This is a list of notable people related to the University of Delhi. This page excludes those people whose only connection with Delhi University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Nine heads of state and government, and two Nobel laureates have been associated with the university.
Two Nobel laureates have been associated with Delhi University.
Name | Affiliation | Prize | Year | References |
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Aung San Suu Kyi | B.A. in Political Science (1964) | Nobel Peace Prize | 1991 | [1][2] |
Amartya Sen | Professor of Economics (1963–1971) | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences | 1998 | [3] |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Aruna Roy | Indraprastha | founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan | [4] | ||
Bunker Roy | 1967 | St. Stephen's | social activist and educator | [5] | |
Rahul Verma | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | social worker, columnist and founder of Uday Foundation | [6] | ||
Sunita Narain | 1983 | School of Open Learning | environmentalist, director of Centre for Science and Environment | [7] | |
Urvashi Butalia | Reader at College of Vocational Studies | founder of Zubaan, a feminist publishing house |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aditya Jha | philanthropist and global entrepreneur | ||||
Ajaypal Singh Banga | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | CEO and President, MasterCard | ||
Anshu Jain | 1983 | B.A. (Economics) | Shri Ram College of Commerce | co-CEO, Deutsche Bank | |
Geeta Aiyer | B.A., M.A. | founder and President, Boston Common Asset Management | [44] | ||
Ivan Menezes | St. Stephen's | CEO of Diageo | |||
Naina Lal Kidwai | 1977 | Lady Shri Ram | Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India | ||
Piyush Gupta | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | CEO and Director of DBS Group | ||
Rahul Bajaj | 1958 | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | billionaire businessman and chairman of the Bajaj Group | [45] |
Samir Jain | St. Stephen's | Vice-chairman and publisher, The Times Group | |||
Sanjeev Bikhchandani | 1984 | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | billionaire businessman; co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com | [46] |
Shikha Sharma | Lady Shri Ram | Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank | |||
Siddhartha Lal | 1994 | St. Stephen's | CEO, Eicher Motors | ||
Vinita Bali | 1975 | Lady Shri Ram | Former Managing Director of Britannia Industries | ||
Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Delhi College of Engineering[note 3] | billionaire businessman and founder of Paytm | |||
Viresh Oberoi | Hansraj College | Former CEO of Mjunction | |||
Vivek Chaand Sehgal | billionaire businessman and chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems | [47] |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | St. Stephen's; | Director, School of Convergence | |||
Sanjay Kumar | B.A. (Political Science) | Ramjas College | Former Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies | [48] | |
Vivek Bhandari | St. Stephen's | director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abhilasha Kumari | Indraprashtha | Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court | |||
Ajit Prakash Shah | Ramjas College | Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court; Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India | [60] | ||
Ashutosh Mohunta | 1973; 1976 | B.A. (History); LLB | Kirori Mal College; | [61] | |
Bishwajit Bhattacharyya | Faculty of Law | ||||
Gopal Subramanium | Faculty of Law | ||||
Gita Mittal | Lady Shri Ram | Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court | |||
Pinky Anand | Lady Shri Ram; | ||||
Sidharth Luthra | 1987; 1990 | Hindu College; | Former Additional Solicitor General of India | ||
T. Vaiphei | Faculty of Law | Chief Justice of Tripura High Court |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Ali Sardar Jafri | Zakir Hussain Delhi College | Urdu author and poet | |||
Alka Pande | 1976 | B.A. (Economics) | Jesus and Mary | author and museum curator | |
Amitav Ghosh | St. Stephen's; | English language author | |||
Anita Desai | Miranda House | writer | [53] | ||
Khushwant Singh | St. Stephen's | author best known for his novel Train to Pakistan; Padma Vibhushan recipient | [24] | ||
Kunzang Choden | B.A. (Psychology) | writer | [23] | ||
Mukul Kesavan | St. Stephen's | historian, novelist and political and social essayist | |||
Mohan Rana | Hindi poet | ||||
Nabila Jamshed | writer | ||||
Namita Gokhale | B.A. (English) | co-founder of Jaipur Literature Festival | [23] | ||
Narendra Kohli | Ramjas College | Hindi author | [62] | ||
Shauna Singh Baldwin | 1982 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | novelist | |
Shiv Khera | writer | ||||
Upamanyu Chatterjee | St. Stephen's | writer |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Kirori Mal College | air marshal in the Indian Air Force | |||
Sonam Wangchuk | Sri Venkateswara | colonel in the Indian Army; Kargil War veteran; Maha Vir Chakra recipient | |||
Sourendra Nath Kohli | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Former Chief of the Naval Staff in the Indian Navy | [63] | |
Surinder Mehra | Former Chief of Air Staff in the Indian Air Force | [64] | |||
Syed Ata Hasnain | 1972 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | retired lieutenant general in the Indian Army |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Anna M. M. Vetticad | 1994 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | Former entertainment editor at India Today | |
Pallavi Aiyar | B.A. (Psychology) | St. Stephen's | author and China correspondent of The Hindu College | ||
Rajat Sharma | Shri Ram College of Commerce | editor in chief of India TV, founder of Independence News Services, host of Aap Ki Adalat | |||
Swaminathan Aiyar | St. Stephen's | economist and Former editor of The Economic Times | |||
Niret J. Alva | television producer and CEO, Miditech | ||||
Ambika Anand | 2001 | B.A. (Economics) | Jesus and Mary | Editor-in-Chief, fashion at NDTV Good Times | [23] |
Shereen Bhan | Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18 | ||||
Satinder Bindra | India Bureau Chief, CNN | ||||
Romola Butalia | writer, author, website editor | ||||
Shoma Chaudhury | ex-Managing Editor, Tehelka | ||||
Prabhu Chawla | editor of India Today; host of Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak | ||||
Swapan Dasgupta | 1975 | B.A. | St. Stephen's | political analyst and journalist | |
Vinod Dua | Hansraj College | journalist | |||
Bahar Dutt | columnist for CNN-IBN | ||||
Barkha Dutt | television anchor and journalist | [53] | |||
Sagarika Ghose | news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN | ||||
Arnab Goswami | Hindu College | editor-in-chief, Times Now, Republic tv | |||
Ramachandra Guha | writer and columnist | ||||
Prem Shankar Jha | columnist; Former editor, The Hindu Collegestan Times | ||||
Manoj Joshi | journalist, deputy editor, Mail Today | ||||
Rini Simon Khanna | news anchor | [65] | |||
Mammen Mathew | editor and managing director, Malayala Manorama | ||||
Rajiv Mehrotra | writer; television producer-director; documentary filmmaker | ||||
Chandan Mitra | editor of The Pioneer | ||||
Aroon Purie | editor-in-chief, India Today | ||||
Nidhi Razdan | Lady Shri Ram | NDTV anchor | |||
Radhika Roy | co-founder of NDTV | ||||
Nalini Singh | journalist, Doordarshan, known for her programme Aankhon Dekhi | [66] | |||
Chitra Subramaniam, | journalist who broke the Bofors scandal story | ||||
Salma Sultan | news anchor of Doordarshan | ||||
Dibang | Rajdhani | anchor of ABP News, previously worked at Aaj Tak and NDTV | |||
Rahul Kanwal | news anchor, India Today, Aaj Tak and Business Today | ||||
Sudhir Chaudhary | B.A. | consultant editor, Aaj Tak; Formerly worked at Zee News, WION and hosted DNA | |||
Ravish Kumar | Former senior executive editor at NDTV, Ramon Magsaysay Award and Red Ink Award winner | ||||
Tanvir Gill | 2012 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | news anchor at CNBC |
Name | Class
year |
Degree | College | Notability | References |
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Aung San Suu Kyi | 1964 | 1st State Counsellor of Myanmar | [2] | ||
Bingu wa Mutharika | 1961
1963 |
BCom
M.A. (Economics) |
Shri Ram College of Commerce; | 3rd President of Malawi | [67][68] |
G.P. Koirala | 30th Prime Minister of Nepal | ||||
Khandu Wangchuk | Former Prime Minister of Bhutan | [69] | |||
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | 1943 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 6th President of Pakistan | [70][63] |
Narendra Modi | 1978 | B.A. (Political Science) | School of Open Learning | 14th Prime Minister of India | [71][72] |
Salim Ahmed Salim | 1968 | St. Stephen's | 4th Prime Minister of Tanzania | [63] | |
Sangay Ngedup | St. Stephen's | Former Prime Minister of Bhutan | |||
Harini Amarasuriya | Bachelor of Arts in Sociology | Hindu College, Delhi | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
Name | Affiliation | College | Notability | References |
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Amartya Sen | Professor of Economics (1963–1971) | Delhi School of Economics | Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 | [3] |
Anil Kumari Malhotra | Principal | Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital | Padma Shri recipient (2016) | |
Andre Beteille | Professor Emeritus of Sociology | Delhi School of Economics | Padma Bhushan recipient (2005) | |
Ashok Mitra | Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Member of Parliament | |||
Autar Singh Paintal | Principal | University College of Medical Sciences | Pioneered discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences | |
Bhisham Sahni | Former Lecturer in English | Zakir Husain Delhi College | Author and playwright | |
Debi Prasad Sarkar | Head of Biochemistry department | South Campus | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient | [127] |
Govind Singh | Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Management | Cluster Innovation Centre; | Founder of Delhi Greens | |
Indu Malhotra | Lecturer of Political Science | Miranda House | Judge of the Supreme Court of India | |
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi | Lecturer in History (1928–1944) | St. Stephen's | Pakistani historian | [63] |
Jagdish N. Bhagwati | Professor of International Trade (1962–1968) | Delhi School of Economics | ||
Kamal Kumar Sethi | Former Professor of Cardiology | Padma Shri recipient | ||
Manmohan Singh | Professor of International Trade (1969–1971) | Delhi School of Economics | 13th Prime Minister of India | [128] |
M. N. Srinivas | Founder of the sociology department | Delhi School of Economics | Sociologist | |
Padma Desai | Associate Professor of Economics (1959–1968) | Delhi School of Economics | Professor of comparative economic systems, Columbia University | |
Percival Spear | Lecturer in History (1924–1948) | St. Stephen's | Historian | [63] |
Pradip Krishen | Lecturer in History | Ramjas College | Eminent film-maker | [129] |
Pranab Bardhan | Professor (1973–1977) | Delhi School of Economics | Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley | [130] |
Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan | Professor of Economics | Indraprastha | Wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan | |
Raj Krishna | Professor | Delhi School of Economics | ||
Ram Babu Gupta | Rajdhani College | first Indian umpire to umpire a World Cup final | [131] | |
Rama Kant Shukla | Former reader | Rajdhani College | Padma Shri Awardee, Hindi and Sanskrit scholar | [132] |
Saleem Kidwai | Former Professor of History | Ramjas College | eminent gay rights activist | [133] |
Sampat Kumar Tandon | Former Pro-Vice Chancellor | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [109] | |
Santosh Kumar Sen | Head of Postgraduate Studies | Maulana Azad Medical College | Indian surgeon and Padma Bhushan recipient | [134] |
Surendra Sheodas Barlingay | Chair of the Department of Philosophy | Logician and Marathi writer | ||
Sushil Kumar Saxena | Professor of Philosophy | Indian author, music critic, and exponent | ||
Tista Bagchi | Professor of Linguistics | |||
Tapan Raychaudhuri | Director of DSE, Head of the history department | Delhi School of Economics | Indian historian | |
T. A. Venkitasubramanian | Head of the Department of Biochemistry | Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient | |
Asoke Nath Mitra | Professor at Department of Physics and Astrophysics | Renowned Theoretical Physicist | Recipient Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | |
Daulat Singh Kothari | Professor and Head of Department of physics and Astrophysics | Theoretical physicist, educationist | Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan | |
Samarendra Nath Biswas | Professor at Department of Physics and Astrophysics | Theoretical Physicist | fellow of Indian National Science Academy,Indian Academy of Sciences,NASI | |
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (physicist) | Professor and Head of Department of Physics, University Of Delhi | Physicist | fellow of Indian National Science Academy |
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Before he became a senior Congress leader, Salman Khurshid studied at St Stephen's and at Oxford.