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This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University . Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Ananda Shankar Jayant | classical dancer and a recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award | [1] | |||
Bholekar Srihari | [2] | ||||
Diana Hayden | former Miss World and actress | ||||
J. D. Chakravarthy | 1986 | CBIT | actor | ||
Kader Khan | actor and screenwriter | [3] [4] | |||
Kandikonda | [5] | ||||
Manasa Varanasi | 2018 | BE (CSE) | Vasavi | Miss India | [6] [7] |
Nandamuri Balakrishna | Indian film actor, works in Telugu cinema | [8] | |||
Neeraj Ghaywan | 2002 | BE (EE) | CBIT | film director | |
Nikhil Siddharth | MJCET | actor | [9] | ||
Santosh Kumar | Pakistani film actor | [10] | |||
Sekhar Kammula | 1991 | CBIT | film director | ||
Shyam Benegal | director and screenwriter, recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1991 | [8] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Karan Bilimoria | 1981 | B.Com. | founder of Cobra Beer; Member of the House of Lords; seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham | [11] | |
G. V. K. Reddy | GVK Group Chairman | [12] [13] | |||
Sanjiv Sidhu | Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies | ||||
Shantanu Narayen | President and CEO, Adobe | [14] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Bhadriraju Krishnamurti | Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university | ||||
Bhoopal Reddy | Telugu writer | [15] | |||
Mahe Jabeen | social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award | ||||
Makhdoom Mohiuddin | Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu | [16] | |||
Masud Husain Khan | linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia | ||||
Muhammad Hamidullah | scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946) | ||||
Pilli Alfred James | Public Administrator |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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B. Subhashan Reddy | Chief Justice of madras and Kerala High Court. | [17] | |||
B. Sudarshan Reddy | 1971 | [18] | |||
Gopal Rao Ekbote | [19] | ||||
Ghulam Mohammed | [20] | ||||
M. S. Ramachandra Rao | 1989 | [21] | |||
N. Kumarayya | retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal | [22] | |||
Sardar Ali Khan | [23] | ||||
Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri | LLB | Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [24] | ||
Subodh Markandeya | 1956; 1963 | Indian Senior Advocate | |||
T. Amarnath Goud | [25] | ||||
T. Meena Kumari | [26] | ||||
Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande | Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. | [27] |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Ali Nawaz Jung | engineer | [42] | |||
B. E. Vijayam | geologist | ||||
D. Srinivasa Reddy | chemist | ||||
Garikapati Narahari Sastry | BSc; MSc | chemist | [43] | ||
Manju Bansal | molecular biologist | ||||
Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui | Pakistani theoretical physicist | ||||
Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie | marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
J. N. Reddy | 1968 | Distinguished and Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University | [44] | ||
Patcha Ramachandra Rao | metallurgist | ||||
Rafi Ahmed | 1968 | virologist and immunologist | [45] | ||
Rakesh Sharma | cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space | [8] | |||
Undurti Narasimha Das | 1981 | MD | Osmania Medical [note 2] | immunologist, endocrinologist |
Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Arshad Ayub | City College | Cricketer | |||
Ashwini Ponnappa | B.Com. | St. Mary's | Badminton player | ||
Asif Iqbal | Cricketer | [47] | |||
Gagan Narang | BCA | Shooter | |||
Kenia Jayantilal | Cricketer | [48] | |||
Khlid Qayyum | 1980 | B.Com. | Nizam [note 1] | Cricketer | [49] |
Harsha Bhogle | B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | Cricket commentator | [50] | ||
Mohammed Azharuddin | B.Com. | Nizam [note 1] | Cricketer | [8] | |
Mumtaz Hussain | Cricketer | [51] | |||
Murtuza Baig | Cricketer | ||||
Nikhat Zareen | A. V. College | Boxer | [52] [53] | ||
Pullela Gopichand | A. V. College | Badminton player | [54] | ||
Samaresh Jung | Shooter | [55] | |||
Sania Mirza | St. Mary's | Tennis player | |||
Sultan Saleem | Cricketer | [56] | |||
Syed Abdul Rahim | Football coach | [57] |
Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
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Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah | |||
D. C. Reddy | Vice Chancellor 1999-2002 | ||
Manazir Ahsan Gilani | Former Dean of Theology | Islamic scholar and author | [61] |
Masud Husain Khan | Head of the Department of Urdu between 1962 and 1968 | Urdu linguist | |
Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy | former Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court | ||
Sardar Ali Khan | Dean of the Faculty of Law between 1984 and 1991 | acting Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court | |
Suri Bhagavantam | Head of the Physics Department between 1949 and 1952; Vice Chancellor between 1952 and 1957 | scientist and science administrator | |
Zubaida Yazdani | Served at various positions in the Women's College and University College of Arts | historian |
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