List of Patna University people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Patna University.

Notable faculty

Name	Affiliation	Notability	References
H. C. Verma		physicist
Nalin Vilochan Sharma		writer and poet
Ram Sharan Sharma		Historian	[1] [2]
Rameshwar Singh Kashyap		Bhojpuri Playwright and Author	[3]

• Kapil Muni Tiwary, linguist ^[4]
• Hetukar Jha, sociologist, ^[5] also alumnus^{[ citation needed ]}
• Papiya Ghosh, historian, ^[6] also alumnus^{[ citation needed ]}
• R. K. Sinha, scholar of English ^[7]
• Ravindra Kumar Sinha, environmentalist and Padma Shri recipient ^[8]

Notable alumni

Politics and Law

Name	Class Year	Degree	Notability	References
Rajiv Gauba		BSc in Physics	32nd Cabinet Secretary of India	[9] [10]
Srinivas Kumar Sinha	1943		former Governor of Assam	[11]
Tejendra Khanna		MSc in Physics	former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi	[12]

• Anugrah Narayan Sinha, nationalist ^[13] and first Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar ^[14]
• Baccha Prasad Singh, Indian Maoist politician
• Bali Ram Bhagat, former speaker of Lok Sabha ^[15]
• Balmiki Prasad Singh, scholar, Governor of Sikkim (2008–2013) ^[16]
• Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha, 6th Chief Justice of India
• Chhedi Paswan, Member Of Parliament
• Dilip Sinha, Indian diplomat and ambassador
• Digvijay Singh, former Union Minister of India ^[17]
• Krishna Sahi, former Union Minister
• Shri Krishna Singh, first Chief Minister of Bihar
• Lalit Mohan Sharma, former Chief Justice of India
• Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar
• Ravi Shankar Prasad, senior advocate, Supreme Court of India, Union Minister of IT and Law and Justice
• Nitish Kumar, socialist, National President, Janta Dal (U), current Chief Minister of Bihar ^[18]
• Ram Dulari Sinha, ^[19] former Union Minister of state, former Kerala Governor, freedom fighter
• Abhayanand, educationalist, IPS officer
• Ram Vilas Paswan (Founder Of LJP), former Railway Minister of India, Member of Indian Parliament, Union Minister of India
• Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, WRD minister of Bihar ^[20]
• Sanjay Paswan, professor, former Minister of state in Govt of India, Member of Bihar Legislative Council
• Satyendra Narayan Sinha, member of Provisional Parliament, former Chief Minister of Bihar ^[21]
• Surur Hoda, Socialist Leader
• Yashwant Sinha, former Minister of Finance
• Sitaram Kesari, former president of Indian national congress
• Ram deo Bhandary, former member of parliament and former general secretary of RJD
• Jagdeo Prasad, former deputy chief minister of Bihar

Science and Technology

• Samprada Singh founder of Alkem Laboratories
• Anand Kumar, Indian mathematician and educationalist
• Ravindra Kumar Sinha, environmentalist
• Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, physicist
• Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician ^[22]
• Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian botanist and academic
• Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha, condensed matter physicist
• H. C. Verma, Indian experimental physicist
• Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, scientist and child prodigy.

Arts

Name	Class Year	Degree	Notability	References
Sharda Sinha			folk singer

Literature

• Kalim Ajiz, Urdu poet
• Satinath Bhaduri, novelist
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, ^[13] Hindi poet

Others

• Shaibal Gupta, economist and social scientist
• Bindeshwar Pathak, founder of Sulabh International
• Gopal Prasad Sinha, neurologist, politician
• Indradeep Sinha, economist, writer and veteran communist leader
• Jayaprakash Narayan, freedom fighter
• Ram Karan Sharma, scholar of Sanskrit
• Ram Raj Pant, founder of Nepal Law College and pioneering linguist of Nepali language
• Rustum Roy, influential material scientist, professor and author
• Ravish Kumar, news anchor, editor at NDTV
• Ranjit Sinha, Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
• Vashishtha Narayan Singh, mathematician
• Vikas Jha, author and journalist
• Md Zabir Ansari, Indian Karate player
• Abdul Bari ^{[ citation needed ]}

Art

• Chandan Roy, Actor (known for his role in Panchayat)

Politics

• J. P. Nadda, Politician

References

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