Pankaj

Pankaj is a male given name, common in Nepal and India to the Hindus. It has its roots in the Sanskrit word pankaj which means a lotus flower. This consists of two words, pank + aj. panka=mud, aj=born; the actual meaning is lotus which is born in mud and blossoms after arising from mud. The lotus flower, or pankaj is also the national flower of India.

People named Pankaj

• Pankaj Sharma, a neurologist
• Pankaj Kapoor, a Bollywood actor and father of Actor Shahid Kapoor
• Pankaj Mullick, an Indian film director and recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
• Pankaj Mishra, an Indian writer
• Pankaj Roy, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Advani, an Indian and World Champion snooker and billiards player
• Pankaj Udhas, an Indian Ghazal singer
• Pankaj Rag, current director of the Film and Television Institute of India
• Pankaj Dharmani, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Gupta, an Indian sports administrators and hockey manager
• Pankaj Choudhary, an Indian politician of a party.
• Pankaj Singh, an Indian cricket player
• Pankaj Bhatia, an Indian entrepreneur and owner of K.P. Groups
• Pankaj Patel, the current chairman and managing director of Cadila Healthcare
• Pankaj Oswal, the former chairman and managing director of Burrup Holdings Limited
• Pankaj Manubhai Zaveri, an Indian cricketer
• Pankaj Sharma, an associate professor in clinical neurology at Imperial College