This is a list of notable alumni of BITS Pilani.[1]
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanjay Mehrotra | Co-founder of SanDisk, CEO of Micron Technology | 1974-1976 | |
| Preetish Nijhawan | Co-founder of Akamai Technologies | 1985–1989 | |
| Baba Kalyani[2] | Billionaire, Chairman of Bharat Forge | 1965–1970 | |
| Sabeer Bhatia | Founder of Hotmail | 1986–1988 | |
| Vinod Agarwal | Founder and chairman of SemIndia; founder and former Chairman of LogicVision | 1968–1973 | |
| Vijay Chandru | Co-founder and CEO, Strand Life Sciences; Inventor of Simputer | 1971–1975[3] | |
| Rajiv Bapna | Founder and Director of Amkette, a storage media company | 1969–1974 | |
| Surendra Kumar Surana | Founder and Managing Director of Compucom Software Ltd and Editor in Chief at Jan TV | 1981–1985 |
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revathi Advaithi | CEO of Flex | 1986–1990 | |
| Rakesh Kapoor | ex-CEO of Reckitt Benckiser | 1975–1980 | |
| Sunil Duggal | ex-CEO of Dabur | 1974–1979 | |
| Vivek Paul | |||
| SK Roongta | ex-Chairman of Steel Authority of India | 1966–1971 |
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Goverdhan Mehta | –1963[4] | |
| Dorairajan Balasubramanian | Former President of Indian Academy of Sciences and Director of Research at L. V. Prasad Eye Institute; recipient of the National Order of Merit (France) and Padma Shri. | 1957–1959[5] |
| S. P. Kothari | Padma Shri Awardee, Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management | 1974–1979 |
| Krishna Saraswat | Electrical Engineering Professor at Stanford University | 1963–1968 |
| Milind Tambe | Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University | –1986 |
| Autar Kaw | Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida | 1976–1981 |
| Distinguished emeritus professor, Queensland University of Technology | 2008 | |
| G. Ravindra Kumar[6] [7] | Senior professor - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | 1977–1983 |
| Ravi Gomatam | Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute (Berkeley and Mumbai)[8] | |
| Narendra Ahuja | Founding Director of IIIT Hyderabad (1999–2002) | 1968–1972 |
| Arun K. Somani | Department Chair, Senior Associate Dean in Engineering, Iowa State University | –1973 |
| Govindan Rangarajan | Director & Professor Dept. of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 1980–1985 |
| Ravindra Dastikop | Educator and speaker on Cloud Computing |
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mani Shankar | Film director | –1978[10] [11] | |
| Anu Hasan | Actress, Tamil/Telugu movies, TV show host | 1988–1993[12] | |
| Baradwaj Rangan | Film critic and writer | 1988–1992 | |
| Kanika | Former Actress, Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada/Telugu films, TV show host | 1999-2003 | |
| Anu Menon | Film director and screenwriter | [13] | |
| Sandeep A. Varma | Award-winning Film Director and Writer | ||
| Idlebrain Jeevi | Film critic and entrepreneur | 1991-1995 | |
| Siva Ananth | Film writer, producer, lyricist, director and actor | 1991-1995[14] |
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Sandhya | Police officer and author | ||
| Dilip D'Souza | Writer of social causes | 1976–1981 | |
| Shashi Warrier | Writer of fiction | ||
| Vikram Sampath | Writer of historical non-fiction | ||
| Hartosh Singh Bal | Journalist and Editor | ||
| Padmini Chettur | Dancer | 1987–1991 | |
| Dushyanth Sridhar | Noted scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil on ancient Hindu scriptures | 2004–2009 | |
| Gaurav Chaudhary | Tech Vlogger | ||
| Harish Sivaramakrishnan | Lead vocalist of Carnatic progressive rock band Agam | 1998–2002 | |
| Adarsh Iyengar | Indian Singer and Musician |
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