This is a list of notable BITS Pilani alumni.[1]
Entrepreneurs
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Sanjay Mehrotra | President and co-founder of Sandisk, CEO 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 | |
| Vinod Agarwal | Founder and chairman of SemIndia; founder and former Chairman of LogicVision | 1968–1973 |
| Vijay Chandru | Cofounder and CEO, Strand Life Sciences; Inventor of Simputer | 1975 |
| 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 |
| Nandan Reddy | Co-founder of Swiggy | |
| Abhinav Asthana | Co-founder of Postman API | 2006–2010 |
| Abhijit Kane | Co-founder of Postman API | 2008–2013 |
| Kaushik Mukherjee | Co-founder of Sugar Cosmetics | 2000–2004 |
| Hari Menon | Co-founder, CEO of BigBasket | |
| Richa Kar | Co-founder of Zivame | 2002–2007 |
| Ishan Bansal | Co-founder of Groww | 2005–2009 |
| Shubh Malhotra | Co-founder of Mobile Premier League | 2005–2009 |
| Narendra Khatri | Co-founder of Insubuy | 1991-1995 |
| Bhuvan Gupta | Co-founder of OfBusiness | 1996–2000 |
| Phanindra Sama | Co-founder of RedBus | |
| Sudhakar Pasupunuri | Co-founder of RedBus | |
| Charan Padmaraju | Co-founder of RedBus | |
| Shivkumar Ganesan | Co-founder of Exotel | 2000–2004 |
| Srivatsan Chari | Co-founder of ClearTax | 2004–2008 |
Corporate Leaders
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Revathi Advaithi | CEO of Flex | 1986–1990 |
| Rakesh Kapoor | CEO of Reckitt Benckiser | 1975–1980 |
| Sunil Duggal | CEO of Dabur | 1974–1979 |
| Vivek Paul | Consulting Professor at Stanford University; founder of KineticGlue; CEO of Wipro Technologies | |
| SK Roongta | Chairman of Steel Authority of India | 1966–1971 |
| Kiran Deshpande | CEO of Tech Mahindra | |
| Sampath Manickam | CTO - Technology Infrastructure of National Stock Exchange of India | 1999-2002 |
Academia
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Goverdhan Mehta | Padma Shri Awardee, Fellow of the Royal Society, ex Director of IISc Bangalore, ex Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad | |
| S. P. Kothari | Padma Shri Awardee, Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management | 1974–1979 |
| Milind Tambe | Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University | |
| Autar Kaw | Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida | 1976–1981 |
| Arun Sharma | Distinguished emeritus professor, Queensland University of Technology | 2008 |
| Krishna Saraswat | Electrical Engineering Professor at Stanford University | 1963–1968 |
| G. Ravindra Kumar[3][4] | Senior professor - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | 1977–1983 |
| Ravi Gomatam | Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute (Berkeley and Mumbai)[5] | |
| Narendra Ahuja | Founding Director of IIIT Hyderabad (1999–2002) | 1968–1972 |
| Arun K. Somani | Department Chair, Senior Associate Dean in Engineering, Iowa State University | 2003–2010, 2013–present (as of 2023) |
| Govindan Rangarajan | Director & Professor Dept. of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 1980–1985 |
| Seshadri Vasan | First Rhodes Scholar alumnus, COVID-19 scientist, Honorary Professor, University of York | 1991–1996 |
| T. N. Vijaykumar | Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University | 1990 |
Social Activists, Politics and Government
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaji Deshmukh | Social Activism in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance and posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna | |
| Prithviraj Chavan[6] | Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra; former Union Minister for Science and Technology, Govt. of India | 1963–1967 |
Film
| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Mani Shankar | Legendary, Award-winning Director, Indian movies | |
| Anu Haasan | Actress, Tamil/Telugu movies, TV show host | |
| Kanika | Former Actress, Tamil/Telugu/Kannada/Malayalam movies, TV show host | 1999-2003 |
| Sandeep A. Varma | Award-winning Film Director and Writer | |
| AK Srikanth | Award-winning Short Film Maker and Writer | |
Art, Music, Writers & Dance
| 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 | |
| Umesh Prasad | Journalist and Editor | |
| 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 |
| Praveen Kumar | ||
| Gaurav Chaudhary | Tech Vlogger | |
| Harish Sivaramakrishnan | Playback Singer | |
| Anantharaman Ajay | Youtuber and Actor | |
| Siva Ananth | Indian film producer | 1991-1995 |
| Adarsh Iyengar | Indian Singer and Musician |
References
- ↑ "List of Notable BITS Alumni - BITSAA International". bitsaa.org. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ ":: Chairman ::". kalyanigroup.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ "Professor G. Ravindra Kumar on ISF". Infosys Science Foundation. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ "Bhaktivedanta Institute". bvinst.edu. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ "Biographical Sketch". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004.
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