List of Mayoites

Alumni of Mayo College and now Mayo College Girls School are often referred to as Mayoites, they include Statesmen, Writers, Athletes, Businesspersons, Diplomats, etc.

Art

Name Profession Notability
Jaideep MehrotraArtistSince 1967 he has had 18 solo shows and more than 30 Groups to his credit. A pioneer of digital media in Indian art [1][2]
Shakti MairaArtistArtist, sculptor and writer. His work is in the National Gallery of Modern Art and private collections around the world. Author of 'Towards Ananda: Rethinking Indian Art and Aesthetics.' [3][4][5]

Civil Servants

Name Profession Notability
Arup PatnaikIPS officerAdditional Director-General, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai. Police Medal for Meritorious Service and President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service
R. N. MathurIPS officerDirector General of Police, Assam, Police Medal for Meritorious Service and President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service[6]
K. C. VermaSecretary (Security)Served as Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau and Director Research and Analysis Wing, India [7]
Probir SenDirector, India International CentreMember of the Indian Administrative Service. Served as Principal Secretary, Commerce & Industry in the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, former Chairman & Managing Director of Air India & Indian Airlines
Amitabh KantIAS officerMember of Indian Administrative Service. CEO, Niti Aayog

Conservationists

Name Profession Notability
HH Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khan III GCIE, KCSINawab of JunagadhHe is credited with a conservation effort that helped ensure the survival of the asiatic lion.[8][9]
Priyamvada SinghPrincess of Meja, [Rajasthan]]; and Yuvrani Saheb of Talcher, Odisha. Social Entrepreneur and Media ProfessionalShe is a recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, which is regarded as India's highest civilian honour for women. She is credited with heritage conservation efforts and women empowerment initiatives. [10]

Diplomats

Name Profession Notability
Gurjit SinghIFS OfficerIndian ambassador to Germany and previously Indonesia and Ethiopia Representative of India to the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Author of 'The Abalone Factor' and 'The Injera and the Paratha'.[11]
Harsh Vardhan ShringlaIFS Officer33rd Foreign Secretary of India, previously served as Indian Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Thailand.
Sanjay SinghIFS OfficerAmbassador of India to Iran

Media and journalism

Name Profession Notability
Vir SanghviEditorEx-Editor, Hindustan Times, Talk-Show Host[12]
Charu SharmaAnchorSports anchor on television
Tunku VaradarajanEditorEditor, Newsweek
Siddharth VaradarajanEditorEx-Editor, The Hindu and Visiting Professor of Journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley[13]
Dhiren Bhagat (Oxon)Journalist, PoetDied at 31 in Delhi. Wrote for the Spectator (London), the Sunday Observer, the Indian Post, and the Illustrated Weekly of India, the Telegraph, the Hindustan Times, the Indian Express, India Today, Sunday, Harpers and Queen, and the London Magazine. Also wrote short stories and poetry.[14]
Manvendra SinghMember of Parliament, EditorEx Assistant Editor, Indian Express

Royalty

Name Notability
HH Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu & KashmirThe last ruler of J & K (father of Dr. Karan Singh)
HH Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of JaipurErstwhile Maharaja of Jaipur. Ace polo player, Indian Ambassador to Spain, (married Maharani Gayatri Devi)
Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh of BanaresThe last King of Banares (Varanasi in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. He was a scholar of Sanskrit, Veda and Purana. He served as Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.[15]
HH Maharaja Sawai Kumar Padmanabh SinghMaharaja of Jaipur [16]
HH Maharaja Ganga Singh GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, KCB, GCStJErstwhile Maharaja of the princely state of Bikaner from 1888 to 1943. He is widely remembered as a modern reformist visionary, and he was also the only "non-White" member of the British Imperial War Cabinet during World War I.
Maharajkumar of VizianagramCricketer and politician. Educated at Mayo College and at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. Was knighted although he renounced his knighthood after India gained her independence.
Yuvaraja Sri Sir Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, GCIEHeir Apparent of the princely state of Mysore.
HH Maharaja Rajendra Singh of RajpiplaPolo player, son of HH Maharaja Sir Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, Gohil dynasty which traces its lineage to the 6th century A.D.
Maharaj Nagendra Singh of the State of DungarpurBorn 18 March 1914, was educated at Mayo College, Ajmer, and Cambridge, England. He obtained his Doctorate in Law from the same university and joined the Indian Civil Service. Appointed a Judge, he later became the Chief Justice of the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
HH Maharana Mahendra Singh MewarErstwhile ruler of Udaipur (Mewar Dynasty)
HH Arvind SinghFrom Royal family of Udaipur (Mewar Dynasty)
HH Maharaja Prem SinghFrom the erstwhile royal family of Chamba
HH Maharao Brijraj Singh of KotahFrom the erstwhile royal family of Kotah
Prince Shivraj Singh of Marwar-JodhpurPrince of the erstwhile Royal Family of Jodhpur, which can trace its lineage back to 1226 A.D.
HH Maharaja Jitendra SinghFrom the erstwhile royal family of Alwar
HRH Princess ShrutiPrincess of Nepal. A member of the Shah Dynasty.
HRH HH Said Bin TaimurThe twelfth Sultan of Oman
Pragmulji III of CutchPresent titular head of Cutch in Gujarat, India
HH Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khan III GCIE, KCSIBabi Bahadur of Junagadh. He is credited with a conservation effort that helped ensure the survival of the asiatic lion.[8][9]

Politicians

Name Profession Notability
Jaswant SinghPoliticianFinance Minister of India (1996 & 2004), External Affairs Minister of India (1998) & Minister of Defence for India
Natwar Singh (Cantab.)Indian Foreign Service & PoliticianHe was Member of Parliament, has received Padma Bhushan. Served as Ambassador to Pakistan and as Minister of External Affairs, Government of India
Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoPoliticianFormer Chief Minister of Orissa
Dinesh DhamijaPoliticianBritish Indian entrepreneur, Liberal Democrat, and Member of the European Parliament[17][18]
Manvendra SinghPoliticianMember of Parliament
Jitendra SinghPoliticianAICC Secretary & Maharaja of Alwar
V.P. Singh BadnorePoliticianHonorable Governor of Punjab and Administrator for Chandigarh UT ,Former Member of Parliament -13th & 14th Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Four time MLA.
Thakur Ganpat SinghPoliticianMember of Legislative Assembly, Ajmer, 1951.
Bhawani Singh of PokhranPoliticianMember 1st Lok Sabha (1952)[19]
Deepender Singh HoodaPoliticianMember of Parliament from the Indian National Congress from the Rohtak constituency in Haryana. He is the son of Bhupinder Singh Hooda who served as Chief Minister of Haryana, while his grandfather, Ranbir Singh Hooda, was a freedom fighter, a member of the Constituent Assembly and Minister in Punjab.[20]
Raj Raj Singh DeoPoliticianFormer Member of Parliament, 4th and 5th Lok Sabha

Writers

Name Profession Notability
Vikram ChandraWriterWrote Red Earth & Pouring Rain (winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, and the David Higham Prize for Fiction), Sacred Games, etc. (Senior Lecturer in English at the University of California Berkeley (UCB).[21]
Indra Sinha, Cantab.WriterAuthor, Animal's People, short-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Winner of 2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Europe and South Asia; The Death of Mr Love; The Cybergypsies (non-fiction); Tantra (non-fiction); Kama Sutra (Translation)
Ruchir JoshiWriterAuthor of The Last Jet-Engine Laugh and of Electric Feather, India's first anthology of erotica.[14]
Maroof RazaDefence Analyst, Writer, EducationalistDefence Correspondent at NDTV and Associate Editor of the Indian Defence Review. Visiting Research Fellow at the War Studies Department of King's College, London. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, King's College London & Cambridge University

Armed Forces

Name Profession Notability
Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSMIndian NavyChief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy and the erstwhile Commandant of National Defence College.[22][23]
Lt. Gen. Nathu Singh RathoreIndian ArmyThe first Lt. General of the Indian Army. He was favoured by Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck to be the first Indian Army Chief, but declined the position to Jawaharlal Nehru because he felt it would not be fair to supersede his senior General Cariappa.
Lt Gen (Retd) Ajai Singh, PVSM, AVSMIndian ArmyGovernor of Assam
Lt Gen Aditya SinghIndian ArmyC-in-C, Andamans, C-in-C Southern Command
HH Maharao Shri Bhim Singh IIIndian ArmyHonorary Brigadier in the Indian Army and also Honorary Colonel of the 17 Poona Horse. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Viceroy's War Council. Up-Rajpramukh of Rajasthan State in 1948/1956. He has also served as India's alternate delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in 1956

Commerce and Industry

Manufacturing

Name Profession Notability
Ravi KantVice Chairman and M.D.Tata Motors
Vikram MehtaServed as ChairmanShell India
Probir SenBoard MemberBharat Petroleum

Hospitality and drinks

Name Profession Notability
Karan GroverDirectorGrover Vineyards Ltd.[24]

Information Technology

Name Profession Notability
Ashwin RamChief Innovation OfficerPalo Alto Research Center Incorporated. BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Received the President of India's Gold Medal for best undergraduate performance). MS from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. degree from Yale University.
Probir SenBoard MemberHCL Technologies Ltd.

Finance & Banking

Name Profession Notability
Sushil Wadhwani, CBECentral BankerBank of England Monetary policy Committee. Former London School of Economics Reader (7 years), he was appointed a full-time independent member of the Monetary Policy Committee after various private sector roles including Director, Equity Strategy at Goldman Sachs.
Rakesh MohanCentral BankerDeputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Brij SinghFounder & CEOBaer Capital Partners, UAE [25]

Media and Entertainment

Goldie Behl at Suzanne Roshan's The Charcoal Project Launch.
Name Profession Notability
Ajay MehtaHollywood ActorTV shows, include Eli Stone, Sex and the City, Numb3rs, CSI: NY, Modern Family and Outsourced. Played Citigroup CEO, Vikram Pandit, in the TV movie Too Big to Fail, and the leader of India in G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
Tinnu AnandActor, Film DirectorHe has worked in more than 100 Bollywood movies.
Gauravv K Chawla Film Director, Screenwriter Directed Hindi Feature Film Baazaar starring Saif Ali Khan.
Vivek OberoiActorKnown for Shootout at Lokhandwala, Omkara (2006 film), Yuva, etc.
Rishi KapoorActorDid not graduate. Attended Mayo for less than one year before being transferred to the Campion School in Mumbai due to an illness.[26]
Sagarika GhatgeActressKnown for her role in Chak De India
Deeksha SethActressActive performer in Hindi and regional cinema of India
Aamir Raza HussainDirector, ActorWell known Theatre Personality, Recipient of the Padma Shree Award
Goldie BehlDirector, ProducerHe has Directed and written Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai and Drona (2008 film). He has also Produced London, Paris, New York.
Aditya LakhiaActor and DirectorHas appeared in Lagaan, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, etc.
Samir KarnikDirector, ProducerHas Directed Heroes (2008 film), Yamla Pagla Deewana, Kyun! Ho Gaya Na..., etc.
Karan KundraTV ActorLead role in Kitni Mohabbat Hai
Pradip KrishenFilmmakerMarried to Booker Prize–winning author Arundhati Roy, Krishen read at St. Stephens College, New Delhi and at Oxford before teaching History at Delhi University
Rahul SinghActorMayo College Batch of 1990. Has acted in Zubeidaa, 24 (Indian TV series) and various other plays and films.
Bobby DeolBollywood ActorHe is a well known actor and is the son of Dharmendra.
Priya WalTV ActressKnown for her role in Remix, CID, Pyar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani.
Vedita Pratap SinghActressBhindi Baazaar Inc. and Mumbai 125 KM

Law

Name Profession Notability
Maharaj Nagendra Singh of DungarpurJudgeHe obtained his Doctorate in Law from Cambridge and joined the Indian Civil Service. Appointed a Judge, he later became the Chief Justice of the International Court of Justice at The Hague.
Raghuvendra Singh RathoreJudgeRajasthan High Court

Sportspersons and Athletes

Name Profession Notability
Maharajkumar of VizianagramCricketerIndian Test captain, cricket administrator and legendary cricket commentator
Apurvi ChandelaShooterWon Gold Medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
Lokendra Singh GhaneraoPolo PlayerIndian Polo Team Captain at the World Cup
Arun LalCricketerTest Cricketer and Sports Broadcaster[27]

Science, Innovation and Academia

Name Profession Notability
Amit GoyalScientist, Inventor and Academic ScholarScientist and inventor. Winner of the E. O. Lawrence Award for Energy Science and Innovation. Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Alok BhargavaAcademicUniversity of Maryland School of Public Policy, College Park, Maryland. Well known for his research in econometric methodology and food policy issues in developing and developed countries
Eknath GhateMathematicianAcclaimed mathematician and winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Earned his master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) and his PhD at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

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