List of University of Delhi people
This is a list of notable people related to the University of Delhi. This page excludes those people whose only connection with Delhi University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Nobel laureates
Two Nobel laureates have been associated with Delhi University.
| Name | Year | Prize | Affiliation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aung San Suu Kyi | 1991 | Nobel Peace Prize | B.A. in Political Science (1964) | [1][2] |
| Amartya Sen | 1998 | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences | Professor of Economics (1963-1971) | [3] |
Heads of state and government
- G.P. Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
- Bingu wa Mutharika, current President of Malawi
- Sangay Ngedup, former Prime Minister of Bhutan (1999-2000, 2005-2006)
- Manmohan Singh, 14th Prime Minister of India, 2004-2014; Professor of International Trade at the Delhi School of Economics, 1969-1971[4]
- Khandu Wangchuk, former Prime Minister of Bhutan[5]
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, sixth President of Pakistan[6]
Notable alumni
Activists
- Kiran Bedi, first woman to become an Indian Police Service officer
- Urvashi Butalia, founder of Zubaan, a feminist publishing house
- Medha Patkar, founder member of the Narmada Bachao Andolan
- Aruna Roy, founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan[7]
- Bunker Roy, social activist and educator[8]
- Rahul Verma, social worker, columnist and founder of Uday Foundation [9]
Arts, entertainment and television
- Amitabh Bachchan, film actor[10]
- Anu Aggarwal, former film actress known for the movie Aashiqui
- Imtiaz Ali, film director[11]
- Sharan Rani Backliwal, sarod player; recipient of Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan
- Huma Qureshi, film actress and model
- Aarti Bajaj, film editor
- Manoj Bajpai, actor[11]
- Kabir Bedi, film actor[12]
- Rekha Bhardwaj, singer
- Vishal Bhardwaj, director
- Swara Bhaskar, actress
- Richa Chadda, actress[13]
- Nandita Chandra, theatre actor
- Geeta Chandran, dancer and choreographer
- Neetu Chandra, model and actress
- Priyanshu Chatterjee, actor
- Tisca Chopra, actress
- Parvin Dabas, actor
- Nandita Das, actor, director[14]
- Neha Dhupia, actor[15]
- Benjamin Gilani, film actor
- Gulshan Grover, actor known for his negative roles[16]
- Aditi Rao Hydari, film actress
- Madhur Jaffrey, actor, cookbook writer
- Prakash Jha, film director[17]
- Sriti Jha, television actress known for her work in the show Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?
- Shakti Kapoor, actor
- Shekhar Kapur, film director
- Satish Kaushik, actor and film director[10]
- Abhinav Kashyap, film director and screenwriter[17]
- Anurag Kashyap, filmmaker[11]
- Nimrat Kaur, film actress, known for the movie The Lunchbox
- Kabir Khan, known for the blockbuster Ek Tha Tiger[18]
- Shah Rukh Khan, film actor[11]
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda, film actor
- Ashvin Kumar, independent filmmaker
- Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK), singer[18]
- Minissha Lamba, film actor[11]
- Pavan Malhotra, actor [19]
- Siddharth Malhotra, actor (BCom)[20]
- Mini Mathur, television host and actress
- Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, director, best known for the movie Rang De Basanti[17]
- Deepa Mehta, director
- Anjolie Ela Menon, painter[14]
- Baisali Mohanty, classical dancer and choreographer
- Mira Nair, director
- Jaspinder Narula, playback singer[15]
- Rati Pandey, television actress, known for her role of Indira Sharma in the show Hitler Didi
- Manish Paul, television host and stand-up comedian[21]
- Arjun Rampal, actor[11]
- Koyal Rana, model and Femina Miss India World 2014
- Madhumita Raut, Odissi dancer
- Alankrita Sahai, model and Miss Diva Earth 2014
- Parikshit Sahni, actor
- Leela Samson, Bharata Natyam dancer[22]
- Amba Sanyal, stage actor and costume designer[23]
- Shriya Saran, film actress and model
- Roshan Seth, film actor
- Dipannita Sharma, actress[24]
- Konkona Sen Sharma, film actor[11]
- Maneesh Sharma, film director known for his debut movie Band Baaja Baaraat
- Mallika Sherawat, actress[7]
- Siddharth, film actor known for his work in the South Indian film industry
- Chitrangada Singh, actress[25]
- Rannvijay Singh, VJ with MTV India; current host and director of MTV Roadies[11]
- Sandali Sinha, actress and model, known for her debut movie Tum Bin
- Saakshi Tanwar, TV actor, star of a Star Plus daily Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
- Ali Abbas Zafar, film director[26]
- Imran Zahid, theatre and film actor
- Naveen Kasturia, film actor and assistant director[27]
- Sushant Singh Rajput, a film actor, DTU alumnus
- Amrita Meghwal, a politician, DTU alumnus
- Shanky Singh, CWE wrestler
Business
- Ajaypal Singh Banga, CEO and President, MasterCard
- Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com
- Omkar Goswami, Chairman and founder, CERG Advisor
- Anshu Jain, Co-CEO, Deutsche Bank
- Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman and publisher, The Times Group
- Aditya Jha, philanthropist and global entrepreneur
- Naina Lal Kidwai, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India
- Shikha Sharma, Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank
Educationists
- Vivek Bhandari, director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Director, School of Convergence
Fashion and modelling
- Rohit Bal, fashion designer
- Ritu Beri, fashion designer[7]
- Pamella Bordes, Miss India 1982
- Manpreet Brar, Miss India; first runner-up at 1995 Miss Universe pageant
- Marc Robinson, supermodel, fashion director and fashion choreographer
- Ekta Chowdhry, winner of Femina Miss India 2009
- Indrani Dasgupta, model
- Hasleen Kaur, Miss India Earth 2011[28]
- Ritu Kumar, fashion designer
- Shonali Nagrani, first runner-up of Miss International 2003
- Koyal Rana, Femina Miss India 2014
- Ankita Shorey, Miss India International 2011
- Shikha Swaroop, Miss India
Humanities and social sciences
- Kaushik Basu, economist and commentator[29]
- Veena Das, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University
- Jasleen Dhamija, textile historian[30]
- Gita Gopinath, professor at Harvard University (B.A. in 1992 and M.A. in 1994)[14][31]
- Ramnarayan Rawat, historian of South Asia
- Usha Sanyal, historian[15]
- Sarup Singh, academic; Principal of Kirori Mal College; Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University (1971–1974); Governor of Gujarat and Kerala[32]
- Upinder Singh, historian
- Kapila Vatsyayan, art scholar; chairperson of IGNCA; recipient of the Padma Vibhushan[33]
- Arundhati Virmani, historian
Literature
- Upamanyu Chatterjee, writer
- Kunzang Choden, first Bhutanese woman to write a novel[15]
- Anita Desai, author
- Amitav Ghosh, English language author[29]
- Namita Gokhale, co-founder of Jaipur Literature Festival[15]
- Ali Sardar Jafri, writer, poet
- Nabila Jamshed, author
- Mukul Kesavan, essayist and author
- Shiv Khera, author of self-help books
- Mohan Rana, writer, poet
- Vikram Seth, author
- Khushwant Singh, novelist and journalist[12]
Media
- Niharika Acharya, VOA Aaj Tak reporter, anchor
- Pallavi Aiyar, author and China correspondent of The Hindu
- Swaminathan Aiyar, economist and former editor of The Economic Times
- Niret J. Alva, television producer and CEO, Miditech
- Ambika Anand, Editor-in-Chief, fashion at NDTV Good Times[15]
- Siddhartha Basu, television producer and quizmaster
- Shereen Bhan, Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18
- Satinder Bindra, India Bureau Chief, CNN
- Romola Butalia, writer, author, website editor
- Shoma Chaudhury, ex-Managing Editor, Tehelka
- Prabhu Chawla, editor of India Today; host of Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak
- Swapan Dasgupta, political analyst and journalist
- Vinod Dua, journalist
- Bahar Dutt, columnist for CNN-IBN
- Barkha Dutt, television anchor and journalist[29]
- Sagarika Ghose, news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN
- Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-chief, Times Now
- Ramachandra Guha, writer and columnist
- Prem Shankar Jha, columnist; former editor, The Hindustan Times
- Manoj Joshi, journalist, Deputy Editor, Mail Today
- Gauri Khan, film producer and owner of Red Chillies Entertainment with her husband Shahrukh Khan[7]
- Rini Simon Khanna, news anchor[34]
- Mammen Mathew, editor and Managing Director, Malayala Manorama
- Rajiv Mehrotra, writer; television producer-director; documentary filmmaker
- Chandan Mitra, editor of The Pioneer
- Aroon Purie, Editor-in-chief, India Today
- Nidhi Razdan, NDTV anchor
- Radhika Roy, co-founder of NDTV
- Nalini Singh, journalist, Doordarshan, known for her programme Aankhon Dekhi[22]
- Chitra Subramaniam, journalist who broke the Bofors scandal story
- Salma Sultan, news anchor of Doordarshan
Politics and government
- Tulsi Agarwal, Bharatiya Janata Party politician
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission[29]
- Mani Shankar Aiyar, Indian National Congress politician[12]
- Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of the Bajaj Group
- Ranjib Biswal, Member of Parliament, Indian National Congress politician, former IPL Chairman, Cricket Administrator
- Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner of India; author of Mother Teresa's biography
- P. N. Dhar, principal secretary to Indira Gandhi's Prime Minister's office
- Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi[7]
- Maneka Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party politician, estranged member of Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty[14]
- Rahul Gandhi, Indian National Congress Member of Parliament (from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency)
- Vijay Goel, Bharatiya Janata Party politician[35]
- Lala Hardayal, founder of the Ghadar Party
- Arun Jaitley, Bharatiya Janata Party politician, former lawyer[35]
- Naveen Jindal, Indian National Congress politician
- Vijay Jolly, MLA (2003–2008), BJP spokesperson[35]
- Najeeb Jung, current Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- Brinda Karat, Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician[7]
- Madanlal Khurana, former Chief Minister of Delhi
- Salman Khurshid, Minister of State for Corporate and Minority Affairs[29]
- Sucheta Kripalani, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's first woman Chief Minister[22]
- Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress politician; first woman to become the Speaker of the Lok Sabha[15]
- Alka Lamba, volunteer of Aam Aadmi Party; former President of the Delhi University Students Union[35]
- Meenakshi Lekhi, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ajay Maken, Indian National Congress politician[35]
- Amrita Meghwal, Member of the Legislative Assembly, from Jalore
- Naveen Patnaik, current Chief Minister of Orissa
- Sachin Pilot, former Minister of Corporate Affairs[29]
- Hardeep Singh Puri, former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
- Vinod Rai, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Devyani Rana, member of the Nepalese royal family
- Salim Ahmed Salim, Tanzanian diplomat; former Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity
- Arun Shourie, former Union Minister for Disinvestment; editor of the Indian Express[29]
- Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India
- Digvijay Singh, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Ira Singhal, IAS: Topper, Civil Services Exam 2014
- Ambika Soni, former Minister of Information and Broadcasting[15]
- Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy activist; leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar; Nobel Peace Prize laureate[14]
- Subramanian Swamy, politician and economist[12]
- Shashi Tharoor, MoS for External Affairs; former U.N. Under Secretary General[12]
- Satish Upadhyay, Bhartiya Janta Party politician
Note that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, the fifth President of India, graduated from St. Stephen's College, when the college was under the University of the Punjab.
Science and engineering
- Archana Bhattacharyya, physicist
- Charusita Chakravarty, chemist, recipient of the 2009 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science
- Vinod Dham, invented the Pentium chip
- Amit Dutt, geneticist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[36][37]
- Krishna N. Ganesh, chemist, recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science (1998)[38]
- Eknath Prabhakar Ghate, mathematician, recipient of the 2013 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Mathematical Science
- Satish K. Gupta, immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[39]
- Anil Grover, plant molecular biologist, N-Bios laureate[40]
- Gaiti Hasan, microbiologist
- Amolak Chand Jain, natural products chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[41]
- S. C. Jain, physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[42]
- Amitabh Joshi, evolutionary biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[43]
- Deepak Kumar, physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[44]
- Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, cytogeneticist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[45]
- Satish Chandra Maheshwari, molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient[46]
- Hirdaya Behari Mathur, physical chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[47]
- Asoke Nath Mitra, physicist, recipient of the 1969 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science
- Pran Nath, physicist at Northeastern University
- Jogesh Pati, physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park, recipient of the Dirac Medal of the ICTP in 2000 (MSc in 1957)[48]
- N. A. Ramaiah physical chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Amitava Raychaudhuri, particle physicist, recipient of the 1997 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Physical Science
- Shasanka Mohan Roy, quantum physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[49]
- Apurva Sarin, cell biologist, N-Bios laureate[50]
- Sampat Kumar Tandon, geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[51]
- Anil Kumar Tyagi, biochemist, recipient of the 1995 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Medical Science (PhD in Medical Biochemistry)[52]
- Meena Upadhyaya, medical geneticist
- Srinivasan Varadarajan, chemist and Padma Bhushan awardee[53]
Sports
- Prashanti Singh, basketball player for the India women's national basketball team, Arjuna Award Winner 2017
- Kirti Azad, cricketer for Delhi and India; Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament
- Ankita Bhambri, tennis player
- Sanaa Bhambri, tennis player
- Unmukt Chand, cricketer
- Anjum Chopra, former captain of the National Women's Cricket Team
- Gautam Gambhir, cricketer
- Arun Lal, former cricketer; current television cricket commentator
- Jaspal Rana, Asian Games gold medallist shooter
- Mansher Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medalist shooter
Notable faculty
- Tista Bagchi, professor of linguistics
- Pranab Bardhan, professor at the Delhi School of Economics from 1973 to 1977[54]
- Surendra Sheodas Barlingay, logician and Marathi writer
- Jagdish N. Bhagwati, professor of international trade at the Delhi School of Economics from 1962 to 1968
- Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, Indian historian, Padma Bhushan (2007)
- Bhisham Sahni, author and playwright, former lecturer in English at Zakir Husain Delhi College
- Amartya Sen, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998
- M. N. Srinivas, sociologist
- Sushil Kumar Saxena, arts, Indian author, music critic & exponent, recipient of Padma Bhushan (2008)
- Anil Kumari Malhotra, principal of Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Padma Shri recipient (2016)
- Kamal Kumar Sethi, former professor of cardiology, Padma Shri recipient
- T. A. Venkitasubramanian, former professor of biochemistry, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Debi Prasad Sarkar, former professor of biochemistry, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[55]
- Santosh Kumar Sen, Indian surgeon and Padma Bhushan recipient[56]
- Sampat Kumar Tandon, former pro-vice chancellor, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[51]
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