Ahuja

Ahuja is an Indian (Punjabi and Sindhi) surname, held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu". ^{[1] [2] [ citation needed ]}

Notable people

Administration

• Deepak Ahuja (born 1963), former CFO at Tesla
• Kiran Ahuja (born 1971), American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management
• Ravi Ahuja (born 1971), American business executive

Armed Forces

• Ajay Ahuja (1963–1999), Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War
• Puneet Ahuja, Indian general

Art

• Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
• Charanjit Ahuja (1953–2025), Indian music producer and composer
• Hamisha Daryani Ahuja (born 1984), Indian-Nigerian actress and producer
• Mequitta Ahuja (born 1976), American contemporary feminist painter
• Naman Ahuja (born 1974), Indian art historian and curator
• Nilesh Ahuja, Indian singer, songwriter and composer
• Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
• Sachin Ahuja (born 1978), Indian music producer and music composer

Athletics

• Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games
• Kanika Ahuja (born 2002), Indian cricketer
• Neha Ahuja (born 1981), Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics
• Suraj Ahuja (born 1999), Indian cricketer, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team

Bollywood

• Govinda (born 1963), Indian actor
• Aakash Ahuja (born 1991), Indian actor
• Arun Kumar Ahuja (1917–1998), Indian actor
• Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
• Richa Ahuja, Indian actress
• Sarwar Ahuja (born 1980), Indian actor
• Shiney Ahuja (born 1973), Indian actor
• Shubhi Ahuja, Indian actress
• Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
• Suhaas Ahuja, Indian actor
• Sushma Ahuja (born 1952), Indian director, writer and actress
• Krushal Ahuja (born 1994), Indian actor

Journalism

• Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
• Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer and hedge fund specialist

Politics

• Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
• Hargun Das Ahuja (born 1970), Pakistani politician

Science, medicine and academia

• Kamal Ahuja (born 1954), physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
• M. M. S. Ahuja (1929–1998), Indian physician and endocrinologist
• Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
• Nita Ahuja, American surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
• Ravindra K. Ahuja (born 1956), Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
• Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born 1961), professor of medicine at the University of Texas
• V. K. Ahuja (born 1967), professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam, India

Social work

• Jagdish Lal Ahuja (died 2021), Indian social worker
• Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker

See also

• Monte Ahuja College of Business
• University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center

References

1. Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
2. Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

Usage among ethnogenic communities

In today it was mostly associated with Muslim-Kirar (area suchlike Bahawalpur and Derajat followed by the Jhangi speaking Refugees and Arora wayfarer which constitute utmost of their totalitarian cohesivity throughout the North western Provinces of India.