List of Panjab University people
This is a list of people affiliated with the Panjab University at Chandigarh. The list excludes people whose only connection with Panjab University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Faculty
- Bidyendu Mohan Deb – professor of theoretical chemistry between 1984 and 2004
- B. N. Goswamy – professor of art history; known for his study of Indian miniature paintings[1]
- Kewal Krishan (forensic anthropologist) – professor and former chair of anthropology; known for contributions to forensic anthropology
- Kare Narain Pathak – vice-chancellor (2000-2006) and professor of physics (1970-2001); condensed matter physicist; UGC Emeritus Fellow[2]
Alumni
Arts and literature
- Amitoj – Punjabi poet[3]
- Shilpa Anand – model, actress and software developer || [4]
- Jaspal Bhatti – satirist and TV personality[5]
- Nuruddin Farah – Somali novelist
- Mukesh Gautam – Punjabi cinema director
- Mahie Gill – actress who appeared in Hindi films and Punjabi films
- Sunil Grover – comedian
- Rajesh Hamal – actor
- Irshad Kamil – Bollywood lyricist, poet and winner of Filmfare and IIFA Awards
- Anupam Kher – actor
- Ayushmann Khurrana – actor and singer
- Priyakanta Laishram – actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor[6]
- Babbu Maan – Indian Punjabi singer and poet
- Kanika Mann – television and film actress[5]
- Gul Panag – actress and model[7]
- Harnaaz Sandhu – model who won Miss Universe 2021[8]
- Satinder Sartaaj – Indian Punjabi singer and poet[5]
- Kapil Sharma – Indian comedian[5]
Business
- Sandeep Bakhshi – MD & CEO, ICICI Bank[note 1]
- Pratip Chaudhuri – chairman of the State Bank of India
- Sunil Bharti Mittal – founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises[9]
- Steve Sanghi – CEO of Microchip Technology[note 1]
Humanities and social sciences
- Harjinder Singh Dilgeer – historian; national professor of Sikh history; an authority on Sikh history, philosophy and scriptures; presently Director of G.N. Research Institute, Birmingham, England; author[a]
- Kavita Singh – academic and Infosys Prize winner[10]
- Romila Thapar – prominent historian[5]
Military
- Captain Vikram Batra – Kargil war hero and Param Vir Chakra recipient[11]
Politics and law
Heads of state and government
Other politicians, civil servants, and lawyers
- Deepak Anand – Canadian politician
- Sunil Arora – IAS officer and Election Commissioner of India[13]
- Sukhbir Singh Badal – Member of Parliament[5]
- Kiran Bedi – first woman IPS officer[5]
- Parminder Singh Brar – politician, sports administrator and lawyer
- William Gitau – first Governor of the Kiambu County
- Sherub Gyeltshen – member of the National Assembly of Bhutan and Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda – former Chief Minister of Haryana[5]
- Subodh Kumar Jaiswal – CBI director
- Sukhpal Singh Khaira – Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab, India
- Dalvir Singh Khangura –
- Jagdish Singh Khehar – 44th Chief Justice of India[14]
- Swatanter Kumar – former Judge, Supreme Court of India[5]
- Selja Kumari – MP/Union Minister[5]
- Mehr Chand Mahajan – third Chief Justice of India and former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Tuhin Kanta Pandey – chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Krishan Kant Paul – former IPS who is current governor of Uttrakhand and former governor of Meghalaya;executive director of UN Women
- Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri – India's ambassador to Hungary (with accreditation to Bosnia and Herzegovina), 1999–2002; UN Director of UN-OHRLLS, 2009–2011; Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at UN Women, 2011 until her retirement[15][16][17]
- Amit Rawal – judge of the Kerala High Court[18]
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy – former Union minister[19]
- Abhinav Singh – advocate, author, scholar and historian[20]
- T.V. Somanathan – Cabinet Secretary of India
- Sushma Swaraj – Minister of Foreign Affairs[5]
- Jai Ram Thakur – chief minister of Himachal Pradesh
Science and technology
- K. K. Aggarwal – engineer, professor and eminent IT expert[21]
- Kalpana Chawla – NASA astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident[note 1][22]
- Sardul Singh Guraya – developmental biologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Atul Gurtu – high energy physicist
- Satinder Vir Kessar – organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Rajinder Kumar – chemical engineer, former professor at the Indian Institute of Science; Padma Bhushan recipient
- Narinder Kumar Mehra – immunologist
- Radhe Mohan – scientist, former Chairman of Medical Physics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center[23]
- Manohar Lal Munjal – acoustical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Yash Pal – scientist and educator[24]
- G. V. R. Prasad – paleontologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Sunil Saigal – professor and a former dean of the Newark College of Engineering at NJIT[note 1]
- Ranbir Chander Sobti – cell biologist and Padma Shri awardee
- Ajay Kumar Sood –
- Sampat Kumar Tandon – geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Veena Tandon – parasitologist and Padma Shri recipient
Sports
- Nripjit Singh Bedi – volleyball player
- Ravi Bhardwaj – basketball player[25]
- Neeraj Chopra – track and field athlete; Olympic Games 2021 gold medalist in javelin; medalist in the Asian and Commonwealth games[26]
- Yashaswini Singh Deswal – shooter
- Malaika Goel – shooter
- Anjum Moudgil – shooter[27][28]
Others
- Shekhar Gupta – journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of ThePrint
- Vandana Shiva – environmental activist
- Tarun Tejpal – founder-editor Tehelka[29]
References
Notes
- ^ Wrote Sikh History in 10 Volumes, Translator of Guru Granth Sahib (in English), creator of Navan Te Vadda Mahan Kosh (4 volumes, 2748 pages), plus writer of 60 books.
- ^ a b c d The Punjab Engineering College was affiliated to the Panjab University between 1953 and 2003.
Citations
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- ^ "K.N. Pathak". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ Dutt, Nirupama (29 August 2005). "Obituary: Amitoj's poems live after him". The Tribune, Chandigarh. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ Prerna Shah (13 August 2007). "Shilpa Anand is not a B-grade actress". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Distinguished Alumni". Department of Alumni Relations, Panjab University. Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ "Priyakanta Laishram: Torchbearer of Manipur queer cinema". Northeast Now. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "About Gul Panag". gulpanag.net. Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Miss Universe Harnaaz lives up to her name, family elated in Punjab". Hindustan Times. 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-12-15.
- ^ "Alumni-Sunil Mittal". Bharti Airtel.
- ^ "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. Kavita Singh". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Kapur, Aarti (26 July 2015). "'Yaaro ka yaar' Capt Vikram Batra remembered by family, teachers, friends". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "About Department of Economics". Economics Department, Panjab University.
- ^ "Election Commissioner - Shri Sunil Arora". Election Commission of India. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- ^ "Jagdish Singh Khehar 1st Sikh to be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India". Business Standard India. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ^ "Ms Lakshmi Puri appointed UN-OHRLLS director". UN-OHRLLS. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Lakshmi Puri: Equal Means Equal". EqualMeansEqual.com. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Secretary-General Appoints Lakshmi Puri of India Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women". UN Department of Public Information. 11 March 2011. Secretary-General Press Press Doc ID: SG/A/1283 BIO/4274 WOM/1857. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ https://laws.puchd.ac.in/index.php
- ^ "Made in Chandigarh: Panjab University groomed me for politics, says MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy". 2018-06-22.
- ^ https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9089-3518
- ^ "Prof. K. K. Aggarwal". centumu.edu.in. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "Alumni-Kalpana Chawla". Tripod.com.
- ^ "Radhe Mohan - MD Anderson Cancer Center". faculty.mdanderson.org. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Space Applications Centre". sac.gov.in. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
- ^ "The big leap: Cager from Chandigarh wins India colours". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ^ "World record holder Neeraj Chopra gets Army job, starts supporting farmer father - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Behal, Arsh (May 3, 2018). "'I'm happy my record can never be broken' | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ^ "4 DAV College-10 shooters all set for World Cup". Hindustan Times. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
- ^ "Tarun Tejpal Editor-in-chief, Tehelka.com". Business Week. 2 July 2001.