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A partial list of eminent alumni of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. A student at or an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi is usually called a Stephanian.

Politics and government

Ajit Kumar Seth, present Cabinet Secretary
A P Singh, Director, CBI
Arun Shourie, former Union Minister for Disinvestment, and editor of the Indian Express
Arun Singh, Former Minister of State for Defence
Asaf Ali, freedom fighter, and first Indian Ambassador to US
Bijon Dey, former Secretary Security, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India
Sir Chhotu Ram, co-founder of the National Unionist Party and later leader of the Punjab Unionist Party; the first Stephanian to be knighted (1937).
Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Dushyant Singh, BJP MP
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Former President of India
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal
Indrajit Gupta, former Home Minister and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
James Michael Lyngdoh, former Chief Election Commissioner Of India
Jarbom Gamlin, Chief Mininster of Arunachal Pradesh
Jigme Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan
Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India
Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India
K M Chandrasekaran, former Cabinet Secretary
Lala Hardayal, founder of the Ghadar Party
Lalitha Kumaramangalam, National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Manavendra Singh, BJP MP
Mani Shankar Aiyar, Former Union Minister for Sports and Youth affairs, and Panchayati Raj
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, and former Finance Secretary
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan (1978-1988)
Natwar Singh, Former Foreign Minister and former Congress Working President
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha
Navin Chawla, former Chief Election Commissioner
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, DFC, Chief of Air Staff (India) (1969-1973), and later Chairman, Air India
Rajmohan Gandhi, former Rajya Sabha MP
Rao Birendra Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana
Rao Inderjit Singh, Congress MP from Gurgaon
R P N Singh, Congress MP and Minster of State for Transport
Sachin Pilot, Congress M.P. (Ajmer, Rajasthan)
Salim Ahmed Salim Former Prime Minister of Tanzania and Secretary-General of the OAU
Salman Khurshid, former Foreign Minister of India
Sarthak Behuria Former Chairmain Indian Oil Group of Companies , and bharat Petrolium , BRPL and Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd
Sandeep Dikshit, Politician(INC), MP from East Delhi
Admiral S.N. Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSM, Chief of Naval Staff (1973-1976)
Shashi Tharoor, Former MoS for External Affairs, Govt of India, and former U.N. Under Secretary General.
Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Leader and Politburo Member
Sucheta Kripalani, former CM of Uttar Pradesh, India's first lady Chief Minister
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, XV Corps
S Y Quraishi, Current Chief Election Commissioner
Tuheitia Paki, Maori King in New Zealand (2006-)
Vir Bhadra Singh, Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh

Theatre and cinema

Writers, poets, artists and critics

The preponderance of Stephanians in Indo-Anglian writing was so great for some time that some critics began to speak of the "Stephanian School of Literature". This issue has been heavily debated in the book The Fiction of St. Stephen's, by various writers and scholars, including Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Mukul Kesavan, Khushwant Singh, Tapan Basu, Brinda Bose, etc. The book is edited by Aditya Bhattacharjea and Lola Chatterjee.

Media and journalism

Aroon Purie, Editor-in-chief, India Today
Barkha Dutt, television anchor and journalist
Bhaskar Ghose, former Doordarshan chief, TV anchor and columnist
B G Verghese, former Editor, Hindustan Times
Chandan Mitra, editor of the The Pioneer, Delhi
Debayan Sen, football commentator Zee Sports
Gaurav C Sawant, Deputy Editor & Anchor Headlines Today & AajTak
Mammen Mathew, editor and Managing Director, Malayala Manorama
Manoj Joshi, Journalist, Deputy Editor, Mail Today
Nilofar Suhrawardy, Journalist & Writer
Niret J. Alva, television producer and CEO, Miditech
Pallavi Aiyar, author and China correspondent of The Hindu
Parag Kumar Das, journalist, Novelist; editor of Assamese newspapers like Asamiya Pratidin, Budhbar and Aagaan.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Director, School of Convergence
Prasanto Kumar Roy, editor of PCQuest, Dataquest
Prem Shankar Jha, columnist; former Editor, The Hindustan Times
Sagarika Ghose, news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN
Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman and Publisher, The Times Group
Satinder Bindra, Director of Communications, UNDP CNN
Satyarth Prakash Nayak, Correspondent CNN-IBN
Shazi Zaman, Managing Editor, Star News.
Shahidul Islam, News Editor and columnist, Hindustan Express.
Shereen Bhan, Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18
Siddharth Kak, documentary film maker and creator of TV show Surabhi.^[2]
Shiv Aroor, television anchor and journalist, Headlines Today
Siddhartha Basu, television producer and quizmaster
Sonia Faleiro, journalist and author
Sreenath Sreenivasan, Academic - Dean of Students, Columbia Journalism School
Sreeram Chaulia, international affairs analyst for Asia Times Online
Suman Dubey, journalist and head of Dow Jones in South Asia
Sunit Tandon, CEO, Lok Sabha TV
Swaminathan Aiyar, economist and former editor of The Economic Times
Swapan Dasgupta, journalist, political analyst and former Managing Editor of India Today
Vikram A Chandra, television anchor and journalist

Sports

Kirti Azad, cricketer for Delhi and India, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP)
Ankita Bhambri and Sanaa Bhambri, tennis players
Ranjit Bhatia, Olympian, Academic
Ritwik Bhattacharya, squash player
Anjum Chopra, former captain of the National Women's Cricket Team
Vaibhav Kala, Adventurer, Founder of Aquaterra Adventures
Arun Lal, cricketer for Bengal and India, and television commentator
M.N. Masud, Olympian hockey player
Salil Oberoi, cricketer based in England
Allan Daniel Peoples, shooter
Jaspal Rana, Asian Games gold medallist shooter
Kadambari Rana, shooter
Maharaja Karni Singh, Olympian shooter
Mansher Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter
Mandip Singh Soin, Explorer, Mountaineer and Ecotourism expert, owner of Ibex Expeditions

Other alumni

George Abraham, CEO, Score Foundation
Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of the Bajaj Group
Rohit Bal, fashion designer
V. Balakrishnan (physicist), Professor of Physics, IIT Madras
Utpal Banerjee, biologist
Ajay Banga, CEO, MasterCard
Vivek Bhandari, director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
Sonu Bhasin, Group President - Retail Banking, Yes Bank
Sanjiv Bikhchandani, co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com
Ajay Chhibber. Assistant Secretary General, UNDP
Gunit Chadha, CEO & MD, Deutsche Bank
Radha Chadha, marketing and consumer insights expert
Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, jurist
Vinayak Chatterjee, founder, Feedback Ventures
Vinod Chowdhury, economist and international relations expert
Kushal Das, General Secretary, All India Football Federation and former CFO, International Cricket Council
John Dayal, Dalit rights activist and Head of the All India Christian Council
Prabhu Guptara, Professor, speaker and writer
Najib Jung, Current Vice Chancellor, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi
Deep Kalra, founder, MakeMyTrip
Ashok Kamte, Ashok Chakra, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police. Killed in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks
Jagdish Khattar, former Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki
Rohit Khosla, pioneer of Indian fashion
Samir Kuckreja, MD, Nirula's
Arunima Kumar, Kuchipudi dancer
Arun Maira, India chairperson, The Boston Consulting Group
Jacob Matthan, Editor Kooler Talk (Web Version), Oulu, Finland
Akash Mohapatra, Legal Head (Asia Pacific), Deutsche Bank
Deepak Nayyar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
Madhavan K. Palat, historian
Rajendra Prasad, Principal, Ramjas College, Delhi
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureishi, Historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Lahore University
Bharat Ram, Chairperson Emeritus, DCM
Bunker Roy, social activist and educationist
Rathin Roy, Director, IPC-IG, UNDP
Siddharth Shriram, Chairperson, Honda Siel Power Products
Pradeep N. Shrivastava, CMO of Idea Cellular
Dinesh Singh, Current Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
Gurmeet Singh, Proctor, University of Delhi
Raja Randhir Singh, Secretary General, Indian Olympics Association and Vice Chairman, 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee
Upinder Singh, historian
Ajay Singha, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India
Shikha Swaroop, former Miss India
Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer
Vikram Talwar, founder and CEO, EXL Service
Param Vir, contemporary classical composer
Mary Catherine Wirth, Senior Legal Counsel, Adobe Systems Incorporated

References

^ "Ram Kumar on Canvas". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
^ "Glorifying India's diverse culture on the celluloid screen". Indian Express. May 18, 2002.

External links

[1] "Ram Kumar on Canvas". Daily Bhaskar. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

[ex-2] "Glorifying India's diverse culture on the celluloid screen". Indian Express. May 18, 2002.

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