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The list of Banaras Hindu University people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. For a list of Vice-Chancellors, see List of Vice-Chancellors of Banaras Hindu University.
Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
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Adya Prasad Pandey | BSc (Zoology, Botany), M.A., MBA, Ph.D. | Former Vice Chancellor ; Recipient of the BHU Gold Medal | [6] | |
Amara Ranatunga | Sri Lankan singer | [7] | ||
Amarnath Sehgal | Indian sculptor, painter and poet, Padma Bhushan (2008) | [8] | ||
Ananda Shankar | Hindustani classical musician | [9] | ||
Bettina Bäumer | Austrian-born Indian scholar and academic | [10] [11] | ||
Bhupen Hazarika | 1944; 1946 | BA; MA | singer, poet, filmmaker; Recipient of the Bharat Ratna | [12] |
Byomakesh Mohanty | MA | painter | [13] | |
Harivash Narayan Singh | 1976, 1977 | MA Economics, Diploma Journalism | Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament | [14] |
Harivansh Rai Bachchan | Hindi poet | [15] | ||
Kamala Shankar | M.Sc., Ph.D. | Hindustani classical musician | [16] | |
Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty | M.Sc., Ph.D. | Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India (2009–2014) | [17] | |
K. N. Govindacharya | 1962 | M.Sc. | environmentalist, social activist | [18] |
Koenraad Elst | Belgian scholar | [19] [20] | ||
Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar | 1926, 1928 | B.Sc., M.Sc. | Second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh | [21] |
Mannu Bhandari | 1953 | M.A | Acclaimed Hindi writer | [22] |
Moti BA | B.A. | Bhojpuri Language Poet and Author | [23] [24] | |
Osnat Elkabir | Israeli singer, dancer and theatre director | |||
Patrick Moutal | 1976; 1978; 1979; 1983 | B.Sc., M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. | French musician and Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres awardee | [25] |
Paul William Roberts | studied Sanskrit | writer | [26] | |
Radha Burnier | B.A., M.A | Theosophist | [27] | |
Ram Charan | Business consultant | [28] | ||
Ritwik Sanyal | 1980 | M.A., Ph.D. | Hindustani classical musician, Dhrupad vocalist | [29] |
Robert M. Pirsig | American philosopher | [30] [31] | ||
Raimon Panikkar | Spanish theologian | [32] | ||
Sameer Anjaan | M.Com. | lyricist | [33] | |
Sandeep Das | BA (English Literature) | Tabla player; Recipient of the BHU Gold Medal, Grammy Award | [34] | |
Shiba Prasad Chatterjee | Geographer | [35] | ||
Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena | poet | [36] | ||
Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji | Ph.D. | social activist, educationist | [37] | |
Veena Pandey | B.A.,M.A. ,Ph.D. in Hindi | Politician, Former Member of Legislative Council, Politician | [38] | |
Vibhuti Narayan Singh | M.A. | last Maharaja of Benares; social activist; Chancellor of BHU | [39] | |
Vina Mazumdar | feminist, academic, pioneer of women's studies | [40] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
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Ahmad Hasan Dani | 1944 | M.A. | Pakistani archaeologist and historian | [41] |
Awadh Kishore Narain | 1947 | M.A. | archaeologist, historian, academic | [42] |
Bellikoth Raghunath Shenoy | 1929 | M.A. | classical liberal economist | [43] |
Bindeshwar Pathak | 1964 | B.A. Sociology | Padma Bhushan awardee Founder, Sulabh International | [44] |
Colin Turnbull | MA | British-American anthropologist | [46] | |
Ram Raj Pant | 1941; 1943 | LLB; MA | founder of Nepal Law College; pioneering linguist of Nepali language | [47] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
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Amod Prasad Upadhyay | Minister of Education and Sports, Nepal | |||
Anil Srivastava | [53] | |||
Ashok Mitra | M.A. | politician, finance Minister of West Bengal | ||
Bhola Paswan Shastri, | Former Chief Minister Of Bihar | |||
Iswar Prasanna Hazarika, | Former Lok Sabha MP, former Director of NTPC, MMTC, STC etc. | [54] | ||
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 1949 | M.A. | politician, former Chief Minister of Odisha | [55] [56] |
Jagjivan Ram | 4th Deputy Prime Minister of India | [57] [58] | ||
Mahendra Nath Pandey | M. A., Ph.D. Hindi | politician, MP, Minister in union cabinet | [59] [60] | |
Manoj Sinha | M.Tech | Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, former Member of parliament | [61] [62] | |
Mohamed Ayub | 1985 | M. Surgery | MLA in Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh | |
Manoj Tiwari | M.P.Ed. | [63] [64] | ||
Sarat Chandra Sinha | politician, Chief Minister of Assam | [65] | ||
Shankar Dayal Singh | BA | Member of Lok Sabha | ||
Ram Bahadur Rai | MA Economics | senior Hindi journalist, former editor Jansatta | [66] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Divya Singh | BA | Captain of Indian Women's Basketball team |
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