List of IIT (BHU) Varanasi people explained

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.

Notable alumni

Business

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Nikesh AroraCEO at Palo Alto Networks, former president at Softbank, ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at GoogleB.tech, 1989[1]
Deepak AhujaFormer CFO at Tesla, Inc.B.tech (Ceramic), 1985[2] [3]
Jay ChaudhryCEO and Founder of ZScalarB.tech (Electronics)[4] [5]
Ram Charan (consultant)Renowned management consultant and Global Indian of the Year 2010 by Economic TimesB.tech (Mechanical)[6]
Sahu Ramesh Chandra JainFormer Executive Director of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., Chairman of Press Trust of India and the Indian Newspaper Society and the only person to edit both The Times of India and Navbharat TimesB.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)
Vinod Kumar BansalIndian educationist and founder of Bansal Classes at Kota, a test preparation companyB.tech (Mechanical)[7]
Sanjay SethiCo-founder and CEO of ShopClues, a Gurgaon-based online marketplace for unbranded goodsB.tech (Mechanical), 1983
Bhupendra Kumar ModiChairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based India business conglomerate Spice GlobalB.tech (Chemical)[8]
Late Krishan Kumar ModiFormer Chairman, Modi Group
Salil PrabhakarPresident and CEO, Delta ID Inc.B.tech (Computer Science), 1996
Late Sadhan DuttFounder-chairman of Development Consultants, a member of the Kuljian Group of CompaniesB.tech

Politics and civil services

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Late Krishan KantFormer Vice-President of India, Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1990–97), member of Lok Sabha from Chandigarh (1977–80), and Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (1966–1972, 1972–1977)M.Sc. (Chemical)[9]
Manoj Sinha2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Former Minister of State, Railways and Communication.B.tech, M.tech (Civil)[10] [11]
Late Ashok Singhalformer President, Vishva Hindu ParishadB.tech (Metallurgy), 1950[12] [13]
Late Ved Prakash GoyalFormer Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister of Shipping[14]
Rajiv DograIndian diplomat, author and commentator. Former Indian Ambassador to Italy and Romania and Consul General to Karachi, PakistanB.tech (Electronics), 1969[15]
Tribhuvan RamIndian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate representing Ajagara constituency of Uttar PradeshB.tech
Ajoy MehtaChief Secretary of Maharashtra, Former Municipal Commissioner of MumbaiB.tech[16]
Indu BhushanFirst CEO of Ayushman BharatB.tech (Electrical), 1981

Science and technology

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Naresh Chandra MurmuDirector at Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute and Dean (Engineering Sciences) at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.PhD (2010)[17] [18]
Thomas AnantharamanOne of the 3-member team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer.
Pulickel AjayanPioneering scientist in the field of carbon nanotubesB.tech (Metallurgy), 1985[19]
Kota HarinarayanaPadma Shri awardee, Programme director and chief designer of India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Programme.B.tech (Mechanical), 1964
Late Narla Tata RaoPadma Shri awardee. Doyen of power sector in India, played a pivotal role in development of NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation of India
Late Patcha Ramachandra RaoRenowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former Vice Chancellor of Benaras Hindu UniversityPh.D, 1968
Shrikant LeleRenowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former director of IIT BHUPh.D, 1968
Palle Rama RaoRenowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardeePh.D. (Metallurgy)
Akhlesh LakhtakiaCharles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor at Penn State University, USA. and pioneer of sculptured thin filmsB.tech (Electronics), 1979
N. RavishankarMaterials scientist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateB.tech (Metallurgy), 1991
Laxmikant KaleProfessor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.tech (Electrical), 1977
Bir BhanuElectronics Engineering, Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of California, Riverside, CaliforniaB.Tech. 1972
Madisetti Anant RamluFounder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at IIT KharagpurB.tech Mining and Metallurgy
Kamanio ChattopadhyayMaterials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystalsM.tech and Ph.D.
Suhas Pandurang SukhatmePadma Shri awardee and former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Government of IndiaB.tech (Mechanical), 1958[20]
Unnikrishna PillaiProfessor of electrical engineering at the New York University Tandon School of EngineeringB.tech (Electronics), 1977[21]
Pradeep RohatgiDistinguished professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, world leader in the field of composite materials, particularly metal matrix composites.B.tech (Metallurgy), 1961[22]
Nikku MadhusudhanProfessor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. He is credited with developing the technique of atmospheric retrieval to infer the compositions of exoplanets.B.Tech (Mining)
Anil BhardwajIndian astrophysicist, Director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Government of IndiaPh.D., 1992[23]
Sandeep VermaEndowed Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurM.tech, 1989
K.A. PadmanabhanFormer Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and a former dean, academic research, IIT MadrasB.tech (Metallurgy), 1968
Sachchida Nand TripathiArjun Dev Joneja Faculty Chair at IIT KanpurB.tech, 1992
Prem JainFather of Green Buildings in IndiaB.Sc. (Mechanical), 1952[24]

Other Academia

NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferences
Dan GodeClinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business law at New York University Stern School of BusinessB.tech (Electrical), 1986[25]
Pankaj ChandraVice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University and former director, Indian Institute of Management BangaloreB.tech 1983[26]
Devesh KapurDirector of Asia Programs and Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesB.tech (Chemical), 1983[27]

Arts

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Varun GroverNational Film Award-winning Lyricist and Songwriter. Famous for writing the songs of Gangs of WasseypurB.tech (Civil), 2003[28] [29]
Manick SorcarAward-winning artist and animator
Nikhil SachanIndian author and columnistB.tech (Electronics), 2009
Puneet KrishnaIndian Author and Screen Writer and creator of famous 1 & 2 season of popular TV series Mirzapur, CA TopperB.tech, 1998 [30]

Humanities and society

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Late Veer Bhadra MishraProfessor, founder of Sankat Mochan Foundation and was a TIME Magazines "Hero of the Planet" recipient in 1999 for his work related to cleaning of the Ganges
Sandeep PandeyRamon Magsaysay awardee who started the Asha for Education foundation
Satinath SarangiActivist and founder and manager of Sambhavna Trust (a charitable trust for Bhopal disaster victims)
Amartya TalukdarBlogger and advocate of men's rights in the fields of alimony, dowry and marriageM.tech (Mechanical)

Others

!Name!Notability!Degree and Class Year!References
Prem Saran SatsangiLeader of Radhasoami Faith, Dayalbagh, Chairman ACE, DEI. Noted System Scientist and Physicist. (Ex Dean IIT Delhi, Ex Vice-Chancellor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute)
Satyendra Dubeyformer Assistant Project Director at the National Highways Authority of India who was murdered after exposing corruption

Notable faculty

!Name!Notability!Term!References
Shrikant LeleShanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and former director of the institute from 2002 to 2005Director, 2002–05
Late Veer Bhadra Mishraformer professor of Civil Engineering; environmentalist; founder of Swatcha Ganga Campaign
Palle Rama RaoRenowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee1962-82
Kamanio ChattopadhyayMaterials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystalsLecturer, 1975–78
Prof. B. MishraHead of Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology and has published about 247 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals. He has 3 patents, 6111 citations to his credit. He has been recognized as among the top 2% of the world's most-cited scientists by the prestigious Stanford University, on the basis of standardized citation indicators like information on citations, h-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator.
M.S. MuthuAn associate professor from the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, notable contribution in the nanomedicine, theranostics for cancer. He is the among top 2% scientists in the world list compiled by Stanford University.2016-on going[31]
Ajit Kumar ChaturvediFormer director of IIT Roorkee1994-1996
Ajit Ram VermaFormer director of the National Physical Laboratory, SS Bhatnagar Prize awardee1959-65

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