List of Osmania University people
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This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Politics and law
- N. Kumarayya, retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
- Subodh Markandeya, Indian Senior Advocate
- Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Minister of Telangana
- K. T. Rama Rao, Minister for Information Technology (IT), Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), Textiles and NRI Affairs, Telangana
- Asaduddin Owaisi, Politician, Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha
- Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, Politician, General Secretary of Communist Party of India
- V. Hanumantha Rao, Former Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha
- Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy, Politician, Former Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Railways.
- YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, President, YSR Congress Party and Leader of opposition, Andhra Pradesh [1]
- Nadendla Manohar, Politician, Former speaker of Andhra Pradesh
- Shivraj Patil, former Union Home Minister (2004–2008); former Speaker of the Indian Parliament
- Muralidhar Rao, Bharathiya Janata Party Member; All India General Secretary; BJP Incharge, Tamil Nadu
- P. V. Narasimha Rao, scholar, statesman and former Prime Minister of India[2]
- Jaipal Reddy, Member of Parliament
- Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh[3]
- Keshavrao Sonawane, former Co-Operative Minister of Maharashtra State[4]
- Madhu Yaskhi, Member of Parliament; New York attorney
- Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar, MP from Nanded (graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering)[5]
- C. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian Politician, Governor of the states of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra
Business
- Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; Member of the House of Lords; seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Commerce, 1981)[6]
- G. V. K. Reddy, GVK Group Chairman[7]
- Sanjiv Sidhu, Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies
Humanities and social science
- Muhammad Hamidullah, scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946)[citation needed]
- Mahe Jabeen, social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award
- Masud Husain Khan (1919-2010), linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
Science and engineering
- Manju Bansal, molecular biologist
- Suri Bhagavantam, physicist[8]
- Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated
- Patcha Ramachandra Rao, metallurgist; 22nd Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University; recipient of the 1985 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Engineering Science
- Garikapati Narahari Sastry, chemist and recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science (BSc and MSc)[9]
- Rakesh Sharma, cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space[10]
- Raziuddin Siddiqui, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, plant breeder, popularly known as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, organometallic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- D. Srinivasa Reddy, medicinal chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie, marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- G. Naresh Patwari, chemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[11]
- J. N. Reddy, Distinguished and Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University[12]
Sports
- Mohammed Azharuddin, former Indian Cricket team captain and member of Parliament[10]
- Gagan Narang, Olympics bronze meadllist and world records holder
Others
- Syed Mohammad Ahsan, former Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Navy.[13]
- Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor, works predominantly in Telugu cinema[10]
- Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University
- Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter, recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1991[10]
- Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator
- Diana Hayden, former Miss World and actress
- Kancha Ilaiah, Dalit scholar
- Santosh Kumar, Pakistani film actor
- K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University; member of Union Public Service Commission
- G. Ram Reddy, father of Open Learning in India
- George Reddy, student leader
- Yaga Venugopal Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (PhD)[14]
- Ananda Shankar Jayant, classical dancer and a recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
References
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- ^ "P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile". Indian PM's official website. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009.
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- ^ "Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao Bapurao". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ "Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham". Birmingham University. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Hema Ramakrishnan, Deepika Amirapu, (29 December 2009). "GV Krishna Reddy entrepreneur of the year". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Suri Bhagavantam's birth centenary fete tomorrow". The New Indian Express. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ Shoba, V; Singh, Shiv Sahay; Basu, Mihik; Janyala, Sreenivas; Sinha, Amitabh (28 September 2011). "Organisms, objects & ocean are their work". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Nizam College fete from tomorrow". The Hindu. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Biographical Information - Naresh Patwari". Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Reddy, J.N. | Texas A&M University Engineering". engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/8531460/_Life_Sketches_Lieutenant-Governors_Governors_and_Presidents_in_the_book_Hundred_Years_of_Bangabhaban_1905-2005_Publication_Year_2006_Page_309-369_Dhaka_Press_Wing_Bangabhaban_ISBN_9843215834
- ^ Naga Sridhar, G (26 March 2009). "Y.V. Reddy starts new innings". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 31 October 2013.