The following is a list of notable Martinians, former pupils and masters of the three schools established by Claude Martin. La Martiniere Calcutta in Kolkata, India La Martiniere Lucknow in Lucknow, India. La Martiniere Lyon in Lyon, France
La Martinière Lyon was divided into three independent colleges in the 1960s: La Martiniere Monplaisir in Lyon, France La Martiniere Duchère in Lyon, France La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France
Notable Martinians: Calcutta
Science
Gagandeep Kang, vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother'), first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, London
Business and finance C. K. Birla ('73 batch), industrialist Catchick Paul Chater (1863 batch), trader and entrepreneur in Hong Kong Vijay Mallya ('72 batch), fugitive billionaire businessman, chairman of United Breweries and Kingfisher Airlines and a Rajya Sabha MP Harshavardhan Neotia, chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group Hemant Kanoria, industrialist, chairman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited Pramod Bhasin, founder and first CEO of Genpact, pioneer of BPO industry in India Suhel Seth ('82 batch), advertising and marketing Asma Khan ('87 batch), restaurateur
Sports Chhanda Gain, first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest Leander Paes ('92 batch), tennis player, medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, multiple Tennis Grand Slam doubles champion, captain of the Indian Davis Cup team Khokhan Sen (‘43 batch), India Test cricketer, 14 Test caps Anne Lumsden, field hockey player, Arjuna Award-winner Anush Agarwalla (2018 batch), equestrian sports Rahil Gangjee ('97 batch), pro golfer
Education John Mason ('62 batch), winner of the Good Conduct Medal, schoolmaster and educationist Nirmalya Kumar, professor of marketing and management, art collector
Arts, culture and entertainment Merle Oberon ('28 batch), Hollywood actress Nafisa Ali (‘72 batch, House Captain), actress and winner of Miss India contest 1975 Pandit Bikram Ghosh ('84 batch), tabla player Kiran Rao, filmmaker, producer Pritish Nandy ('63 batch), poet, journalist and film producer Rajiv Mehrotra ('69 batch), documentary filmmaker, television anchor Nilanjana Roy (‘89 batch), author and critic Anuvab Pal ('95 batch), comedian, author and scriptwriter Adrit Roy, actor
Government Saiyid Nurul Hasan, historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India
Journalism Swapan Dasgupta ('71 batch), journalist, columnist and former managing editor of India Today Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, former editor of The Statesman Jug Suraiya ('62 batch), associate editor of the Times of India, author and columnist Sanjoy Narayan, journalist, editor-in-chief of the Hindustan Times Ashok Malik ('88 batch), journalist, official spokesman for the President of India '17 to '19 Paranjoy Guha Thakurta ('71 batch), journalist Prannoy Roy, TV presenter and founder of NDTV Indrajit Hazra ('90 batch), author and columnist
Politics Mausam Noor, MP, North Malda, West Bengal, elected 2009 Chandan Mitra ('71 batch, Gold Medalist), Member of Parliament, journalist
Notable Martinians: Lucknow The list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School includes: Business Shahnaz Husain, beautician and entrepreneur
Education Frederick James Rowe, poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Hail Hail the Name we Own
Entertainment Ali Fazal, Indian television and film actor Roshan Abbas, TV and radio hostRoshan Abbas visits the school Lucknow Newsline 6 August 2005 accessed June 2007 Muzaffar Ali, painter, clothing designer and film director /producer.The Old Martians' Association Priyanka Chopra, actress and former Miss World in 2000Priyanka Chopra at IndianUncle.com accessed June 2007 Namita Dubey, TV and web actress Pankhuri Gidwani, actress and former Miss Grand International 2016 Amit Sadh, Indian television and film actor George Baker, Indian TV and film actor
Government Isha Basant Joshi, I.A.S.; the second lady officer in the Indian Administrative Service and the first Indian girl to be admitted to the Girls' College'Uncivil treatment'. The Tribune (online edition), 14 November 2004. accessed July 2007 K. Raghunath, former Foreign Secretary of IndiaMalhotra, Jyoti. 'The world in his briefcase'. "The Indian Express" (online edition) 1 June 1997 accessed June 2007 and Indian Ambassador to RussiaNew ambassador to Russia. The Tribune (online edition) 16 May 2001 accessed June 2007
Journalism Akash Banerjee, journalist, radio jockey and political satirist Vinod Mehta, magazine editorDiary OutlookIndia.com 17 November 2003 accessed June 2007 Saeed Naqvi, journalistEast of Eton William Dalrymple TravelIntelligence.net accessed June 2007 Siddharth Varadarajan, founder of The Wire and former editor of The Hindu
Military FS Hussain, Pakistani Air Commodore Abrar Hussain, Pakistani Major General
Musicians Munni Begum, Pakistani Gazal singer
Literature Krishna Prakash Bahadur, writer, poet and philosopherRad Sa, S. Bahadur, Krishna Prakash. The Poems of Suradosa, Abinhay Publications, p367 accessed June 2007 Mukul Deva, auto didact and polymath, ex-army officer, author, keynote speaker, consultant and entrepreneur Attia Hosain, journalist and writerThe Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English Jenny Ed Stringer 1996 p316 Allan Sealy, author of The Trotter-Nama,Allan Sealy's entry from the website of the New Delhi Office of the Library of Congress short-listed for the Booker Prize Ruchita Misra, author Srijan Pal Singh, author Rajesh Talwar, author, former UN staff https://www.globalindian.com/story/global-indian-exclusive/rajesh-talwar-from-delhis-hindu-college-to-un-diplomat-and-prolific-author/
Politics Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan, KCIE, the first Nawab of Murshidabad Arun Nehru, political analyst, ex-minister and columnistMohan, Shriya. "'Stick it out and make good friends'". @businessline. Retrieved 2 October 2019. Ali Khan Mahmudabad, historian, professor of political science at Ashoka University, member of Samajwadi Party Aditya Yadav, MP from Samajwadi Party
Science and technology Praveen Chaudhari, physicist, pioneer in superconductor research, and recipient of National Medal of Technology Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al GoreM.S Swaminathan, R.K. Pachauri, Ela Bhatt, Father C. Prakash receive French Govt. awards accessed June 2007
Sports Vece Paes, Olympian
Others Anjali Gopalan, founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation (India) Trust, an NGO dedicated to the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India; 2012 Time Magazine list of the 100 most influential people in the world Edward Hilton, author of an eye-witness guide to the siege of Lucknow Charles Palmer, civil engineer and survivor of the siege of LucknowObituary: Mr. C. G. Palmer – Medal for Lucknow Defence. The Times, 19 August 1940
Notable Martinians: Lyon Business Inabata Katsutarō, industrialist and pioneer of japanese cinema François Gillet, textile and dye industrialist of Lyon Jean-Michel Aulas, businessman, president of Olympique lyonnais
Entertainment Lumiere Brothers, two of the first filmmakers Alexandre Promio, pioneer of cinema
Literature Frédéric Dard, writer and author of the San-Antonio series Henri Béraud, novelist and journalist, won the Prix Goncourt in 1922
Art and architecture Tony Garnier, the forerunner of 20th century French architects Étienne Pagny, noted French sculptor who studied Architecture at La Martiniere Lyon and later practiced as a sculptor
See also La Martiniere Calcutta La Martiniere College La Martiniere Lyons La Martiniere Lucknow Claude Martin The will of Claude Martin
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