List of Baniyas
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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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 - Current 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 (Decacorn)
- Bhavish Aggarwal -co-founder and CEO, Ola Cabs (Decacorn)
- Dinesh Agrawal - founder and CEO of IndiaMART
- Parag Agrawal - CTO of Twitter
- Binny Bansal - co-founder, Flipkart
- Jyoti Bansal - founder, AppDynamics
- Mukesh Bansal - co-founder and former CEO, Myntra, co-founder and CEO Cure Fit (Unicorn)
- Rohit Bansal - co-founder and COO, Snapdeal (Unicorn)
- Sachin Bansal - co-founder, Flipkart
- Kavin Bharti Mittal - founder, hike Messenger (Unicorn)
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
- Salil Singhal - chairman and managing director of PI Industries
- Gautam Singhania - chairman and managing director of Raymond Industries
Entertainment industry
- Aarthi Agarwal - actress
- Ananya Agarwal - actress
- Anirudh Agarwal - actor
- Anu Aggarwal - actress
- Astha Agarwal - 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 State Representative (Democratic), USA
- Bobby Jindal - Former Governor of Louisiana, USA
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
- Vijay Goel
- 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
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