miss India Universe 1999 and represented India at Miss Universe 1999. She began her career in Hindi films with the 2003 film Dhoop directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and since then, she has starred in several films like Jurm along with the TV series Kashmeer.

  7. Sunil Mittal

    Sunil Mittal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurbusinessperson
    Biography

    Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospitality, Agri and food besides other ventures.

  8. Romila Thapar

    Romila Thapar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1931-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    university teacherwriterhistorianprofessor
    Biography

    Romila Thapar is an Indian historian. Her principal area of study is ancient India, a field in which she is pre-eminent. Thapar is a Professor of Ancient History, Emerita, at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi.

  9. Jaspal Bhatti

    Jaspal Bhatti
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1955-2012 (aged 57)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directortelevision presenteractor
    Biography

    Jaspal Singh Bhatti was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He was most well known for his television series Flop Show, Full Tension and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's public service broadcaster, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was commonly known as the "King of Comedy" and also the "King of Satire". He carried out various anti-corruption crusades in Chandigarh. His frontal attack on issues like red-tapism, nepotism, and corruption was both comic and awakening for the masses.

  10. Sukhbir Singh Badal

    Sukhbir Singh Badal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Sukhbir Singh Badal is an Indian politician and businessman who served twice as the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and is currently the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and was a member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency. He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal, who has served five times as the Chief Minister of Punjab. He is influential over the Sikh organisations of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Badal and his family have ownership stakes in an array of businesses- including real estate, transport and other activities.

  11. Charanjit Singh Channi

    Charanjit Singh Channi
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Charanjit Singh Channi is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Punjab. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is serving as a Member of the Lok Sabha from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency since 4 June 2024. He was also Minister of Technical Education and Training in Second Amarinder Singh ministry and leader of the opposition in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

  12. Shiv Kumar Batalvi

    Shiv Kumar Batalvi
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1936-1973 (aged 37)
    Occupations
    lyricistwritersongwriterpoet
    Biography

    Shiv Kumar Batalvi was a Punjabi poet, writer and playwright of the Punjabi language. He was most known for his romantic poetry, noted for its heightened passion, pathos, separation and lover's agony, due to that he was also called Birha Da Sultan. He is also called 'Keats of Punjab'.

  13. Aditya Puri

    Aditya Puri
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    entrepreneurbanker
    Biography

    Aditya Puri is a senior advisor at The Carlyle Group. He was the managing director of HDFC Bank, India's largest private sector bank. He assumed this position in September 1994. Puri was the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. India Today ranked him at #24 in India's 50 Most Powerful People of 2017 list.

  14. Satinder Sartaaj

    Satinder Sartaaj
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Satinder Pal Singh, popularly known as Satinder Sartaaj, is an Indian singer, songwriter, actor and poet primarily associated with Punjabi songs and films. He gained fame with his song "Sai". Since then he has performed across the world. Sartaaj made his film debut as Maharaja Duleep Singh in The Black Prince in 2017.

  15. Bhupinder Singh Hooda

    Bhupinder Singh Hooda
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Bhupinder Singh Hooda is an Indian National Congress politician, who has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014. He was the Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2024.

  16. Rajiv Pratap Rudy

    Rajiv Pratap Rudy
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Rajiv Pratap Rudy is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is a four-time Member of Parliament representing Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2023, he won from Saran (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bihar. Earlier, he won three times in 1996, 1999 and 2014 from Chapra Assembly Constituency, which later became Saran. He was also an MLA from Taraiya Assembly Constituency representing Janata Dal in 1990. He is also a licensed pilot.

  17. Shekhar Gupta

    Shekhar Gupta
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1957-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    journalistauthor
    Biography

    Shekhar Gupta is an Indian journalist and author. He is the founder and the current editor-in-chief of ThePrint. He is also a columnist for the Business Standard and pens a weekly column which appears every Saturday.

  18. Jagdish Singh Khehar

    Jagdish Singh Khehar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Jagdish Singh Khehar is an Indian jurist, who served as the 44th Chief Justice of India from 4 January 2017 to 27 August 2017. He was the first Sikh Chief Justice of India. He has been a judge in Supreme Court of India from 13 September 2011 to 27 August 2017 upon superannuation. He served for a brief period but gave many landmark judgements such as the Triple Talaq and the Right to Privacy verdict. He was succeeded by Justice Dipak Misra.

  19. Anil Vij

    Anil Vij
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Anil Vij is an Indian politician and a member of Haryana Legislative Assembly belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party serving as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana. He is currently 'not' entitled to vote in the Assembly.

  20. Sunil Arora

    Sunil Arora
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    civil servant
    Biography

    Sunil Arora was the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He is also the chairman for Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB). He is a retired 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre. He also served as a secretary to the Government of India in two ministries.

  21. Tarun Tejpal

    Tarun Tejpal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    journalistwriter
    Biography

    Tarun Tejpal is an Indian journalist, publisher, novelist, entrepreneur and founder editor of Tehelka magazine. He is known for the groundbreaking human interest and investigative journalism that was pioneered by Tehelka between 2000 and 2013. He is the author of four internationally acclaimed novels, including The Story of My Assassins.

  22. Narinder Nath Vohra

    Narinder Nath Vohra
    Years
    1936-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    civil servantIndian Administrative Service
    Biography

    Narinder Nath Vohra, popularly referred as N. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12th governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteen years after Jagmohan.

  23. Yash Pal

    Yash Pal
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1926-2017 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    physicistscience communicator
    Biography

    Yash Pal was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he became one of the leading science communicators of the country.

  24. Nuruddin Farah

    Nuruddin Farah
    Born in
    Somalia Flag Somalia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    writernovelist
    Biography

    Nuruddin Farah is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as "one of the cornerstones of modern East African literature today". He has also written plays both for stage and radio, as well as short stories and essays. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s he has lived and taught in numerous countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Sudan, India, Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa.

  25. Ghulam Ahmed Pervez

    Ghulam Ahmed Pervez
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1903-1985 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    exegetetheologian
    Biography

    Ghulam Ahmad Parwez was a well-known teacher of the Quran in India and Pakistan. He posed a challenge to the established Sunni doctrine by interpreting Quranic themes with a logical approach. The educated populace held Parwez in high esteem, despite his encounter with numerous criticisms from conservative Islamic scholars throughout his tenure. The work 'Islam: A Challenge to Religion' is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant works in the history of Pakistan, according to Nadeem F. Paracha.

  26. Atul Gurtu

    Atul Gurtu
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Atul Gurtu is a high energy physicist in India. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, in 1971, and retired in 2011 as a senior professor, after a career spanning four decades in particle physics research.

  27. PL Punia

    PL Punia
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    civil servantpolitician
    Biography

    Panna Lal Punia, usually known as P. L. Punia, is an Indian politician and Member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh from 2014 till 2020. He was member of the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014 and represented Barabanki (Lok Sabha constituency). He is a Dalit leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was also chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes between 2013 and 2016 and as such sat ex officio on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

  28. Krishan Kant Paul

    Krishan Kant Paul
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Krishan Kant Paul is a former Indian Police Service officer, who served as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi from February 2004 to July 2007. Following his retirement from the IPS, he served as the governor of several states—Meghalaya (2013–15), Manipur (2014-15) and Uttarakhand (2015–18). He had also held the governorships of Mizoram and Nagaland briefly, as additional charges.

  29. Sushila Nayyar

    Sushila Nayyar
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1914-2001 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    politicianphysicianteacher
    Biography

    Sushila Nayyar, also spelt 'Nayar', was an Indian physician, a lifelong follower of Mahatma Gandhi, and a politician. She played a leading role in public health, medical education and social and rural reconstruction in India. She became Gandhi's personal physician and an important member of his inner circle. Later, she wrote several books based on her experiences. Her brother, Pyarelal Nayyar, was the personal secretary to Gandhi. In post-Independent India, she contested elections for political office and served as India's health minister.

  30. Arzu Rana Deuba

    Arzu Rana Deuba
    Born in
    Nepal Flag Nepal
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    social workerpoliticianactivist
    Biography

    Arzu Rana Deuba is a Nepali social worker, psychologist and politician, currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. She won by 22,000 votes in the proportional list. This is her third tenure in the Parliament. She served as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources from August 2023 to July 2024.

  31. Ajay K. Sood

    Ajay K. Sood
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1951-.. (age 74)
    Occupations
    physicist
    Biography

    Ajay Kumar Sood is an Indian physicist and researcher currently serving as the 4th Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.

  32. Adarsh Kumar Goel

    Adarsh Kumar Goel
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Adarsh Kumar Goel is an Indian judge. He is Chairperson of National Green Tribunal. He is former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He is also former chief justice of the Orissa High Court and Gauhati High Court, and a former judge of the Gauhati High Court and Punjab and Haryana High Court.

  33. Vishwanath Tripathi

    Vishwanath Tripathi
    Years
    1931-.. (age 94)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Vishwanath Tripathi is a Hindi writer. He has around 20 publications to his credit which include literary criticism, memoirs and poetry collection.

  34. Pratip Chaudhuri

    Pratip Chaudhuri
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    banker
    Biography

    Pratip Chaudhuri, is an Indian Banker. An alumnus of the 1974 batch of University Business School - Chandigarh, he is a former chairman of State Bank of India. He took charge from O. P. Bhatt, on 7 April 2011 and retired on 30 September 2013. Prior to that he was the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of the International Division of SBI.

  35. Sanjay Tandon

    Sanjay Tandon
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    politicianbiographer
    Biography

    Sanjay Tandon is an Indian politician in the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is the BJP candidate in the 2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh.

  36. Anjum Moudgil

    Anjum Moudgil
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1994-.. (age 31)
    Occupations
    sport shooter
    Biography

    Anjum Moudgil is an Indian sport shooter. She is from Chandigarh and represents Punjab. She is supported by GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme.

  37. Meenakshi Wadhwa

    Meenakshi Wadhwa
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    planetary scientistresearcher
    Biography

    Meenakshi Wadhwa is a planetary scientist and educator who studies the formation and evolution of the Solar System through the analysis of planetary materials including meteorites, Moon rocks and other extraterrestrial samples returned by spacecraft missions. She is director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University.

  38. William Kabogo Gitau

    William Kabogo Gitau
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    William Kabogo Gitau is Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Communications & The Digital Economy. Party leader of Tujibebe Wakenya Party and He was the First Governor of Kiambu County a position he won in the March 2013 General elections.

  39. Harjinder Singh Dilgeer

    Harjinder Singh Dilgeer
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Harjinder Singh Dilgeer is an Indian-Sikh historian and author.

  40. Krishan Chander Singh

    Krishan Chander Singh
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    K.C. Singh is an Indian Civil servant and was the Indian ambassador to Iran and UAE.

  41. Sardara Singh Johl

    Sardara Singh Johl
    Born in
    Pakistan Flag Pakistan
    Years
    1928-.. (age 97)
    Occupations
    writerbankereconomist
    Biography

    Sardara Singh Johl is an Indian agriculture economist, writer, politician and the chancellor of the Central University of Punjab. A former National Professor of Agricultural Economics of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, he served as the vice chancellor of the Punjabi University and Punjab Agricultural University during different tenures and chaired the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices set up by the Government of India. He is a former director of the Central Board of Governors of the Reserve Bank of India and a former consultant to international bodies such as Food and Agriculture Organization, World Bank and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2004, for his contributions to Agriculture and agriculture education.

  42. Rachna Singh

    Rachna Singh
    Occupations
    trade unionistpolitician
    Biography

    Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist who represented the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2017 until 2024. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus, she has served as Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia from December 2022 until 2024.

  43. Akram Khan

    Akram Khan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Akram Khan is an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Former Minister of State for Home Affairs of Haryana. He became the Deputy Speaker of Haryana in March 2010. In 2009, he became the lone MLA of BSP in Haryana.

  44. Shamsher Singh Dullo

    Shamsher Singh Dullo
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Shamsher Singh Dullo, is an Indian politician and former Rajya Sabha M.P.

  45. Ashok Chopra

    Ashok Chopra
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    journalistautobiographer
    Biography

    Ashok Chopra is a publisher, author, editor, and literary columnist. Author of Memories of Fire: A Novel, A Scrapbook of Memories: My Life with the Rich, the Famous and the Scandalous and Of Love and Other Sorrows, he has co-authored Agnostic Khushwant: There Is No God with the Indian author-columnist Khushwant Singh and A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time with Arjun Singh, which he completed after his death on March 4, 2011, in 2012. He was executive editor with Vikas Publishing House, vice-president Macmillan India, publishing director UBS Publishers, executive director and publisher of the India Today Book Club and Books Today, as well as chief executive and publisher of HarperCollins Publishers India. Presently, he is the chief executive of Hay House Publishers in India.

  46. Kewal Krishan

    Kewal Krishan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    anthropologist
    Biography

    Kewal Krishan, an Indian forensic anthropologist, is a professor of physical anthropology and former Chair of Department of Anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has recently been appointed as Dean, International Students, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He has contributed to the development of forensic anthropology in India. He is one of the very few forensic anthropology experts of the nation.

  47. Zahid Abrol

    Zahid Abrol
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Vijay Kumar Abrol, better known by his pen name Zahid Abrol, is an Indian Urdu poet who did the first Urdu translation of the 12th century Sufi-poet Baba Farid's shlokas and shabads.

  48. Jagtar

    Jagtar
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1935-2010 (aged 75)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Jagtar was a Punjabi poet. He was widely credited for being a stickler for meter and rhyme. He was very popular among the politically conscious Punjabi readers having left-wing leanings. In the early period of his popularity he was known by his pen name Jagtar “Papiha” which he later dropped.

  49. Lionel Ranwala

    Lionel Ranwala
    Born in
    Sri Lanka Flag Sri Lanka
    Years
    1939-2002 (aged 63)
    Occupations
    composersinger
    Biography

    Lionel Ranwala, (27 November 1939 – 13 November 2002) was a musician and a singer in Sri Lanka and a legend in Sri Lankan folk music. His birth city was Kalubowila and he studied in Kalubowila Budhdhagosha College, Kumara College Wellawatta and Lumbini College, Colombo.

  50. Jatinder Mauhar

    Jatinder Mauhar
    Occupations
    columnistscreenwriterfilm directorfilm screenwriter
    Biography

    Jatinder Mauhar is an Indian Film Director, Script Writer, Columnist and Researcher. In the very beginning, he started his career with music videos and it was after some time that Jatinder Directed his debut film Mitti. Jatinder Mauhar established himself as a style through Mitti, Sarsa appropriated by producer as Sikandar (2013) and Qissa Punjab (2015). He has written extensively about cinema and is one of the best speakers in Punjabi on cinema. He did his professional training in Knitting Technology, and worked in the industry for couple of years before pursuing his interest in cinema. His journey from a keen watcher to filmmaker is punctuated with training in Zee Institute of Media Arts, Mumbai and on job training in making music videos as director. He has written story, screenplay and dialogues of Mitti. In Sarsa he collaborated with Daljit Ami. Jatinder worked on a documentary film on cross-border train Samjhauta Express as a researcher with filmmaker Gerry Troyna For BBC.

  51. Alka Pande

    Alka Pande
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Alka Pande is an Indian academic, author and museum curator.

  52. Jagdish Chandra Kapur

    Jagdish Chandra Kapur
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1920-2010 (aged 90)
    Occupations
    ecologist
    Biography

    Jagdish Chandra Kapur was an Indian social scientist, entrepreneur and the founder of Kapur Surya Foundation and Kapur Solar Farms. He was also the Editor of World Affairs Journal, a publication aiming at and providing a platform for better interaction between the developed and the developing nations. The Government of India honoured him in 2010, with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of science and technology.

  53. Narinder Kumar Mehra

    Narinder Kumar Mehra
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    immunologist
    Biography

    Narinder Kumar Mehra is an Indian immunologist, head of the department of transplant immunology and immunogenetics of the SRL Limited, Gurgaon. He is a former dean of research and holds the ICMR Dr. C.G. Pandit National Chair at AIIMS. An elected fellow of the International Medical Sciences Academy, The World Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India, Mehra is known for his research on histocompatibility and immunogenetics. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Medical Sciences in 1992. He received the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit from François Mitterrand in 2003.

  54. Amarjit Chandan

    Amarjit Chandan
    Born in
    Kenya Flag Kenya
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    poetwriter
    Biography

    Amarjit Chandan is a Punjabi writer, editor, translator and activist. He has written eight collections of poetry and five collections of essays in Punjabi. He has been called "the global face of modern Punjabi poetry".

  55. Radha Kessar

    Radha Kessar
    Years
    20th Century
    Occupations
    mathematician
    Biography

    Radha Kessar is an Indian mathematician known for her research in the representation theory of finite groups. She holds the Fielden Chair in Pure Mathematics at the University of Manchester, and in 2009 won the Berwick Prize of the London Mathematical Society.

  56. Harkishan Singh

    Harkishan Singh
    Years
    1928-2020 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    Harkishan Singh was Professor Emeritus at the Panjab University (Chandigarh, India). He was a well recognized pharmaceutical academic, medicinal chemistry researcher and science historian. He had more than half a century experience in his respective fields to his credit. He worked at the Banaras Hindu University, University of Saugar, and the Panjab University in India, and abroad at the University of Maryland, University of Mississippi and the University of London.

  57. Amit Rawal

    Amit Rawal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    judge
    Biography

    Amit Rawal is an Indian Judge of the Kerala High Court, the highest court in the Indian state of Kerala and in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, which is headquartered at Ernakulam, Kochi.

  58. Ved Kumari Ghai

    Ved Kumari Ghai
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1931-2023 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    Sanskrit scholar
    Biography

    Ved Kumari Ghai was an Indian Sanskrit scholar from Jammu City, Jammu and Kashmir. She was head of the Sanskrit department in Jammu University.

  59. Gurpreet Singh Lehal

    Gurpreet Singh Lehal
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    academic
    Biography

    Gurpreet Singh Lehal is a professor in the Computer Science Department, Punjabi University, Patiala and Director of the Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi Language Literature and Culture. He is noted for his work in the application of computer technology in the use of the Punjabi language both in the Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi script.

  60. Sherub Gyeltshen

    Sherub Gyeltshen
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Dasho Sherub Gyeltshen is a Bhutanese politician who served as the Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs from November 2018 to 6 May 2021 when he resigned. He was a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan from October 2018 to 6 May 2021.

  61. Raj Pathria

    Raj Pathria
    Years
    1933-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    physicistauthor
    Biography

    Raj Kumar Pathria is a theoretical physicist, a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of Waterloo, and an Urdu poet.

  62. Neelkamal Puri

    Neelkamal Puri
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    writer
    Biography

    Neelkamal Puri is an Indian author, columnist and a college teacher. Born in Ludhiana, Punjab, she grew up in the princely state of Patiala, where she did her schooling from the Yadavindra Public School. She was one of the first 30 girls to be admitted to the school, the school being boys only before that. Since 1979, she has worked as a lecturer in English Literature at different colleges in Patiala and Chandigarh. She is currently teaching Literature and Media Studies at the Government College for Girls, Chandigarh.

  63. Tsering Dhondup

    Tsering Dhondup
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Tsering Dhondup, also known as Tsering Dhundup Yangdhar, is the Minister of Finance of the Tibetan-government-in-exile, officially known as Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).

  64. Ashok Vijh

    Ashok Vijh
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1938-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    chemist
    Biography

    Ashok K. Vijh, OC OQ FRSC is an Indian born Canadian chemist. He was born in Punjab but moved to Canada in 1962.

  65. Arvind Varma

    Arvind Varma
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1947-2019 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    chemical engineerresearcher
    Biography

    Arvind Varma was the R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor, School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. His research interests are in chemical and catalytic reaction engineering, and new energy sources.

  66. Rajesh Bhola

    Rajesh Bhola
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    social workerjournalistblogger
    Biography

    Rajesh Bhola is a social worker, psychotherapist, journalist, author, columnist and writer on spiritual subjects from India. Bhola also contributes to Inner Voice of the Hindustan Times

  67. Bhagwan Singh Josh

    Bhagwan Singh Josh
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    historianwriter
    Biography

    Bhagwan Singh Josh is an Indian historian, specialising in social and political history of modern India. He is Professor of Contemporary History at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is one of the project committee members of the Europe–South Asia Maritime Heritage Project. He has also been co-director of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) project, History of the Indian National Congress, 1885–1947. He has specialized on the Indian national liberation movement and is considered to be one India's foremost scholars on communist movements in India. His best known book is Struggle for Hegemony in India which combines the various perspectives of India's history—the colonial state, the various political parties, the trade unions, and the mobilization of the work force—to form a cohesive whole on the basis of Antonio Gramsci's hegemonic concepts.

  68. Ranjay Vardhan

    Ranjay Vardhan
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    sociologist
    Biography

    Dr Ranjay Vardhan is an Indian sociologist who is serving as Head, Department of Sociology at the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh. He has developed the concept of Covidalization, i.e., Covid Socialization. He has published works in the field of Family and Gender Studies and has done pioneering works in the field of broken hearts.

  69. Tenzin Tsetan Choklay

    Tenzin Tsetan Choklay
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Occupations
    film director
    Biography

    Tenzin Tsetan Choklay is a Tibetan filmmaker.

  70. Kamaljit S. Bawa

    Kamaljit S. Bawa
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Enrolled in Panjab University
    In 1967 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in botany
    Occupations
    biologistuniversity teacherecologist
    Biography

    Kamaljit Singh Bawa, FRS is an evolutionary ecologist, conservation biologist and a distinguished professor of Biology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is also the founder of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE). In 2012, Bawa received the first Gunnerus Sustainability Award, the world's major international award for work on sustainability. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.