22 Notable alumni of
Shivaji University
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Shivaji University is 1772nd in the world, 406th in Asia, and 44th in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from Shivaji 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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R. Madhavan
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- actortelevision actorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm producer
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Ranganathan Madhavan is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director who predominantly works in Tamil and Hindi cinema. He has won one National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, and five SIIMA Awards. He was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 2026 in field of Art. Since September 2023, Madhavan is the President of FTII, Pune.
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Atul Kulkarni
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- film produceractorwriter
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Atul Kulkarni is an Indian actor, producer and screenwriter who works in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and English language films. Kulkarni won the National Award for the Best Supporting Actor for the films Hey Ram and Chandni Bar. He is also the president of Quest, a research-action organization concentrating on enhancing quality of education. He left his study in engineering at College of Engineering, Pune while he was in his first year. He is known for his performances in films like Hey Ram, Chandni Bar, Rang De Basanti (2006), Natarang (2010) among others. He has also written the screenplay of Laal Singh Chadda, the official remake of Forrest Gump.
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Sai Tamhankar
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- actor
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Sai Tamhankar is an Indian film and television actress known for her work primarily in Marathi, as well as in Hindi films. She has established herself as a prominent figure in Marathi films and is recognized for her versatility and impactful performances. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Marathi cinema and is the recipient of several awards including Two Maharashtra State Film Award, a Filmfare Award, three Filmfare Marathi Awards, and eight Maharashtracha Favourite Kon awards.
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Sushilkumar Shinde
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- politician
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Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian former police officer and statesman from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government, and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004. He also served as Governor of Andhra Pradesh prior to serving as central minister.
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Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil
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- politician
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Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil is a former Indian politician, who served as the Governor of Bihar, West Bengal and Tripura. He was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Maharashtra state. He received the Padma Shri award in 1991 for social work. On 24 December 2018, he joined the Nationalist Congress Party.
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Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati
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- politician
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Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati is an Indian politician, who served as the member in the upper house of the Parliament of India. He is heir to Kolhapur royal family as the 13th direct descendant of the Maratha king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and great-great-grandson of Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu of Kolhapur.
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R. R. Patil
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- politician
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Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, better known as R. R. Patil, was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
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Satej Patil
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- politician
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Satej Dyandeo Patil is a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Indian National Congress. He served as the Minister of State for Home (Urban), Housing, Transport, Information Technology, and Parliamentary Affairs. He previously served as Minister of State for Home (Urban & Rural), Rural Development, Food & Drugs Administration of Maharashtra in the UPA coalition government from 2010 to 2014. Like many of his contemporaries, Patil also followed his father Dr. D. Y. Patil in politics. Patil hails from the city of Kolhapur.
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Virdhawal Khade
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- swimmer
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Virdhawal Vikram Khade is an Indian swimmer. He competed in the men's 50, 100 and 200 m freestyle swimming events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Khade won a bronze medal in the 50 meters butterfly event at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou; it was India's first Asian Games medal in swimming in 24 years. He was conferred with the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2011.
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Rahi Sarnobot
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- sport shooter
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Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat is a female athlete from India who competes in the 25 metre pistol shooting event. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. She is the first woman to win a gold medal in shooting at the Asian Games for India – she won the gold at the 2018 Jakarta Palembang Asian Games in the women's 25 metre pistol event. She won two gold medals in 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the first of the two golds in coming in the 25 metre pistol pair event with Anisa Sayyed. She had previously won gold in the 25 metre pistol event at the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games, which were held in India.
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Siddeshwar Swami
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- spiritual leader
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Siddeshwar Swami was an Indian spiritual preacher and philosopher known for his teachings on yoga and spirituality. Swami was the head of Jnanayogashrama, an ashram in the city of Vijayapura (formerly Bijapur), in the Indian state of Karnataka. He declined the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, when it was awarded to him in 2018. He had earlier declined an honorary doctorate from the Karnatak University.
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Tejaswini Sawant
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- sport shooter
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Tejaswini Sawant is an Indian shooter and Olympian from the Maharashtrian city of Kolhapur. In 2010 she became World Champion in the 50 metre prone rifle event.
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Dnyaneshwar Mulay
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- diplomat
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Dnyaneshwar Mulay is an Indian diplomat who superannuated after 35 years of service. Mulay was appointed by the President of India as a member of the National Human Rights Commission in April 2019, where he served until April 2024. He is currently serving as an advisor to the National Skill Development Corporation. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1983, and has since served in several capacities, including the Consul General of India, New York, and the High Commissioner of India, Male, Maldives. Mulay is a successful writer, having written over 15 books which have been translated in Arabic, Dhivehi, Urdu, Kannada and Hindi. His most recognizable work is Maati, Pankh ani Akash, which has been prescribed in the Arts curriculum at North Maharasthra University, Jalgaon (Maharashtra).
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Uttam Kamble
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- poetwriterjournalist
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Uttam Kamble is an Indian journalist and the chief editor of Sakal Media Group. He is the author of around 63 published books. Through a journalism career of over three decades, he is best known for his writings focused on the oppressed and deprived class. He was also the President of the 84th Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan literary conference, and inaugurated the 16th Kamgar Sahitya Sammelan in the Satara district of Maharashtra in February 2011, presided over by Ramdas Phutane.
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Bharat Patankar
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- 1949-.. (age 77)
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- gynecologist
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Bharat Patankar is a leading activist of the left wing of Shramik Mukti Dal and of the peasant movement in Maharashtra. Bharat Patankar is an activist who has worked for almost 40 years in movements of workers, farmers, dam evictees, agricultural labourers, the drought eradication movement, alternative cultural movement, women's liberation movement, anti-SEZ and coal-based power plant movement based on alternative energy proposals, rights of farmers on windmills, and radical anti-caste movements. He was married to writer and activist, Gail Omvedt until her death in 2021.
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P. A. Inamdar
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- 1945-.. (age 81)
- Biography
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P. A. Inamdar is an Indian educationist.
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Nirmalya Kumar
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- 1960-.. (age 66)
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- teacher
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Nirmalya Kumar is Professor of Marketing of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. He has served on the Boards of ACC Limited, Ambuja Cements, Bata India, BP Ergo, Defaqto, Tata Capital, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries, Tata Limited (UK), Tata Unistore, Ultratech, and Zensar Technologies. He received the 2021 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy by the Marketing Strategy SIG of the American Marketing Association (AMA).
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A. H. Salunkhe
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- writerhead of department
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A. H. Salunkhe is a Marathi author and social activist related to Satya Shodhak Samaj and to the Shivdharma movement.
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Zainulabedin Ismail Hamdulay
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- cardiac surgeon
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Zainulabedin Hamdulay is an Indian cardiac surgeon. He is the joint secretary and treasurer at Indian Association of Cardiovascular (IACTS). He is the director of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at Global Hospital, Parel, Mumbai. He is also a Founder of Hamdulay Heart Foundation. Hamdulay has attended over 7,000 cardiac surgeries.
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Ganesh Bagler
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- researcher
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Ganesh Bagler is an Indian scientist known for his work in computational gastronomy, an interdisciplinary field that applies data science and complex systems to culinary practices and food systems. His research spans global cuisines, and explores phenomena such as food pairing, flavor networks, and the cultural and health aspects of food. As of 2025, he was a professor at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi.
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Anant Ramachandra Gokhale
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Anant Ramachandra Gokhale was an educationalist. In 20th-century India, many great personalities walked in multifaceted fields of Indian society. Many amongst them served the nation in different capacities through various occupations. Some of them contributed immensely in the field of education all over India. Gokhale was among such personalities who worked all his life for women's education and welfare.
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Suniti Ashok Deshpande
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- teacher
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Suniti Ashok Deshpande, (8 November 1954 – 23 September 2015) was an Indian educator, writer, translator and interpreter, best known for her work on spreading the Russian language and culture in India.
