List of Panjab University people

This is a list of people affiliated with the Panjab University. The list excludes people whose only connection with Panjab University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

Not to be confused with List of University of the Punjab people.

Faculty
Name Affiliation Notability References
B. N. Goswamy Professor of Art History art historian known for his study of Indian miniature paintings [1]
Bidyendu Mohan Deb Professor of theoretical chemistry between 1984 and 2004 theoretical chemist, chemical physicist and a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Kewal Krishan (forensic anthropologist) Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology An academic known for contributions to forensic anthropology in India

Alumni

Arts and Literature
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Ayushmann Khurrana actor and singer
Babbu Maan Indian Punjabi singer and poet
Gul Panag actress and model [2]
Irshad Kamil noted Bollywood lyricist, poet and winner of Filmfare and IIFA Awards.
Jaspal Bhatti Satirist and TV personality [3]
Kapil Sharma Indian Comedian [3]
Mahie Gill an actress who appears in Hindi films and Punjabi films.
Mukesh Gautam Punjabi cinema director
Nuruddin Farah 1970 Somali novelist
Satinder Sartaaj Indian Punjabi singer and poet[3]
Shilpa Anand model

Business
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
F. C. Kohli first CEO of TCS. Considered as Father of Indian Software Industry [4]
Pratip Chaudhuri 1974 UBS Chairman of the State Bank of India
Sandeep Bakhshi Punjab Engineering[note 1] MD & CEO, ICICI Bank
Steve Sanghi 1975 Punjab Engineering[note 1] CEO of Microchip Technology
Sunil Bharti Mittal Founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises [5]

Humanities and social sciences
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Harjinder Singh Dilgeer National Professor of Sikh History, an authority on Sikh history, philosophy and scriptures, writer of 60 books
Kavita Singh 1996 PhD Professor and Infosys Prize winner [6]
Romila Thapar prominent Historian [3]

Military
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Vikram Batra B.Sc. DAV war hero and Param Vir Chakra awardee [7]

Heads of state and government
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Baburam Bhattarai 1977 B. Arch. Chandigarh College of Architecture 36th Prime Minister of Nepal
Manmohan Singh 1952; 1954 BA (Economics); MA (Economics) 13th Prime Minister of India [8]

Other politicians, civil servants, and lawyers
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Bhupinder Singh Hooda former Chief Minister of Haryana [3]
Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar 1977; 1979 LLB; LLM 44th Chief Justice of India [9]
Jai Ram Thakur Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
Kiran Bedi, 1970 first woman IPS Officer [3]
Krishan Kant Paul, former IPS who is current governor of Uttrakhand and former governor of Meghalaya
Mehr Chand Mahajan Third Chief Justice of India and former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
Selja Kumari MP/Union Minister [3]
Sherub Gyeltshen BA Member of the National Assembly of Bhutan and Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs
Sukhbir Singh Badal Member of Parliament [3]
Sukhpal Singh Khaira Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab, India
Sunil Arora IAS officer and Election Commissioner of India [10]
Sushma Swaraj Minister of Foreign Affairs [3]
Swatanter Kumar former Judge, Supreme Court of India [3]
Amit Rawal LLB Department of Laws Judge of Kerala High Court
Rajiv Pratap Rudy former Union minister [11]
William Gitau B.Com. 1st Governor of the Kiambu County

Science and technology
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Ajay Kumar Sood 1971; 1972 BSc; MSc
Atul Gurtu high energy physicist
G. V. R. Prasad paleontologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
K. K. Aggarwal engineer, professor and eminent IT expert [12]
Kalpana Chawla BE Punjab Engineering[note 1] NASA Astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident[13]
Manohar Lal Munjal acoustical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Narinder Kumar Mehra 1969 B.Sc. immunologist
Radhe Mohan scientist, former Chairman of Medical Physics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [14]
Rajinder Kumar 1954 B.Sc. chemical engineer, former professor at the Indian Institute of Science; Padma Bhushan recipient
Ranbir Chander Sobti 1969; 1970; 1974 B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. Cell biologist and Padma Shri awardee
Sampat Kumar Tandon geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Sardul Singh Guraya 1954; 1956; 1959 B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. developmental biologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Sunil Saigal 1978 Punjab Engineering[note 1] professor and a former dean of the Newark College of Engineering at NJIT
Satinder Vir Kessar 1953 organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Veena Tandon 1967; 1968; 1972 B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. parasitologist and Padma Shri recipient
Har Gobind Khorana Biochemist and Nobel laureate
Abdus Salam Theoretical physics and Nobel laureate
Yash Pal 1949 M.Sc. scientist and educator [15]

Sports
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Anjum Moudgil DAV shooter [16][17]
Malaika Goel DAV shooter
Neeraj Chopra DAV track and field athlete; medalist in the Asian and Commonwealth games [18]
Nripjit Singh Bedi 1958 volleyball player
Ravi Bhardwaj MBA basketball player [19]
Yashaswini Singh Deswal DAV shooter

Others
Name Class

Year

 Degree College Notability References
Vandana Shiva 1972 BSc environmental activist

References

Notes
  1. The Punjab Engineering College was affiliated to the Panjab University between 1953 and 2003.

Citations
  1. Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 413 of 1490. ISBN 9788126008735. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. "About Gul Panag". gulpanag.net. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  3. "Distinguished Alumni". Department of Alumni Relations, Panjab University. Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  4. "Businessweek". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  5. "Alumni-Sunil Mittal". Bharti Airtel.
  6. "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. Kavita Singh". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  7. Kapur, Aarti (26 July 2015). "'Yaaro ka yaar' Capt Vikram Batra remembered by family, teachers, friends". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  8. "About Department of Economics". Economics Department, Panjab University.
  9. Team, BS Web (2017-01-04). "Jagdish Singh Khehar 1st Sikh to be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  10. "Election Commissioner - Shri Sunil Arora". Election Commission of India. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  11. "Made in Chandigarh: Panjab University groomed me for politics, says MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy". 2018-06-22.
  12. "Prof. K. K. Aggarwal". centumu.edu.in. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  13. "Alumni-Kalpana Chawla". Tripod.com.
  14. "Radhe Mohan - MD Anderson Cancer Center". faculty.mdanderson.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  15. "Space Applications Centre". sac.gov.in. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  16. May 3, Arsh Behal | TNN | Updated; 2018; Ist, 10:29. "'I'm happy my record can never be broken' | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-12-15.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. "4 DAV College-10 shooters all set for World Cup". Hindustan Times. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  18. "World record holder Neeraj Chopra gets Army job, starts supporting farmer father - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  19. "The big leap: Cager from Chandigarh wins India colours". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  20. "Tarun Tejpal Editor-in-chief, Tehelka.com". Business Week. 2 July 2001.
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