National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Alumni

Business and corporate

Jessie Paul, CEO and founder of Paul Writer Strategic Advisory marketing firm

Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons; former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services

Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services

Sidin Vadukut, columnist, blogger, writer and former Managing Director of Mint

• Jessie Paul, CEO and founder of Paul Writer Strategic Advisory marketing firm^[1]

• Mahesh Amalean (Sri Lankan businessman), Chairman of MAS Holdings^[2]
• Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons; former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services; awarded CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in business category in 2014^[3][4]
• Rajesh Gopinathan, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services^[5]
• T. V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel (Global)^[6][7]
• R. Ravimohan (Harvard graduate), former Executive Director of Reliance Industries; former Chairman and Managing Director of Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited^[8]
• T. Sankaralingam, Member of the Board of Directors of Power Mech Projects Ltd; former Managing Director of BGR Energy Systems Ltd and National Thermal Power Corporation^[9][10][11]
• K. R. Sridhar, CEO and founder of Bloom Energy^[12]
• Shyam Srinivasan, CEO and Managing Director, Federal Bank^[13][14]
• Sidin Vadukut, columnist, blogger, writer and former Managing Director of Mint^[15]

Academics and research

• Rajkumar Chellaraj (Harvard graduate), CFO and Associate Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business; former Assistant Secretary of State for Administration at the United States Department of State, nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2006^[16][17]
• V. John Mathews, Professor and Head of School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University^[18]
• Nagi Naganathan, Dean of Engineering, University of Toledo^[19]
• Krishna Palem, Kenneth and Audrey Kennedy Professor of Computing, Rice University^[20][21]
• S. K. Ramesh, Dean of Engineering, California State University, Northridge^[22]
• Nagarajan Ranganathan, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida^[23]
• Ramesh R. Rao, Director of California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego^[24]
• Guruswami Ravichandran, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; former Director of Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory^[25]
• Vallabh Sambamurthy, Eli Broad Professor and Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University^[26]
• Chetan Sankar, Advisory Council Emeritus Professor of Management Information Systems, Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University^[27]
• Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Director of Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston^[28]
• Madhavan Swaminathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of Center for Co-Design of Chip, Package, System, Georgia Institute of Technology^[29]
• Baba C. Vemuri, Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Director of Center for Vision Graphics and Medical Imaging, University of Florida^[30]

Arts and media

• Satish Chakravarthy, Indian music composer; produces film scores and soundtracks in the Tamil film industry^[31]
• Vanitha Rangaraju, technical lighting director for Shrek; animator for DreamWorks Animation^[32]