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This is a list of people affiliated with the Panjab University . The list excludes people whose only connection with Panjab University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
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This is a list of people affiliated with the Panjab University . The list excludes people whose only connection with Panjab University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. N. Goswamy | Professor of Art History | art historian known for his study of Indian miniature paintings | [1] |
| Bidyendu Mohan Deb | Professor of theoretical chemistry between 1984 and 2004 | theoretical chemist, chemical physicist and a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata | |
| Kare Narain Pathak | Vice-Chancellor (2000-2006) and Professor of Physics (1970-2001) | Condensed matter physicist, Former Vice-Chancellor & Professor Emeritus at Panjab University. UGC Emeritus Fellow | [2] |
| Kewal Krishan (forensic anthropologist) | Professor and former Chair of the Department of Anthropology | An academic known for contributions to forensic anthropology in India |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayushmann Khurrana | actor and singer | ||||
| Babbu Maan | Indian Punjabi singer and poet | ||||
| Gul Panag | actress and model | [3] | |||
| Irshad Kamil | noted Bollywood lyricist, poet and winner of Filmfare and IIFA Awards. | ||||
| Jaspal Bhatti | Satirist and TV personality | [4] | |||
| Kapil Sharma | Indian Comedian | [4] | |||
| Kanika Mann | Television and film actress | [4] | |||
| Mahie Gill | an actress who appears in Hindi films and Punjabi films. | ||||
| Mukesh Gautam | Punjabi cinema director | ||||
| Nuruddin Farah | 1970 | Somali novelist | |||
| Priyakanta Laishram | B.A (Sociology Honours) | actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter and film editor. | [5] | ||
| Satinder Sartaaj | Indian Punjabi singer and poet [4] | ||||
| Shilpa Anand | Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) | model, actress and software developer | [6] | ||
| Sunil Grover | Comedian | ||||
| Anupam Kher | Actor | ||||
| Harnaaz Sandhu | B.A. M.A. | PGGC Sector 42 Chandigarh | Model who won Miss Universe 2021 Title | [7] | |
| Rajesh Hamal | Actor |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. C. Kohli | first CEO of TCS. Considered as Father of Indian Software Industry | [8] | |||
| Pratip Chaudhuri | 1974 | UBS | Chairman of the State Bank of India | ||
| Sandeep Bakhshi | Punjab Engineering [note 1] | MD & CEO, ICICI Bank | |||
| Steve Sanghi | 1975 | Punjab Engineering [note 1] | CEO of Microchip Technology | ||
| Sunil Bharti Mittal | Founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises | [9] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harjinder Singh Dilgeer | National Professor of Sikh History, an authority on Sikh history, philosophy and scriptures; writer of Sikh History in 10 Volumes, Translator of Guru Granth Sahib (in English), creator of Navan Te Vadda Mahan Kosh (4 volumes, 2748 pages), plus writer of 60 books; presently Director of G.N. Research Institute, Birmingham, England. | ||||
| Kavita Singh | 1996 | PhD | Professor and Infosys Prize winner | [10] | |
| Romila Thapar | prominent Historian | [4] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Vikram Batra | B.Sc. | DAV | Kargil war hero and Param Vir Chakra awardee | [11] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baburam Bhattarai | 1977 | B. Arch. | Chandigarh College of Architecture | 36th Prime Minister of Nepal | |
| Manmohan Singh | 1952; 1954 | BA (Economics); MA (Economics) | 13th Prime Minister of India | [12] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Kumar Sood | 1971; 1972 | BSc; MSc | |||
| Atul Gurtu | high energy physicist | ||||
| G. V. R. Prasad | paleontologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| K. K. Aggarwal | engineer, professor and eminent IT expert | [19] | |||
| Kalpana Chawla | BE | Punjab Engineering [note 1] | NASA Astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident [20] | ||
| Manohar Lal Munjal | acoustical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Narinder Kumar Mehra | 1969 | B.Sc. | immunologist | ||
| Radhe Mohan | scientist, former Chairman of Medical Physics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center | [21] | |||
| Rajinder Kumar | 1954 | B.Sc. | chemical engineer, former professor at the Indian Institute of Science; Padma Bhushan recipient | ||
| Ranbir Chander Sobti | 1969; 1970; 1974 | B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. | Cell biologist and Padma Shri awardee | ||
| Sampat Kumar Tandon | geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Sardul Singh Guraya | 1954; 1956; 1959 | B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. | developmental biologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient | ||
| Sunil Saigal | 1978 | Punjab Engineering [note 1] | professor and a former dean of the Newark College of Engineering at NJIT | ||
| Satinder Vir Kessar | 1953 | organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | |||
| Veena Tandon | 1967; 1968; 1972 | B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D. | parasitologist and Padma Shri recipient | ||
| Yash Pal | 1949 | M.Sc. | scientist and educator | [22] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anjum Moudgil | DAV | shooter | [23] [24] | ||
| Malaika Goel | DAV | shooter | |||
| Neeraj Chopra | DAV | track and field athlete; olympic games 2021 gold medalist winner in javelin throw, medalist in the Asian and Commonwealth games | [25] | ||
| Nripjit Singh Bedi | 1958 | volleyball player | |||
| Ravi Bhardwaj | MBA | basketball player | [26] | ||
| Yashaswini Singh Deswal | DAV | shooter |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vandana Shiva | 1972 | BSc | environmental activist | ||
| Shekhar Gupta | Renowned Journalist, Founder and Editor-in-chief ThePrint | ||||
| Tarun Tejpal | founder-editor Tehelka | [27] | |||
Chandigarh is a union territory and planned city in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the surrounding states, namely Punjab to the north, west and the south, and Haryana to the east. Chandigarh constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which also includes the adjacent satellite cities of Panchkula in Haryana and Mohali in Punjab. It is situated near the foothills of the Himalayas, 260 km north of New Delhi and 229 km southeast of Amritsar.
Panjab University (PU) is an Indian collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Lahore, which was founded in 1882. After the partition of India, the university was established on 1 October 1947, and called East Punjab University. Initially housed primarily at a cantonment in Solan, it later relocated to a newly built campus in Chandigarh, and was renamed Panjab University. It is accredited by NAAC at five star level, with the highest NAAC A++ accreditation grade.
Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) (abbreviated PEC or PEC Chandigarh) is a public research & technical institution in Chandigarh. It was founded in 1921 in Lahore, established in Chandigarh in 1953, and focuses on the field of applied sciences, particularly engineering and technology. It is well-known for its ungarduate and graduate programmes in engineering, to which the entry is through the Joint Entrance Examination – Mains and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It offers degrees such as Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology and MBA. It also has a comprehensive graduate program offering doctoral degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Yash Pal was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he became one of the leading science communicators of the country.
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Chandigarh Metro is an approved rapid transit system to serve the Chandigarh Capital Region, which includes Chandigarh and adjacent areas in Punjab and Haryana states of India. In Phase-1, to be progressively built and operationalised between 2027 and 2034, 3 lines will connect tri-cities of Chandigarh, Mohali in Punjab and Panchkula in Haryana. Phase-2, to be constructed after 2034, will connect Pinjore in Haryana and further expand the network in Mohali with 2 more lines. The project, which was initially scrapped in 2017 due to low financial viability, was approved in March 2023 and received formal clearance in July 2023 from the governments of Punjab and Haryana after a Detailed Project Report (DPR) was created.
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The Panjab Digital Library is a voluntary organization digitizing and preserving the cultural heritage of Panjab since 2003. With over 65 million digitized pages, it is the biggest resource of digital material on Panjab. There are many historically significant documents stored and made available online. Its scope covers Sikh and Punjabi culture. The library funded by The Nanakshahi Trust was launched online in August 2009. Its base office is located at Chandigarh, India.
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Panjab University Campus Students Council or PUCSC is Students' union consisting of the departmental representatives and other office bearers like President, Vice-President, Secretary and Joint-Secretary along with 123 Departmental Representatives (DRs) directly elected by the students from the various teaching departments on the Panjab University, Chandigarh campus. Furthermore, these elected office-bearers and department representatives elect the remaining five members of the executive of the Council. The Dean Student Welfare is ex officio Chairman of the Council. Elections are held every year in August–September months. There is ban on property defacement for clean elections.
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences (UIAMS), established in 2008 under the aegis of the Panjab University, Chandigarh is one of the top MBA college in city. UIAMS offers management education to professional managers as specialized full-time MBA programmes. It is one of the business schools in India which started offering sectoral MBA programmes supplemented with specialization in core functional areas of management.
The Chandigarh LGBTQ Pride Walk is an annual march held as part of the "Garvotsava" pride week celebrations in Chandigarh, the capital city of the northern Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. The event aims to celebrate and bring together the LGBTQ community and its supporters.
Manjot Kaur is a contemporary Indian artist, who lives and works in Chandigarh. She is currently a Visiting Artist Fellow at The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Bhura Singh Ghuman is an Indian academic and academic administrator who served as Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University, Patiala since 14 August 2017. He resigned from post of VC on 18 November 2020.
Amar Chand Joshi was an Indian botanist and academic administrator, who served as the Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Chandigarh, India; and the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. The standard author abbreviation Joshi is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Joshi co authored a book titled Lahore District Flora with Shiv Ram Kashyap. It was published by Punjab University in 1936.
Madan Lal Puri is a statistician from India who built his career in the United States. He was born on February 20, 1929 in Sialkot, and is known for his work in mathematics which has had profound effects on the way statistics is understood and applied. He has won many honours and awards, including the Bicentennial Medal from Indiana University, Bloomington.