List of IIT (BHU) Varanasi people

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This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.

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Notable alumni

Business

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Nikesh Arora CEO at Palo Alto Networks, former President at Softbank, ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at Google B.tech, 1989 [1]
Deepak Ahuja Former CFO at Tesla, Inc. B.tech (Ceramic), 1985 [2] [3]
Jay Chaudhry CEO and Founder of ZScalar B.tech (Electronics) [4] [5]
Ram Charan (consultant) Renowned management consultant and Global Indian of the Year 2010 by Economic TimesB.tech (Mechanical) [6]
Sahu Ramesh Chandra Jain Former Executive Director of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., Chairman of Press Trust of India and the Indian Newspaper Society and the only person to edit both The Times of India and Navbharat Times B.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)
Vinod Kumar Bansal Indian educationist and founder of Bansal Classes at Kota, a test preparation companyB.tech (Mechanical) [7]
Sanjay Sethi Co-founder and CEO of ShopClues, a Gurgaon-based online marketplace for unbranded goodsB.tech (Mechanical), 1983[ citation needed ]
Bhupendra Kumar Modi Chairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based India business conglomerate Spice Global B.tech (Chemical) [8]
Late Krishan Kumar Modi Former Chairman, Modi Group
Salil Prabhakar President and CEO, Delta ID Inc.B.tech (Computer Science), 1996
Late Sadhan Dutt Founder-chairman of Development Consultants, a member of the Kuljian Group of CompaniesB.tech

Politics and civil services

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Late Krishan Kant Former Vice-President of India, Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1990–97), member of Lok Sabha from Chandigarh (1977–80), and Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (1966-1972, 1972-1977)M.Sc. (Chemical) [9]
Manoj Sinha 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Former Minister of State, Railways and Communication.B.tech, M.tech (Civil) [10] [11]
Late Ashok Singhal former President, Vishva Hindu Parishad B.tech (Metallurgy), 1950 [12] [13]
Late Ved Prakash Goyal Former Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister of Shipping [14]
Rajiv Dogra Indian diplomat, author and commentator. Former Indian Ambassador to Italy and Romania and Consul General to Karachi, Pakistan B.tech (Electronics), 1969 [15]
Tribhuvan Ram Indian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate representing Ajagara constituency of Uttar Pradesh B.tech
Ajoy Mehta Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, Former Municipal Commissioner of MumbaiB.tech [16]
Indu Bhushan First CEO of Ayushman Bharat B.tech (Electrical), 1981

Science and technology

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Thomas Anantharaman One of the 3-member team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer.
Pulickel Ajayan Pioneering scientist in the field of carbon nanotubes B.tech (Metallurgy), 1985 [17]
Kota Harinarayana Padma Shri awardee, Programme director and chief designer of India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Programme.B.tech (Mechanical), 1964
Late Narla Tata Rao Padma Shri awardee. Doyen of power sector in India, played a pivotal role in development of NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation of India
Late Patcha Ramachandra Rao Renowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former Vice Chancellor of Benaras Hindu University Ph.D, 1968
Palle Rama Rao Renowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardeePh.D. (Metallurgy)
Akhlesh Lakhtakia Charles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor at Penn State University, USA. and pioneer of sculptured thin films B.tech (Electronics), 1979
N. Ravishankar Materials scientist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateB.tech (Metallurgy), 1991
Laxmikant Kale Professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.tech (Electrical), 1977
Bir Bhanu Electronics Engineering, Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of California, Riverside, CaliforniaB.Tech. 1972
Madisetti Anant Ramlu Founder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at IIT Kharagpur B.tech Mining and Metallurgy
Kamanio Chattopadhyay Materials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystals M.tech and Ph.D.
Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme Padma Shri awardee and former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Government of IndiaB.tech (Mechanical), 1958 [18]
Unnikrishna Pillai Professor of electrical engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering B.tech (Electronics), 1977 [19]
Pradeep Rohatgi Distinguished professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, world leader in the field of composite materials, particularly metal matrix composites.B.tech (Metallurgy), 1961 [20]
Nikku Madhusudhan Professor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. He is credited with developing the technique of atmospheric retrieval to infer the compositions of exoplanets.B.Tech (Mining)
Anil Bhardwaj Indian astrophysicist, Director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Government of India Ph.D., 1992 [21]
Sandeep Verma Endowed Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur M.tech, 1989
K.A. Padmanabhan Former Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and a former dean, academic research, IIT Madras B.tech (Metallurgy), 1968
Sachchida Nand Tripathi Arjun Dev Joneja Faculty Chair at IIT Kanpur B.tech, 1992
Prem Jain Father of Green Buildings in India B.Sc. (Mechanical), 1952 [22]

Other Academia

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Dan Gode Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business law at New York University Stern School of Business B.tech (Electrical), 1986 [23]
Pankaj Chandra Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University and former Director, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore B.tech 1983 [24]
Devesh Kapur Director of Asia Programs and Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesB.tech (Chemical), 1983 [25]

Arts

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Varun Grover National Film Award-winning Lyricist and Songwriter. Famous for writing the songs of Gangs of Wasseypur B.tech (Civil), 2003 [26] [27]
Manick Sorcar Award-winning artist and animator
Nikhil Sachan Indian author and columnistB.tech (Electronics), 2009

Humanities and society

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Late Veer Bhadra Mishra Professor, founder of Sankat Mochan Foundation and was a TIME Magazines "Hero of the Planet" recipient in 1999 for his work related to cleaning of the Ganges
Sandeep Pandey Ramon Magsaysay awardee who started the Asha for Education foundation
Satinath Sarangi Activist and founder and manager of Sambhavna Trust (a charitable trust for Bhopal disaster victims)
Amartya Talukdar Blogger and advocate of men's rights in the fields of alimony, dowry and marriageM.tech (Mechanical)

Others

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Prem Saran Satsangi Leader of Radhasoami Faith, Dayalbagh, Chairman ACE, DEI. Noted System Scientist and Physicist. (Ex Dean IIT Delhi, Ex Vice-Chancellor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute)
Satyendra Dubey former Assistant Project Director at the National Highways Authority of India who was murdered after exposing corruption

Notable faculty

NameNotabilityTermReferences
Shrikant Lele Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and former director of the institute from 2002–05Director, 2002–05
Late Veer Bhadra Mishra former Professor of Civil Engineering; environmentalist; founder of Swatcha Ganga Campaign
Palle Rama Rao Renowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee1962-82
Kamanio Chattopadhyay Materials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystals Lecturer, 1975–78
Prof. B. Mishra Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology and has published about 247 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals. He has 3 patents, 6111 citations to his credit. He has been recognized as among the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists by the prestigious Stanford University, on the basis of standardized citation indicators like information on citations, h-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator.
M.S. Muthu An associate professor from the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, notable contribution in the nanomedicine, theranostics for cancer. He is the among top 2% scientists in the world list compiled by Stanford University.2016-on going [28]
Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi Former director of IIT Roorkee 1994-1996
Ajit Ram Verma Former director of the National Physical Laboratory, SS Bhatnagar Prize awardee1959-65

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