Saxena is an Indian surname primarily found in northern and Central India. It is a common surname found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha (also known as North-Indian Kayastha) community of upper caste Hindus[1][2][3][4] particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India. Saxena, in origin, is derived from the Sanskrit word sakhisena meaning “friend of the army”.[5]
Notables
edit- Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva
- Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director
- Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project
- Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer
- Arvind Saxena (born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
- Ashutosh Saxena, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur
- Avadh Saxena, the American Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Banarsi Prasad Saxena, Indian historian
- Girish Chandra Saxena, former governor of Jammu and Kashmir
- Gopaldas Neeraj, Indian poet and author
- Gunjan Saxena, Indian Airforce Officer
- Harshit Saxena (born 1985), Indian singer and composer
- Harshita Saxena, the winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India International 2009 title
- Iresh Saxena (born 1984), Bengal cricketer
- Jalaj Sahai Saxena (born 1986), Indian cricketer
- Jatin Sahay Saxena (born 1982), Indian first-class cricketer
- K. P. Saxena (1932-2013), Hindi satirist and writer
- Krishna Gopal Saxena (1912–2003), Indian homoeopathic physician
- Manisha Saxena (born 1993), Indian model and television actress
- N. C. Saxena, Indian member of the Planning Commission and of the National Advisory Council
- Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969), Indian poet and author
- Neha Saxena, an Indian television actress
- Neha Saxena, a film actress who acts mainly Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu, Hindi language films
- Nitin Saxena, Indian computer scientist
- Parag Saxena (born 1955), Hindi Founding General Partner and CEO of New Silk Route
- PN Saxena (1925-1999), Indian academic and founder Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College
- Poonam Kishore Saxena (born 1953), Indian Director General of the Income Tax Investigation agency
- Rajan Saxena, Indian management academic and the Vice-Chancellor of the SVKM's NMIM deemed university in Mumbai
- Rajan Saxena (physician), Indian Dean of the Surgical Gastroenterology Department at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Lucknow
- Rakesh Saxena (born 1952), Indian convicted criminal, financier and trader
- Ramesh Saxena (1944-2011), Indian cricketer
- Sapan Saxena, Indian author, best known for his novel Finders, Keepers (Saxena novel) & UNNS-The Captivation
- Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena (1927-2003), Indian Hindi Poet
- Saumitra Saxena (born 1976), United States based poet of Indian origin
- Sharat Saxena, Indian actor
- Shekhar Saxena, recipient of the 2017 Leon Eisenberg Award
- Shibban Lal Saxena, Indian politician and Freedom Fighter
- Sushil Kumar Saxena, Indian musicologist, academic and scholar
- Vijay Saxena (1968-1994), Indian actor
- Vineet Ashokkumar Saxena (born 1980), Indian cricketer
- Virendra Saxena, Indian actor
- W. Hansraj Saxena, former Deputy Managing Director of Sun Pictures
- Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lieutenant governor of NCT Delhi
- Aakash Saxena, MLA from Rampur
- Prem Behari Narain Raizada, Indian calligrapher
- Arun Kumar Saxena, Minister of Zoological Garden & Climate Change
References
edit- ^ Srivastava, Vinay Kumar (September 2016). "Speaking of Caste: Merit of the Principle of Segmentation". Sociological Bulletin. 65 (3): 317–338. doi:10.1177/0038022920160302. ISSN 0038-0229. S2CID 158426264.
- ^ "Caste and the Power Elite in Allahabad". Economic and Political Weekly. 50 (6): 7–8. 2015-06-05.
- ^ Shibu Thomas (Dec 19, 2009). "woman: HC to decide woman's caste abuse case against husband | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Kayasth". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Saxena Name Meaning & Saxena Family History". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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