List of Delhi University people

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This is a list of notable people related to the University of Delhi . This page excludes those people whose only connection with Delhi University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

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Nine heads of state and government, and two Nobel laureates have been associated with the university.

Nobel laureates

Two Nobel laureates have been associated with Delhi University.

NameAffiliationPrizeYearReferences
Aung San Suu Kyi B.A. in Political Science (1964) Nobel Peace Prize 1991 [1] [2]
Amartya Sen Professor of Economics (1963–1971) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1998 [3]

Activists

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Aruna Roy Indraprastha founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan [4]
Bunker Roy 1967 St. Stephen's social activist and educator [5]
Rahul Verma Delhi College of Arts and Commerce social worker, columnist and founder of Uday Foundation [6]
Sunita Narain 1983 School of Open Learning environmentalist, director of Centre for Science and Environment [7]
Urvashi Butalia Reader at College of Vocational Studies founder of Zubaan, a feminist publishing house

Arts, entertainment and television

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Aarti Bajaj Hansraj College film editor
Abish Mathew Ram Lal Anand College Indian comedian and YouTuber
Abhinav Kashyap 1995B.A. (English) Hansraj College film director and screenwriter [8]
Abhishek Chaubey 1998 Hindu College film director [9]
Aditi Arya Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies model and actress [10]
Aditi Rao Hydari Lady Shri Ram actress [11]
Alankrita Sahai Gargi College model
Ali Abbas Zafar Kirori Mal College film director [12]
Amba Sanyal Delhi College of Art [note 1] stage actor and costume designer [13]
Amitabh Bachchan Sri Aurobindo College actor [14]
Anjolie Ela Menon Miranda House artist [15]
Ankita Shorey 2013B.A. (History) Jesus and Mary model, Femina Miss India International (2011)
Anu Aggarwal actress
Anurag Kashyap Hansraj College filmmaker [16]
Arjun Rampal 1993 Hindu College actor [16] [11]
Ashvin Kumar St Stephen's independent filmmaker [17]
Baisali Mohanty Lady Shri Ram Odissi dancer
Benjamin Gilani M.A. (English) St Stephen's actor
Chitrangada Singh BSc (Home Science) Lady Irwin College actress [18]
Deepa Mehta Lady Shri Ram director
Devika Vaid BCommodel and beauty queen[ citation needed ]
Dipannita Sharma Indraprastha actress [19]
Ekta Chowdhry model
Gauri Khan Sri Aurobindo College film producer and co-owner of Red Chillies Entertainment [4]
Geeta Chandran Lady Shri Ram Bharatanatyam dancer
Gulshan Grover Shri Ram College of Commerce actor [20]
Hasleen Kaur Jesus and Mary model [21]
Huma Qureshi 2007B.A. (History) Sri Aurobindo College film actress and model [22] [11]
Indrani Dasgupta B.A. (Economics) Miranda House model
Imtiaz Ali 1993 Hindu College film director [16]
Imran Zahid BCom Hindu College theatre and film actor
Jaspinder Narula B.A. (Music)

PhD (Hindustani Music)

Indraprastha

Faculty of Music and Fine Arts

playback singer [23]
Kabir Bedi St Stephen's film actor [24]
Kabir Khan Kirori Mal College film director and screenwriter [25]
Kahlil Joseph B.A. (English) Ramjas College American actor and director [26]
Karan Oberoi BCom (Hons)fitness model
Konkona Sen Sharma 2001 St Stephen's actor [16]
Koyal Rana 2014 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya model
Krishnakumar Kunnath BCom Kirori Mal College singer [25]
Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kirori Mal College film actor
Madhumita Raut Indraprastha Odissi dancer
Madhur Jaffrey 1953B.A. (English) Miranda House actress and food critic
Mallika Sherawat B.A. (Philosophy) Miranda House actress [4]
Maneesh Sharma B.A. (English Literature) Hansraj College film director
Manish Paul B.A. (Tourism) College of Vocational Studies television host and stand-up comedian [27]
Manish Jha B.A. (English) Ramjas College director [28]
Manoj Bajpayee 1989B.A. (History) Ramjas College Bollywood actor [16]
Manpreet Brar Lady Irwin model
Manushi Chhillar did not graduate Miranda House actress and model [29]
Marc Robinson M.A. (Economics) Delhi School of Economics supermodel, fashion director and fashion choreographer [30]
Mini Mathur B.A. (English Literature) Lady Shri Ram television host and actress
Minissha Lamba Miranda House film actor [16]
Mira Nair B.A. (Sociology) Miranda House director
Mohit Marwah did not graduate Shaheed Bhagat Singh College [31]
Mrinalini Sharma Jesus and Mary actress
Nandita Das Miranda House;

Delhi School of Social Work

actress [15]
Nandita Chandra Lady Shri Ram theatre actor
Naveen Kasturia BTech (MPAE) NSIT [note 2] film actor and assistant director[ citation needed ]
Neetu Chandra Indraprastha model and actress
Neeraj Pandey Sri Aurobindo College director, writer and producer
Neha Dhupia B.A. (History) Jesus and Mary actress [23] [11]
Nimrat Kaur BCom Shri Ram College of Commerce actress
Nivedita Tiwari 2006B.A. (English) Ramjas College actress[ citation needed ]
Palash Sen MBBS University College of Medical Sciences founder of rock band Euphoria
Pamella Bordes Lady Shri Ram model and photographer
Parikshit Sahni St. Stephen's actor
Parvin Dabas Hansraj College actor
Pathik Vats Ramjas College dialogue-writer [32]
Pavan Malhotra Hansraj College actor [33]
Prakash Jha did not graduateBSc (Physics) Ramjas College director [8] [34]
Priyanka Kothari Dyal Singh actress
Priyanshu Chatterjee Ram Lal Anand film actor
Rabbi Shergill Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College singer, musician
Radhika Madan Jesus and Mary actress [35]
Rahul Roy Ramjas College actor [28]
Rajesh Hamal M.A. (English Literature)
Rajkumar Gupta Ramjas College Bollywood director[ citation needed ]
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Shri Ram College of Commerce director [8]
Rakul Preet Singh 2012BSc (Maths) Jesus and Mary actress
Rannvijay Singh Hansraj College VJ with MTV India; current host and director of MTV Roadies [16]
Rati Pandey B.A. (Economics) Miranda House actress
Rekha Bhardwaj B.A. (Music) Hindu College singer
Richa Chadda St. Stephen's actress [36]
Ritu Kumar Lady Irwin fashion designer
Ritu Beri Lady Shri Ram fashion designer [4]
Rohit Bal B.A. (History) St Stephen's fashion designer
Roshan Seth St Stephen's actor [37]
Saakshi Tanwar Lady Shri Ram TV actor, star of Star Plus daily Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii
Sandali Sinha Lady Shri Ram actress and model
Sanya Malhotra Gargi actress [11] [38]
Satish Kaushik Kirori Mal College actor and film director [14]
Saurabh Shukla Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College actor, director
Shah Rukh Khan 1988 Hansraj College Bollywood actor [16]
Shakti Kapoor Kirori Mal College actor
Shanky Singh 2010 Maharaja Agrasen CWE wrestler
Sharan Rani Backliwal Indraprastha sarod player; recipient of Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan
Shekhar Kapur B.A. (Economics) St Stephen's film director
Shekhar Suman B.A. (History) Ramjas College Bollywood actor; TV personality [28] [39]
Shikha Swaroop St Stephen's Miss India
Shonali Nagrani Lady Shri Ram model and actress
Shriya Saran B.A. Lady Shri Ram actress
Siddharth Kirori Mal College actor
Siddharth Malhotra BCom Shaheed Bhagat Singh actor [40] [11]
Siddhartha Basu Hindu College television producer and quizmaster
Sonal Chauhan Gargi model and actress [11]
Sriti Jha Sri Venkateswara College actress
Sushant Singh Rajput did not graduate Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] actor [41]
Swara Bhaskar Miranda actress
Tahir Raj Bhasin Hindu College actor [42]
Tisca Chopra Hindu College actress
Vikas Bahl Ramjas College director [28]
Vipin Patwa Ramjas College music composer; singer [43]
Vishal Bhardwaj Hindu College director [11]

Business

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Aditya Jha philanthropist and global entrepreneur
Ajaypal Singh Banga B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's CEO and President, MasterCard
Anshu Jain 1983B.A. (Economics) Shri Ram College of Commerce co-CEO, Deutsche Bank
Geeta Aiyer B.A., M.A.founder and President, Boston Common Asset Management [44]
Ivan Menezes St. Stephen's CEO of Diageo
Naina Lal Kidwai 1977 Lady Shri Ram Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India
Piyush Gupta B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's CEO and Director of DBS Group
Rahul Bajaj 1958B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's billionaire businessman and chairman of the Bajaj Group [45]
Samir Jain St. Stephen's Vice-chairman and publisher, The Times Group
Sanjeev Bikhchandani 1984B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's billionaire businessman; co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com [46]
Shikha Sharma Lady Shri Ram Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank
Siddhartha Lal 1994 St. Stephen's CEO, Eicher Motors
Vinita Bali 1975 Lady Shri Ram Former Managing Director of Britannia Industries
Vijay Shekhar Sharma Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] billionaire businessman and founder of Paytm
Viresh Oberoi Hansraj College Former CEO of Mjunction
Vivek Chaand Sehgal billionaire businessman and chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems [47]

Educationists

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta St. Stephen's;

Delhi School of Economics

Director, School of Convergence
Sanjay Kumar B.A. (Political Science) Ramjas College Former Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies [48]
Vivek Bhandari St. Stephen's director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand

Humanities and social sciences

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Arundhati Virmani Indraprashtha historian
Gita Gopinath 1992; 1994B.A.;

M.A. (Economics)

Lady Shri Ram;

Delhi School of Economics

Economic Counsellor of the International Monetary Fund [15] [49]
Gauri Viswanathan B.A.;

M.A.

literary scholar; Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University [50]
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi St. Stephen's historian
Jasleen Dhamija Miranda House art historian [51]
Kapila Vatsyayan art scholar; chairperson of IGNCA; recipient of the Padma Vibhushan [52]
Kaushik Basu St. Stephen's Former Chief Economist of the World Bank and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India [53]
Omkar Goswami 1978 Delhi School of Economics Chairman and founder, CERG Advisor
Partha Dasgupta 1962 Hansraj College Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge
Reenee Singh 1984;1990B.A: M.A.(Psychology)Lady Shri Ram CollegeFormer Editor Journal of Family Therapy
Ramnarayan Rawat historian of South Asia
Sanjay Jain 1986B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's Lecturer of Economics at the University of Oxford
Upinder Singh St. Stephen's historian
Usha Sanyal historian [23]
Utsa Patnaik Indraprashtha Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Veena Das Indraprashtha Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University

Law

Supreme Court judges

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Arjan Kumar Sikri Faculty of Law Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Hima Kohli B.A. (History);

LLB

St. Stephen's;

Faculty of Law

Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court [54]
Indu Malhotra 1982B.A. (Political

Science);

M.A. (Political Science);

LLB

Lady Shri Ram;

Faculty of Law

Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Madan Lokur 1974; 1977B.A.;

LLB

St. Stephen's;

Faculty of Law

Judge of Supreme Court of India; Former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court [55]
Madan Mohan Punchhi Faculty of Law 28th Chief Justice of India [56]
Qadeeruddin Ahmed Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Ranjan Gogoi B.A. (History);

LLB

St. Stephen's;

Faculty of Law

46th Chief Justice of India
Rohinton Fali Nariman BCom;

LLB

Shri Ram College of Commerce; Faculty of Law Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Sanjay Kishan Kaul 1982LLB Faculty of Law Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana [56]
Vikramajit Sen St. Stephen's;

Faculty of Law

Judge of the Supreme Court of India, Former Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka
Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal Ramjas College;

Faculty of Law

36th Chief Justice of India [57]
Yogeshwar Dayal Judge of Supreme Court of India; Former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court [58]
B. V. Nagarathna 1984B.A. (History);

LLB

Jesus and Mary College;

Faculty of Law

Judge of Supreme Court of India; Former judge of Karnataka High Court [59]

Others

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Abhilasha Kumari Indraprashtha Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court
Ajit Prakash Shah Ramjas College Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court; Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India [60]
Ashutosh Mohunta 1973; 1976B.A. (History); LLB Kirori Mal College;

Faculty of Law

[61]
Bishwajit Bhattacharyya Faculty of Law
Gopal Subramanium Faculty of Law
Gita Mittal Lady Shri Ram Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court
Pinky Anand Lady Shri Ram;

Faculty of Law

Sidharth Luthra 1987; 1990 Hindu College;

Faculty of Law

Former Additional Solicitor General of India
T. Vaiphei Faculty of Law Chief Justice of Tripura High Court

Literature

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Ali Sardar Jafri Zakir Hussain Delhi College Urdu author and poet
Alka Pande 1976B.A. (Economics) Jesus and Mary author and museum curator
Amitav Ghosh St. Stephen's;

Delhi School of Economics

English language author
Anita Desai Miranda House writer [53]
Khushwant Singh St. Stephen's author best known for his novel Train to Pakistan ; Padma Vibhushan recipient [24]
Kunzang Choden B.A. (Psychology)writer [23]
Mukul Kesavan St. Stephen's historian, novelist and political and social essayist
Mohan Rana Hindi poet
Nabila Jamshed writer
Namita Gokhale B.A. (English)co-founder of Jaipur Literature Festival [23]
Narendra Kohli Ramjas College Hindi author [62]
Shauna Singh Baldwin 1982BCom Jesus and Mary novelist
Shiv Khera writer
Upamanyu Chatterjee St. Stephen's writer

Military

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Kirori Mal College air marshal in the Indian Air Force
Sonam Wangchuk Sri Venkateswara colonel in the Indian Army; Kargil War veteran; Maha Vir Chakra recipient
Sourendra Nath Kohli B.A. St. Stephen's Former Chief of the Naval Staff in the Indian Navy [63]
Surinder Mehra Former Chief of Air Staff in the Indian Air Force [64]
Syed Ata Hasnain 1972B.A. (History) St. Stephen's retired lieutenant general in the Indian Army

Media

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Anna M. M. Vetticad 1994BCom Jesus and Mary Former entertainment editor at India Today
Pallavi Aiyar B.A. (Psychology) St. Stephen's author and China correspondent of The Hindu College
Rajat Sharma Shri Ram College of Commerce editor in chief of India TV, founder of Independence News Services, host of Aap Ki Adalat
Swaminathan Aiyar St. Stephen's economist and Former editor of The Economic Times
Niret J. Alva television producer and CEO, Miditech
Ambika Anand 2001B.A. (Economics) Jesus and Mary Editor-in-Chief, fashion at NDTV Good Times [23]
Shereen Bhan Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18
Satinder Bindra India Bureau Chief, CNN
Romola Butalia writer, author, website editor
Shoma Chaudhury ex-Managing Editor, Tehelka
Prabhu Chawla editor of India Today; host of Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak
Swapan Dasgupta 1975B.A. St. Stephen's political analyst and journalist
Vinod Dua Hansraj College journalist
Bahar Dutt columnist for CNN-IBN
Barkha Dutt television anchor and journalist [53]
Sagarika Ghose news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN
Arnab Goswami Hindu College editor-in-chief, Times Now , Republic tv
Ramachandra Guha writer and columnist
Prem Shankar Jha columnist; Former editor, The Hindu Collegestan Times
Manoj Joshi journalist, deputy editor, Mail Today
Rini Simon Khanna news anchor [65]
Mammen Mathew editor and managing director, Malayala Manorama
Rajiv Mehrotra writer; television producer-director; documentary filmmaker
Chandan Mitra editor of The Pioneer
Aroon Purie editor-in-chief, India Today
Nidhi Razdan Lady Shri Ram NDTV anchor
Radhika Roy co-founder of NDTV
Nalini Singh journalist, Doordarshan, known for her programme Aankhon Dekhi [66]
Chitra Subramaniam,journalist who broke the Bofors scandal story
Salma Sultan news anchor of Doordarshan
Dibang Rajdhani anchor of ABP News, previously worked at Aaj Tak and NDTV
Rahul Kanwal news anchor, India Today, Aaj Tak and Business Today
Sudhir Chaudhary B.A.consultant editor, Aaj Tak; Formerly worked at Zee News, WION and hosted DNA
Ravish Kumar Former senior executive editor at NDTV, Ramon Magsaysay Award and Red Ink Award winner
Tanvir Gill 2012BCom Jesus and Mary news anchor at CNBC

Politics and government

Heads of state and government

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Aung San Suu Kyi 19641st State Counsellor of Myanmar [2]
Bingu wa Mutharika 1961

1963

BCom

M.A. (Economics)

Shri Ram College of Commerce;

Delhi School of Economics

3rd President of Malawi [67] [68]
G.P. Koirala 30th Prime Minister of Nepal
Khandu Wangchuk Former Prime Minister of Bhutan [69]
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq 1943B.A. (History) St. Stephen's 6th President of Pakistan [70] [63]
Narendra Modi 1978B.A. (Political Science) School of Open Learning 14th Prime Minister of India [71] [72]
Salim Ahmed Salim 1968 St. Stephen's 4th Prime Minister of Tanzania [63]
Sangay Ngedup St. Stephen's Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
Harini Amarasuriya Bachelor of Arts in Sociology Hindu College, Delhi Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Other politicians and royalty

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Ajay Maken Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation [73]
Alka Lamba Dyal Singh;

St. Stephen's

Member of Legislative Assembly [73]
Ambika Soni Indraprastha Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting [23]
Amrita Meghwal Member of Legislative Assembly
Arun Jaitley 1973; 1977BCom;

LLB

Shri Ram College of Commerce;

Faculty of Law

Former Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance [73]
Arun Shourie St. Stephen's Former Minister for Communications & Information Technology and Member of Parliament [53]
Arvinder Singh Lovely Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College Former Minister for Urban Development & Revenue, Education, Transport, Tourism, Languages, Gurudwara Election, Local Bodies & Gurudwara Administration
Brahm Prakash Ramjas College first Chief Minister of Delhi [28]
Brinda Karat Miranda House Member of Parliament [4]
Chirag Paswan Member of Parliament
Devyani Rana member of the Nepalese royal family
Emmanuel Blayo Wakhweya 1960 Ugandan Minister of Finance
Gopalkrishna Gandhi St. Stephen's Former Governor of Bihar and Governor of West Bengal
Gurmukh Nihal Singh Ramjas College fourth Principal of Ramjas College; second Chief Minister of Delhi [74]
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Zakir Husain Delhi College Minister of Health and Family Welfare since 2014, Chairman of the WHO Executive Board
Holkhomang Haokip Ramjas College Member of Parliament [75]
Jai Parkash Aggarwal Member of Parliament
Jarbom Gamlin Former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Kapil Sibal LLB Faculty of Law Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India
Karni Singh St. Stephen's last titular maharaja of Bikaner [63]
Kiren Rijju B.A.; LLB Hansraj College;

Faculty of Law

Member of Parliament [76]
Laxmi Narayan Yadav Member of Parliament
Madanlal Khurana Kirori Mal College Former Chief Minister of Delhi
Mahesh Sharma University College of Medical Sciences
Manjinder Singh Sirsa Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee
Mani Shankar Aiyar B.A. (Economics) St. Stephen's Member of Parliament [24]
Maneka Gandhi Lady Shri Ram Minister of Women and Child Development [15]
Mayawati 1975B.A.; LLB Kalindi;

Faculty of Law

Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh [77]
Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh 2008B.A. (English) Jesus and Mary Cabinet Minister , Government of Meghalaya
Meenakshi Lekhi BSc (Botany); LLB Hindu College;

Faculty of Law

Member of Parliament
Meira Kumar Indraprashta;

Miranda House

Former Minister of Water Resources, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and Indian presidential candidate in 2017 [23]
Montek Singh Ahluwalia B.A. St. Stephen's Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission [53]
Murtaza Ali Khan St. Stephen's last titular nawab of Rampur
Naresh Gujral Member of Parliament
Naveen Jindal 1990 Hansraj College Member of Parliament
Naveen Patnaik B.A. Kirori Mal College Former Chief Minister of Odisha
Pratap Keshari Deb 1992B.A. Ramjas College Former Member of the Rajya Sabha [78]
Priyanka Gandhi 2010B.A. (Psychology);

M.A. (Buddhist Studies)

Jesus and Mary;

Department of Buddhist Studies

general secretary of Indian National Congress
Rahul Gandhi did not

graduate

St. Stephen's Indian National Congress Member of Parliament (from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency)
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 1977 Kirori Mal College Former Minister of Power
Ranbir Singh Hooda 1937 Ramjas College eminent politician from Rohtak; member of multiple Lok Sabhas [79]
Raninder Singh St. Stephen's [ citation needed ]
Ranjib Biswal St. Stephen's Member of Parliament
Sachin Pilot B.A. St. Stephen's Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan [53] [80]
Salman Khurshid St. Stephen's Former Minister of External Affairs [53] [81]
Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo 1981B.A. (Political Science) Jesus and Mary Member of Parliament
Sarup Singh Ramjas College Former Governor of Gujarat and Governor of Kerala [82]
Satish Upadhyay B.A. (Political Science)Vice Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council
Shashi Tharoor B.A. (History) St. Stephen's Minister of State for External Affairs; Former U.N. Under Secretary General [83] [84]
Sheila Dikshit M.A. (History) Miranda House Former Chief Minister of Delhi [4]
Smriti Irani School of Open Learning Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Human Resource Development
Somnath Bharti BSc Mathematics Ramjas College Former Law Minister of Delhi [85]
Subramanian Swamy Hindu College [24]
Sucheta Kripalani Indraprastha Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's first woman Chief Minister [66] [63]
Thupstan Chhewang 1967B.A.; LLB Ramjas College;

Faculty of Law

Member of Parliament [86]
Tulsi Agarwal Bharatiya Janata Party politician
Virbhadra Singh B.A. St. Stephen's Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Vijay Goel MCom. Shri Ram College of Commerce Member of Parliament [73]
Vijay Jolly BCom;

MCom.

Shri Ram College of Commerce MLA [73]
Syed Zafar Islam Ph.D.investment banker and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, Former Director at Deutsche Bank and spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party

Civil servants and diplomats

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Ajai Malhotra B.A. (Economics);

M.A. (Economics)

Hindu College;

Delhi School of Economics

Ambassador of India to Russia
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta B.A. (Political Science) Ramjas College Director General of Police of Assam [87]
Hardeep Singh Puri Hindu College Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Ira Singhal NSIT [note 2] Indian Administrative Service officer
Javeed Ahmad St. Stephen's Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh Police
Lala Hardayal St. Stephen's
Kiran Bedi 1988LLB Faculty of Law first woman to become an Indian Police Service officer
Montek Singh Ahluwalia B.A. St. Stephen's Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission [88]
Najeeb Jung B.A. (History);

M.A. (History)

St. Stephen's 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
Navin Chawla 1966B.A. (History) St. Stephen's Chief Election Commissioner of India; author of Mother Teresa's biography
P. N. Dhar Hindu College principal secretary to Indira Gandhi's Prime Minister's office
Pankaj Saran B.A. (Economics);

M.A. (Economics)

Hindu College;

Delhi School of Economics

Deputy National Security Advisor of India; Former Ambassador of India to Russia
Pooja Kapur Ambassador of India to Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pradeep Kumar Sinha St. Stephen's; Delhi School of Economics 31st Cabinet Secretary of India
Preeti Saran Lady Shri Ram Former Ambassador of India to Vietnam
S. Y. Quraishi St. Stephen's 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India
Shaktikanta Das B.A. (History);

M.A. (History)

St. Stephen's 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India [89]
Shivshankar Menon M.A. (History) St. Stephen's 4th National Security Advisor of India; 27th Foreign Secretary of India
Sujatha Singh Lady Shri Ram;

Delhi School of Economics

30th Foreign Secretary of India
Syeda Saiyidain Hameed 1963B.A. Miranda House Former member of the Planning Commission of India
Vijay Keshav Gokhale B.A. (History)

M.A. (History)

32nd Foreign Secretary of India [90] [91]
Vikram Misri B.A. (History) Hindu College deputy National Security Advisor of India [92]
Vinod Rai Delhi School of Economics 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Vivekanand Sinha B.A. in History Ramjas College Additional Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh [93]
Wajahat Habibullah 1965; 1967B.A. (History);

M.A. (History)

St. Stephen's 1st Chief Information Commissioner of India [94]

Science and engineering

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeNotabilityReferences
Ajai K. Singh 1977MSc; Ph.D. (chemistry)Professor of chemistry; fellow Royal Society of Chemistry; member of American Chemical Society
Ajoy Ghatak MSc (Physics)physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Amolak Chand Jain 1948; 1950BSc (Chemistry)chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [95]
Amit Dutt 1994; 1995BSc (Botany);

Diploma in Biochemical Technology

geneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [96] [97]
Amitabh Joshi BSc (Botany);

MSc (1988)

evolutionary biologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [98]
Amitava Raychaudhuri 1973MSc (Physics)particle physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [99]
Anil Grover 1977; 1979BSc;

MSc

plant molecular biologist, N-Bios laureate [100]
Anil Kumar Tyagi biochemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [101]
Apurva Sarin cell biologist, N-Bios laureate [102]
Archana Bhattacharyya BSc (Physics);

MSc (Physics)

physicist; Director of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
Asoke Nath Mitra 1947; 1949BSc (Mathematics) Ramjas College physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
B. K. Misra 1980M.S. (General Surgery)neurosurgeon; recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest medical honour in India [103]
Charusita Chakravarty BSc (Chemistry) St. Stephen's Professor of chemistry at IIT Delhi; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Deepak Kumar St. Stephen's physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [104]
Eknath Prabhakar Ghate St. Stephen's mathematician; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Gaiti Hasan 1976BSc (Zoology) Miranda House molecular biologist [105]
Hirdaya Behari Mathur 1948chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [106]
Jogesh Pati 1957MScphysicist at the University of Maryland, College Park, recipient of the Dirac Medal [107]
Kasturi Lal Chopra 1952; 1954
Meena Upadhyaya medical geneticist
N. A. Ramaiah physical chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Pran Nath 1958physicist at Northeastern University
Raj Rewal 1954 Department of Architecture [note 1] architect
Rajinder Kumar Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] chemical engineer, Former Professor at the Indian Institute of Science
Ravi Grover 1970 Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer; Padma Shri recipient
S. C. Jain physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [108]
Sampat Kumar Tandon 1972PhDgeologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [109]
Sangeeta Malhotra 1988BSc Hansraj College astrophysicist; Fellow of the American Astronomical Society
Satish Chandra Maheshwari St. Stephen's molecular biologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [110]
Satish Kumar Gupta BScimmunologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [111]
Shasanka Mohan Roy 1960; 1962BSc; MScquantum physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize [112]
Srinivasan Varadarajan 1952PhDchemist and Padma Bhushan awardee [113]
Subhash Chandra Lakhotia 1971cytogeneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Sushil Kumar 1960 Hansraj College geneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Usha Kehar Luthra Lady Hardinge Medical College pathologist and cytologist
V. Balakrishnan St. Stephen's Professor of Physics at IIT Madras
Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman 1952BSc (Physics) St. Stephen's engineer, academic and writer, known for his pioneering efforts in the field of computer science education in India
Vinod Dham B.E. (Electrical Engineering) Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] inventor of the Pentium chip
V. K. Dadhwal BSc (Botany) Hansraj College Director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

Sports

NameClass

year

DegreeCollegeSportReferences
Aditi Chauhan Jesus and Mary footballer
Ajay Jadeja Hindu College cricketer [114]
Akash Chopra Rajdhani cricketer
Amoj Jacob 2019BCom Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa sprinter [115]
Anjum Chopra St. Stephen's cricketer
Ankita Bhambri 2010B.A. Programme Jesus and Mary tennis player
Apurvi Chandela 2014B.A. (Sociology) Jesus and Mary shooter [116]
Arun Lal BCom St. Stephen's cricketer [63]
Ashok Gandotra M.A. St. Stephen's cricketer [63]
Ashish Nehra Rajdhani cricketer
Dalima Chhibber Jesus and Mary footballer
Deep Dasgupta Hindu College cricketer [114]
Gautam Gambhir did not graduateB.A. Programme Hindu College cricketer
Gaurav Bidhuri 2012 Kirori Mal College boxer
Hari Gidwani Hindu College cricketer [117] [118]
Jaspal Rana St. Stephen's;

Sri Aurobindo College

shooter [63] [115]
Kirti Azad 1981B.A. (History) St. Stephen's cricketer
Manika Batra did not graduateB.A. (Sociology) Jesus and Mary table tennis player [119]
Maninder Singh Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa cricketer
Mansher Singh St. Stephen's shooter [63]
Manu Bhaker 2022B.A. (Political Science) Lady Shri Ram shooter [115] [120]
Manvinder Bisla Hindu College cricketer [114]
Maheshwari Chauhan 2017B.A. (Philosophy) Lady Shri Ram shooter [115]
Mohinder Amarnath Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa cricketer
Murali Kartik Hindu College cricketer [121]
Prachi Tehlan 2007BCom Jesus and Mary netball player
Prakash Bhandari Hindu College cricketer [114]
Prashanti Singh School of Open Learning basketball player
Praveen Kumar Ramjas College cricketer [28]
Pratima Singh 2010 Jesus and Mary basketball player
Raghbir Singh Bhola B.E. (Electrical Engineering) Delhi College of Engineering [note 3] hockey player
Rajeshwari Kumari Sri Venkateswara shooter [115]
Ramita Jindal BCom (Hons) Hansraj College shooter [115]
Randhir Singh B.A. (History) St. Stephen's shooter [63]
Rishabh Pant BCom Sri Venkateswara cricketer [122]
Rhythm Sangwan B.A. (English) Lady Shri Ram shooter [115]
Saba Karim 1988BCom (Hons) Hindu College cricketer [123] [114]
Sanaa Bhambri Jesus and Mary tennis player
Sandeep Sejwal St. Stephen's swimmer
Shreyasi Singh 2012 Hansraj College shooter [115]
Shyam Lal Meena Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa archer
Sumit Antil BCom Ramjas College javelin thrower [124]
Sunil Valson Hindu College cricketer [114]
Tania Sachdev Sri Venkateswara chess player
Unmukt Chand St. Stephen's cricketer [125] [126] [11]
Vijay Mehra St. Stephen's cricketer [63]
Vinay Lamba Hindu College cricketer [114]

Notable faculty

NameAffiliationCollegeNotabilityReferences
Amartya Sen Professor of Economics (1963–1971) Delhi School of Economics Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 [3]
Anil Kumari Malhotra Principal Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital Padma Shri recipient (2016)
Andre Beteille Professor Emeritus of Sociology Delhi School of Economics Padma Bhushan recipient (2005)
Ashok Mitra Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Member of Parliament
Autar Singh Paintal Principal University College of Medical Sciences Pioneered discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences
Bhisham Sahni Former Lecturer in English Zakir Husain Delhi College Author and playwright
Debi Prasad Sarkar Head of Biochemistry departmentSouth Campus Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient [127]
Govind Singh Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Management Cluster Innovation Centre;

Indraprastha

Founder of Delhi Greens
Indu Malhotra Lecturer of Political Science Miranda House Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi Lecturer in History (1928–1944) St. Stephen's Pakistani historian [63]
Jagdish N. Bhagwati Professor of International Trade (1962–1968) Delhi School of Economics
Kamal Kumar Sethi Former Professor of Cardiology Padma Shri recipient
Manmohan Singh Professor of International Trade (1969–1971) Delhi School of Economics 13th Prime Minister of India [128]
M. N. Srinivas Founder of the sociology department Delhi School of Economics Sociologist
Padma Desai Associate Professor of Economics (1959–1968) Delhi School of Economics Professor of comparative economic systems, Columbia University
Percival Spear Lecturer in History (1924–1948) St. Stephen's Historian [63]
Pradip Krishen Lecturer in History Ramjas College Eminent film-maker [129]
Pranab Bardhan Professor (1973–1977) Delhi School of Economics Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley [130]
Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan Professor of Economics Indraprastha Wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan
Raj Krishna Professor Delhi School of Economics
Ram Babu Gupta Rajdhani College first Indian umpire to umpire a World Cup final [131]
Rama Kant Shukla Former reader Rajdhani College Padma Shri Awardee, Hindi and Sanskrit scholar [132]
Saleem Kidwai Former Professor of History Ramjas College eminent gay rights activist [133]
Sampat Kumar Tandon Former Pro-Vice Chancellor Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [109]
Santosh Kumar Sen Head of Postgraduate Studies Maulana Azad Medical College Indian surgeon and Padma Bhushan recipient [134]
Surendra Sheodas Barlingay Chair of the Department of PhilosophyLogician and Marathi writer
Sushil Kumar Saxena Professor of PhilosophyIndian author, music critic, and exponent
Tista Bagchi Professor of Linguistics
Tapan Raychaudhuri Director of DSE, Head of the history department Delhi School of Economics Indian historian
T. A. Venkitasubramanian Head of the Department of Biochemistry Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
Asoke Nath Mitra Professor at Department of Physics and AstrophysicsRenowned Theoretical PhysicistRecipient Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Daulat Singh Kothari Professor and Head of Department of physics and AstrophysicsTheoretical physicist, educationist Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan
Samarendra Nath Biswas Professor at Department of Physics and AstrophysicsTheoretical Physicistfellow of Indian National Science Academy,Indian Academy of Sciences,NASI
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (physicist) Professor and Head of Department of Physics, University Of DelhiPhysicistfellow of Indian National Science Academy

Notes

  1. 1 2 The Department of Architecture, Delhi College of Engineering (now known as School of Planning and Architecture) was affiliated to the University of Delhi until 1979.
  2. 1 2 The Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (now known as Netaji Subhas University of Technology) was affiliated to the University of Delhi until 2018
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Delhi College of Engineering (now known as Delhi Technological University) was affiliated to the University of Delhi until 2009.

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