List of Agrawals
Appearance
Agrawal is a Bania community found throughout Northern, Central and Western India.[1]
This is a partial list of notable/famous people who use Agrawal (or other spelling variations) or an Agrawal gotra as their surname.
Science and technology
- Anant Agarwal, professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founder and CEO of edX, founder and CTO of Tilera
- Anil Agarwal, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee elected to the Global 500 Roll of Honour by the United Nations Environment Programme
- G. D. Agrawal, Indian environmental engineer, religious leader, monk, environmental activist, professor, and Patron of Ganga Mahasabha founded by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1905
- Anurag Agrawal - director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize awardee
- Girish Saran Agarwal, theoretical physicist, member of Royal Society UK
- Ram Narain Agarwal, aerospace engineer; Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, considered the father of the Agni series of the ballistic missiles
- Rakesh Agrawal, Technical Fellow at the Microsoft Search Labs, author of the 1st as well as 2nd highest cited of all papers in the fields of databases and data mining))
- Ramesh K. Agarwal, aviation pioneer; William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University
- Anita Goel, Harvard-MIT physicist, physician; expert in nanobiophysics and nanotechnology; chairman and CEO of Nanobiosym; inventor of Gene-RADAR technology
- Amit Goyal, scientist and inventor
- Jai Pal Mittal, Fellow of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Distinguished Professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
- Amit Singhal, Google Fellow and head of Google Search team for 15 years
Civil servants
- Lav Agarwal, face of India's fight against COVID-19 pandemic [2]
- D. P. Agrawal (academic), ex-chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
- Subhash Chandra Garg, served as Executive Director in the World Bank, Economic Affairs Secretary and Finance Secretary of India
- Samant Goel, chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
- L. C. Goyal, ex-Union Home Secretary
- Alok Mittal, inspector general, National Investigation Agency, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
- Vinay Mittal, ex-chairman of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Corporate and business
Technology and Startups
- Amit Agarwal, Country Head, Amazon India
- Ritesh Agarwal, founder and CEO, Oyo Rooms
- Bhavish Aggarwal -co-founder and CEO, Ola Cabs
- Dinesh Agarwal, founder and CEO of IndiaMART
- Parag Agrawal, CTO of Twitter
- Anjali Bansal, founder, Avaana Capital
- Binny Bansal, co-founder, Flipkart
- Jyoti Bansal, founder, AppDynamics
- Mukesh Bansal, co-founder and former CEO, Myntra, co-founder and CEO Cure Fit
- Rohit Bansal, co-founder and COO, Snapdeal
- Sachin Bansal, co-founder, Flipkart
- Kavin Bharti Mittal, founder, hike Messenger
Other businesses
- Anil Agarwal, founder and chairman of Vedanta Limited
- Radhe Shyam Agarwal, co-founder and executive chairman of Emami
- Raamdeo Agrawal, co founder of Motilal Oswal Group
- Sanjay Agarwal, MD & CEO of AU Small Finance Bank
- Narendra Bansal, founder and owner of Intex Technologies
- Naresh Goyal, founder, Jet Airways
- Subhash Chandra, chairman of Essel Group
- Sanjay Dalmia, chairman of Dalmia group
- Rohtas Goel, founder of Omaxe
- B K Goenka, chairman of Welspun Group
- Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Group
- Pawan Kumar Goenka, MD, Mahindra & Mahindra
- Radhe Shyam Goenka, co founder and director of Emami
- Sanjiv Goenka, chairman of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
- Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, chairman and managing director of Rare Enterprises and Stock Broker of India
- Om Prakash Jindal, founder and owner of the Jindal Group
- Savitri Jindal, chairperson of JSW Steel
- Hemant Kanoria, chairman and managing director of SREI Infrastructure and Finance
- Lakshman Das Mittal, owner and chairman of Sonalika Group
- Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and CEO of Arcelormittal
- Som Mittal, former president of NASSCOM
- Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Airtel
- Ajay Piramal, chairman and managing director of Piramal Group
- Gautam Singhania, chairman and managing director of Raymond Industries
Entertainment industry
- Aarthi Agarwal, actress
- Ananya Agarwal, actress
- Anirudh Agarwal, actor
- Anu Aggarwal, actress
- Kajal Aggarwal, actress
- Mansi Aggarwal, choreographer
- Nidhhi Agerwal, actress
- Nisha Agarwal, actress
- Ravi Agrawal (film producer), movie producer
- Reena Aggarwal, actress
- Sakshi Agarwal, actress
- Shruti Agarwal, actress
- Smita Bansal, actress
- Sonia Agarwal, actress
- Vivek Agrawal, movie producer
- Devendra Goel, director and producer
- Naman Y. Goyal, filmmaker, screenwriter and editor
- Vipul Goyal, standup comedian
- Aditi Mittal, standup comedian, actress, and writer
Politics and activists
Activists
- Sir Ganga Ram Agrawal, civil engineer and architect known as "the father of modern-day Lahore"[3]
- Ajay Goyal
- Ashok Singhal, president of Vishva Hindu Parishad and in charge of Ram Janmabhoomi movement
United States
- Jay Goyal, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Bobby Jindal, former governor of Louisiana
India
- Alok Agarwal
- Amar Nath Agarwal
- Bed Prakash Agarwal
- Dhirendra Agarwal
- Lakkhiram Agarwal
- Mukund Lal Agrawal
- Radha Mohan Das Agarwal
- Rajesh Agarwal
- Ramdas Agarwal
- Satish Chandra Agarwal
- Satya Prakash Agarwal
- Sudarshan Agarwal
- Tulsi Agarwal
- Faqir Chand Aggarwal
- Jai Bhagwan Aggarwal
- Jai Parkash Aggarwal
- Kapil Dev Aggarwal
- Mira Aggarwal
- Premchand Aggarwal
- Umesh Aggarwal
- Amar Agrawal
- Brijmohan Agrawal
- Devendra Agrawal
- Dinesh Agrawal
- Gaurishankar Agrawal
- Gopaldas Shankarlal Agrawal
- Jai Singh Agrawal
- Jagannath Prasad Agrawal
- Manoj Kumar Agrawal
- Naresh Chandra Agrawal
- Nitin Agrawal
- Rajendra Agrawal
- Vinod Agrawal (politician)
- Pawan Kumar Bansal, ex-Minister of Railways, Government of India
- Sunil Bansal
- Suresh Bansal
- Vijay Bansal
- Vinod Singh Bansal
- Rajeev Bindal
- Atul Garg
- Jagan Prasad Garg
- Mange Ram Garg
- Parkash Chand Garg
- Pukhraj Garg
- Rajesh Garg
- Sanjay Garg
- Aseem Goel
- Charti Lal Goel
- Ram Niwas Goel
- Shiv Charan Goel
- Surendra Prakash Goel
- Vijay Goel (politician)
- Chandrakanta Goyal
- Jai Bhagwan Goyal
- Krishana Kumar Goyal
- Mohinder Goyal
- Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
- Ved Prakash Goyal
- Gopal Goyal Kanda
- Kamini Jindal
- Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi
- Madan Mohan Mittal
- Rajnish Kumar Mittal
- Sat Paul Mittal
- Sudhanshu Mittal
- Ashok Singhal (politician)
- Banwari Lal Singhal
- Mangat Ram Singhal
- Ram Kishan Singhal
- Shailendra Mohan Singhal
- Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Earth Sciences, Government of India
- Vijender Garg Vijay
Arts
- Bhagwan Das, Bharat Ratna (India's highest civilian award) awardee[4]
- S. N. Goenka, Padma Bhushan awardee, Vipassana meditation teacher
- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Known as the "father of modern Hindi literature and Hindi theatre"[5]
Law
- Ajay Agarwal
- Vijay Kumar Aggarwal
- Adish Aggarwala, jurist and the President of International Council of Jurists
- Adarsh Kumar Goel, Supreme Court of India judge
- Manju Goel, Delhi High Court Judge
- Mahesh Mittal Kumar, chairman of National Company Law Tribunal
- Ajay Kumar Mittal, chief justice of Madhya Pradesh HIgh Court
- Gita Mittal, chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Sports
- Asha Agarwal, Arjuna Award winner
- Mayank Agarwal, Indian cricket team member
- Sam Agarwal
- Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of Indian women's cricket team
- Subhash Agarwal, Arjuna Award winner
- Krishnan Kumar Aggarwal
- Neha Aggarwal
- Pushpendra Kumar Garg, Arjuna Award winner
- Priyam Garg, captain of Indian U-19 Men's cricket team
- Malaika Goel
- Suresh Goel, Arjuna Award winner
- Neha Goyal
- Sanjiwan Goyal
- Ankur Mittal
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. xcvi. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
The Banias of northern India are really a cluster of several communities, of which the Agarwal Banias, Oswal Banias, and Porwal Banias are mentioned separately in connection with certain surnames.
- ^ https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/health-ministry-official-lav-agarwal-face-of-india-s-covid-briefings-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-1711283-2020-08-14
- ^ https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/06/sir-ganga-ram-the-pride-of-lahore/
- ^ John Gallagher; Gordon Johnson; Anil Seal (1973). Locality, Province and Nation: Essays on Indian Politics 1870 to 1940. CUP Archive. pp. 45–. ISBN 978-0-521-09811-3.
- ^ https://www.firstpost.com/living/remembering-bharatendu-harishchandra-on-hindi-divas-a-man-whose-work-fortified-the-language-7330071.html