Batra Explained

Batra is a clan of the Arora community of Punjab, India. They are mainly followers of Hinduism and Sikhism.^[1]

Notable people

Armed Forces

• Vikram Batra, PVC (1974–1999), officer of the Indian Army, posthumously awarded India's highest award for valour

Athletics

• Manika Batra, Indian table tennis player, Commonwealth Games gold medalist
• Narinder Dhruv Batra, Indian sports administrator

Bollywood

• Pallavi Batra, Indian actress
• Pankaj Batra, Indian director
• Pooja Batra (born 1976), Indian actress who was Miss India International in 1993
• Rajan Batra, Indian producer
• Rani Batra, known by her stage name Pallavi, Indian actress
• Ritesh Batra (born 1979), film director
• Saloni Batra, Indian actress
• Sanjay Batra, television actor in India
• Shakun Batra, Indian film director. He directed Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kapoor & Sons and Gehraiyaan
• Vicky Batra, Indian actor

Creatives

• Adrienne Batra, Indian-Canadian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Toronto Sun
• Aseem Batra, producer and writer of Scrubs
• David Batra (born 1972), Swedish-Indian stand-up comedian and TV actor
• Vibha Batra, Indian author, advertising consultant, poet, lyricist, translator, travel writer, playwright, and columnist

Politics

• Anna Kinberg Batra (born 1970), Swedish politician, leader of the Moderate Party 2015-2017
• Bharat Bhushan Batra, Indian politician serving as the MLA of Rohtak
• Dinanath Batra, former general secretary of Vidya Bharati, the school network run by the RSS
• Pradip Batra, Indian BJP politician and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Roorkee constituency
• Shadi Lal Batra, Indian politician

Religious Leaders

• Balak Singh Batra, Sikh religious leader who founded Namdhari (Kuka) sect

Science and engineering

• Akshay Batra, Indian entrepreneur and trichologist
• Anuj Batra, research electrical engineer specializing in ultrawideband wireless technology. He was included in Innovators Under 35 "TR35" list
• Harsh Vardhan Batra, Indian scientist working in animal biotechnology in Indian Ministry of Science and Technology
• Lekh Raj Batra, (1929–1999), distinguished Indian-American mycologist
• Mukesh Batra, homeopathy practitioner, and Founder of Dr. Batra's Health Clinic Pvt Ltd.
• Ravi Batra (born 1943), Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University
• Romesh Batra, professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. 8 May 2003. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-977169-1. Google Books.