Goenka Explained

'Goenka' is an Indian surname. People with the Goenka surname belong to Marwari Agrawal community and mostly have their roots in Rajasthan state of India. Earlier it was written and pronounced as Govindka, but later it got anglicised to Goenka.Notable people with the surname include:

• Anupriya Goenka (b. 1987), Indian actress

and model

• Ramnath Goenka (1904–1991), freedom fighter and owner of The Indian Express daily
• Shyam Sunder Goenka (1932–2002), Indian entrepreneur, founder of Tally Solutions
• S. N. Goenka (1924–2013), prominent teacher of Vipassana meditation
• Badridas Goenka (1883–1973), patriarch of the Goenka industrial family
  • Keshav Prasad Goenka (1912–1983), son of BD Goenka
    • Rama Prasad Goenka (1930–2013), son of KP Goenka
      • Harsh Goenka (born 1957), son of RP Goenka, patron of RPG
      • Sanjiv Goenka (born 1961), son of RP Goenka, patron of RPSG

See also

• RPG Group, an Indian industrial and services conglomerate founded by Rama Prasad Goenka
• RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate