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]}

Notable people

Administration

• Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla
• Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management

Armed Forces

• Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War

Art

• Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
• Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, Indian-Nigerian actress and producer
• Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter
• Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator
• Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
• Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer

Athletics

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

Bollywood

• Govinda (Govind Arun Kumar Ahuja), Indian actor
• Aakash Ahuja, Indian actor
• Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor
• Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
• Richa Ahuja, Indian actress
• Sarwar Ahuja, Indian actor
• Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
• Shubhi Ahuja, Indian actress
• Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
• Suhaas Ahuja, Indian actor
• Sushma Ahuja, Indian director, writer and actor
• Krushal Ahuja, Indian actor

Journalism

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

Politics

• Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
• Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician

Science, medicine and academia

• Kamal Ahuja, physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
• M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
• Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
• Nita Ahuja, surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
• Ravindra K. Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
• Sunil Kumar Ahuja, professor of medicine at the University of Texas
• V. K. Ahuja, 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, Indian social worker
• Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker

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.