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This is a list of notable alumni related to the University of Allahabad and its constituent colleges. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Allahabad University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aditya Srivastava | Allahabad University | actor | |||
| Sudhir Dar | Allahabad University | cartoonist | |||
| Tigmanshu dhulia | 1983 - 1986 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) | Allahabad University | Movie director, writer | [1] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. R. Goyal | Allahabad University | Historian | |||
| Baidyanath Misra | 1948 | MA, University topper and Gold medallist, First Odia to top the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Economics | Allahabad University | Former Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board and Chairman of Odisha's First State Finance Commission | |
| Prabhat Nalini Das | MA, English, University Topper and gold medalist | Allahabad University | University Professor and pro Vice Chancellor; first Director/Dean Humanities, IIT Kanpur | ||
| J K Mehta | PhD | Allahabad University | economist | [2] | |
| Udai Prakash Arora | historian |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghunandan Swarup Pathak | Law | Allahabad University | 18th Chief Justice of India; Judge of the International Court of Justice | [ citation needed ] | |
| Kamal Narain Singh | Law | Ewing Christian | 22nd Chief Justice of India | ||
| J. S. Verma | BSc; LLB | Ewing Christian | 27th Chief Justice of India | [3] | |
| V. N. Khare | Allahabad University | 33rd Chief Justice of India | [ citation needed ] | ||
| Daya Saran Sinha | 1953-1959 | BA, LLB | Allahabad University | Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court | [ citation needed ] |
| Vidyadhar Govind Oak | LLB | Allahabad University | Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court | [ citation needed ] | |
| Prashant Bhushan | LLB | Allahabad University | Supreme Court lawyer | [ citation needed ] | |
| Vashishtha Bhargava | 1925 | M.Sc. | Allahabad University | Judge of the Supreme Court of India | [ citation needed ] |
| Rajendra Kumar Acharya | PhD | Allahabad University | jurist of Law of tort in Nepal | [ citation needed ] |
Milon K. Banerji, attorney general for India[ citation needed ]
| Name | Class Year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krishnaswamy Sundarji | Chief of Army Staff | [ citation needed ] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandra Shekhar | 1951 | 8th Prime Minister of India | [8] [9] | ||
| Gulzarilal Nanda | acting Prime Minister of India | ||||
| Surya Bahadur Thapa | 24th Prime Minister of Nepal | ||||
| Zakir Husain | MA | Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental [note 1] | 3rd President of India | [10] | |
| V. P. Singh | 7th Prime Minister of India | [11] [12] | |||
| Shankar Dayal Sharma | 9th President of India |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | College | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atma Ram (scientist) | Doctor of Science | Chemist, Founding Director Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute and Director General CSIR | [21] | ||
| Anuradha Misra | physicist | [22] | |||
| Prem Chand Pandey | Scientist, Academic and Founding Director NCAOR, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Deepak Dhar | theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Digvijai Singh | chemical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Jamuna Sharan Singh | ecologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient | ||||
| Nibir Mandal | structural geologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Krityunjai Prasad Sinha | theoretical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | ||||
| Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar | 1939 | DPhil | mathematician | [23] | |
| Onkar Singh | 1991, 2000 | M.E., PhD | Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College | Mechanical Engineering, Vice-Chancellor of Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University, founder Vice-Chancellor of Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur | [24] |
| Name | Class Year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Aaron | chess player and International Master | [25] |
| Name | Class Year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajendra Singh Rana | environmentalist, Magsaysay Award, 2001 | [26] |
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