Gupta
Gupta (/ˈɡuːptə/; Devanagari: गुप्त) is a common surname of Indian origin.
According to some academics, the name Gupta is derived from Goptri, meaning 'protector' or 'governor'.[1] According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.[2] In modern north India, the surname Gupta is used mainly by the Vaishya Baniya communities, particularly those belonging to Varshney, Rauniyar, Agarwal (or gahoi), Mahur, Barnwal, Khandelwal, Jaiswal, Sudi vaishya, Arya vaishya, Mahajan, Mahawar, Maheshwari, Patwa, Kasuadhan, Sanmani, Lashkari and Mathur Vaishya sub-castes.[3] In eastern India, the Gupta surname is used by the Baidya community of West Bengal and is often double-barrelled with other surnames like Sengupta, Dasgupta and Duttagupta.
Notables
Monarchs
- Gupta (king), founder of the Gupta dynasty
- Ghatotkacha (king)
- Chandragupta I
- Samudragupta
- Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya
- Kumaragupta I
- Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor
- Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)
- Budhagupta
Academics
- Brahmagupta, Indian mathematician and astronomer
- Neena Gupta, Indian mathematician
- Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academician and a former vice chancellor of Ranchi University.
- Akhil Gupta, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the field of social and cultural anthropology
- Amar Gupta, professor and scientist
- Amlan Das Gupta, Indian professor of English in Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- M K Das Gupta, Indian professor and scientist
- Anil Kumar Gupta, Delhi based professor and policy expert on environment, climate change and disasters
- Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Indian biologist
- Narmada Prasad Gupta
- S. P. Gupta, Indian archaeologist and art historian
- Suraj N. Gupta, Indian-American physicist
- M. G. Gupta, Urdu poet and research scholar
- Arvind Gupta, 13th President of the University of British Columbia
- Arvind Gupta, Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science
In business and management
- Mahendra Mohan Gupta, owner of the Dainik Jagran group of Hindi newspapers
- N. C. Sen Gupta, eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
- Nilesh Gupta (born 1973/74), Indian businessman, managing director of Lupin Limited
- Raj Gupta, CEO and president of Rohm and Haas
- Rajat Gupta, United Nations special advisor on management reforms, former director of Goldman Sachs and former head of McKinsey Consulting
- Rajiv Gupta (technocrat), general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project
- S. K. Gupta, vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of infoUSA
- Sanjay Gupta (businessman), Indian civil servant
- Sanjay Gupta (director), Alstom Grid
- Subodh Gupta, chairman and CEO of HemtroN Lightings, www.rouniyar.com, Sewa Sansthan Delhi
- Vikas Gupta, head of consumer payments division of Google
- Pankaj Gupta, President & CEO of Amtel, Inc.
- Gupta family, well known South African family with significant business interests whose most notable members are the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta
In entertainment
- Aditi Gupta, Indian television actress
- Anil Gupta, British writer and producer (radio and television)
- Buddhadev Das Gupta, Indian classical sarod musician and teacher
- Neena Gupta, Indian film and television actress
- Rajendra Gupta, actor in cinema for good character roles.
- Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian film director and script writer
- Rohit Gupta, American Film director
- Puja Gupta, winner of Miss India Universe in 2007
- Tanika Gupta, British playwright of Indian origin
- Sanjay Gupta (director), Bollywood director
- Yana Gupta, Indian model-actress of Czech origin
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta, American teleneurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent
- Esha Gupta, Femina Miss India International title in 2007, Indian film actress
- Akshat Gupta, Indian television actor
- Aarti Gupta, winner of Miss Teen India International 2014, Indian-American model
In judiciary
- Deepak Gupta, a judge of the Supreme Court of India and former Chief Justice of the Tripura and the Chhattisgarh High Courts
- Rajiv Gupta, former Chief Justice of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Kerala High Courts
In journalism
- Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of Indian Express
In literature
- Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian Hindi poet
- Baldev Raj Gupta, Indian writer
- Ishwar Chandra Gupta, Indian Bengali poet and writer
- Jagadish Gupta, Bengali poet and writer
- Mahendranath Gupta, Indian spiritual writer and disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
- Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature
In politics
- Banarsi Das Gupta, former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Chandra Bhanu Gupta, served three terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
- Ram Prakash Gupta, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Governor of Madhya Pradesh
- Indrajit Gupta, Indian Communist leader, Union Minister for Home Affairs during 1996-98
- Dr. Asim Dasgupta, former Finance and Excise Minister of West Bengal
- Shyama Charan Gupta, Indian politician
- Badal Gupta, Indian revolutionary
- Dinesh Gupta, Indian revolutionary
- Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian social worker and participant in the Indian Independence movement and Bhoodan movement
- Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian revolutionary and author of autobiographical, historical and fictional books in Hindi, English and Bengali
- Niranjan Sen Gupta, Indian revolutionary
- Nolini Kanta Gupta, Indian revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic
- Chaman Lal Gupta, Minister in Vajpayee Government (BJP)
- Kavinder Gupta, former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In sports
- Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Indian badminton player
- Pankaj Gupta, Indian sports administrators
- Sandip Gupta, Kenyan cricketer
- Abhijeet Gupta, Indian chess player
See also
References
- ↑ GUPTA - Surname Meaning | Origin for the Surname Gupta Genealogy. Genealogy.about.com (2013-07-14). Retrieved on 2013-07-18.
- ↑ Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra; Anant Sadashiv Altekar (1986). Vakataka Gupta Age: circa 200–550 A.D. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. p. 126. ISBN 81-208-0026-5.
- ↑ Sharma, Tej Ram (1978). Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta. Concept Publishing Company.
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