Ahuja

Ahuja is a Punjabi and Sindhi Hindu and Sikh surname. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".^[1]^[2]

Notable people

Administration

Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla
Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management

Armed Forces

Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War

Art

Ameena Ahmad Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
Hamisha Daryani Ahuja, Indian-Nigerian actress and producer
Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter
Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator
Rita Rani Ahuja, American actress
Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer
Varun Ahuja, Indian composer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

Athletics

Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games
Kanika Ahuja, Indian cricketer
Neha Ahuja, Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to have qualified for the Winter Olympics
Suraj Ahuja, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team

Bollywood

Aakash Ahuja, Indian actor
Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor
Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
Richa Ahuja, Indian actress
Sarwar Ahuja, Indian actor
Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
Shubhi Ahuja, Indian actress
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
Suhaas Ahuja, Indian actor
Sushma Ahuja, Indian director, writer and actor

Journalism

Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer

Politics

Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician

Science, medicine and academia

Kamal Ahuja, physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
Nita Ahuja, surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
Ravindra K. Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
Sunil Kumar Ahuja, professor of medicine at the University of Texas
V. K. Ahuja, professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam, India

Social work

Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker
Sparsh Ahuja, Indian-Australian social activist and documentary film maker

References

^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
^ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.

[2] Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.

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