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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.
Notable Faculty
Notable Alumni
Politics and Law
- Shankar Dayal Sharma, ninth President of India[1]
- Manmohan Singh, former Prime minister of India[2]
- I. K. Gujral, former Prime minister of India[3][4]
- Selja Kumari, MP/Union Minister[1]
- Sushma Swaraj, Minister of Foreign Affairs[1]
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana[1]
- Jai Ram Thakur, Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
- Mehr Chand Mahajan, former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Krishan Kant Paul, former IPS who is current governor of Uttrakhand and former governor of Meghalaya
- Swatanter Kumar, former Chief Justice, High Court, Mumbai[1]
- Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab, India
- Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development[1]
- Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS Officer[1]
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy, former Union minister[5]
Military
- Vikram Batra, war hero and Param Vir Chakra awardee[6]
Arts
- Gul Panag, actress and model[7]
- Kapil Sharma, Indian Comedian[1]
- Jaspal Bhatti, Satirist and TV personality[1]
- Babbu Maan, Indian Punjabi singer and poet
- Irshad Kamil, noted Bollywood lyricist, poet and winner of Filmfare and IIFA Awards.
- Satinder Sartaaj, Indian Punjabi singer and poet[1]
- Mukesh Gautam, Punjabi cinema director
- Shilpa Anand, model
- Mahie Gill, an actress who appears in Hindi films and Punjabi films.
Science and Technology
- Hargobind Khorana, Nobel Laureate Biotechnologist[1]
- Sardul Singh Guraya, developmental biologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Satinder Vir Kessar, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Sampat Kumar Tandon, geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- G. V. R. Prasad, paleontologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Rajinder Kumar, chemical engineer, Padma Bhushan recipient
- Manohar Lal Munjal, acoustical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Radhe Mohan, scientist, former Chairman of Medical Physics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center[8]
- K. K. Aggarwal, engineer, professor and eminent IT expert[9]
- Ranbir Chander Sobti, Cell biologist and Padma Shri awardee
- Veena Tandon, parasitologist and Padma Shri recipient
Business
- F. C. Kohli, first CEO of TCS. Considered as Father of Indian Software Industry[10]
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises[11]
Others
- Kalpana Chawla, NASA Astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident[12]
- Yash Pal, scientist and educator[13]
- Romila Thapar, prominent Historian[1]
- Tarun Tejpal, founder-editor Tehelka[14]
- Harjinder Singh Dilgeer, National Professor of Sikh History, an authority on Sikh history, philosophy and scriptures, writer of 60 books
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of SAD[1]
- Sunil Arora, IAS officer and Election Commissioner of India[15]
- Kavita Singh, Professor and Infosys Prize winner
- Vandana Shiva, philosopher
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Distinguished Alumni". Department of Alumni Relations, Panjab University.
- ^ "About Department of Economics". Economics Department, Panjab University.
- ^ "Alumni-I.K Gujral". IK Gujral, tripod.com.
- ^ "Alumni-I.K Gujral". The Indian Express.
- ^ "Made in Chandigarh: Panjab University groomed me for politics, says MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy".
- ^ Kapur, Aarti (26 July 2015). "'Yaaro ka yaar' Capt Vikram Batra remembered by family, teachers, friends". The Tribune. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "About Gul Panag". gulpanag.net. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Radhe Mohan - MD Anderson Cancer Center". faculty.mdanderson.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Prof. K. K. Aggarwal". centumu.edu.in. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Businessweek". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Alumni-Sunil Mittal". Bharti Airtel.
- ^ "Alumni-Kalpana Chawla". Tripod.com.
- ^ "Space Applications Centre". sac.gov.in. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Tarun Tejpal Editor-in-chief, Tehelka.com". Business Week. 2 July 2001.
- ^ "Election Commissioner - Shri Sunil Arora". Election Commission of India. Retrieved September 30, 2017.