This is a list of notable alumni of BITS Pilani.[1]
Entrepreneurs
edit| 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 |
Corporate leaders
edit| 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 | ex-CEO of Wipro Technologies; Consulting Professor at Stanford University | |
| SK Roongta | ex-Chairman of Steel Authority of India | 1966–1971 |
Academia
edit| 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 | –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 |
| Arun Sharma | 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 |
Social activists, politics, and government
edit| Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
|---|---|---|
| Prithviraj Chavan[9] | Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra; former Union Minister for Science and Technology, Govt. of India | 1963–1967 |
| Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose | 22nd Governor of West Bengal |
Film
edit| 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][10] |
| Baradwaj Rangan | Film critic and writer | 1988–1992[12] |
| 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] |
Arts
edit| 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 |
References
edit- ^ "List of Notable BITS Alumni - BITSAA International". bitsaa.org. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ ":: Chairman ::". kalyanigroup.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ "BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumni Award 2013". BITS Pilani Alumni Association. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Prof. Goverdhan Mehta - About the Alumnus". BITS Pilani.
- ^ "TPB". TPB. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 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.
- ^ a b "Masala & Spice". Sandpaper - BITSAA. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Interview with Mani Shankar by Jeevi". Idlebrain. 22 March 2002. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b "BITS Pilani Batch of 1988 ClassNotes". Sandpaper. 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Anu Menon: The World In Her Frame". Open The Magazine. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Interview with Siva Kumar by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com. 9 January 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2024.