The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur has had numerous notable alumni.
Academics +NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesSubhasis Chaudhuri B.Tech. 1985Director of IIT BombayPushpak BhattacharyyaDirector of IIT PatnaPartha Pratim ChakrabortyB.Tech. 1985; Ph.D. 1988Director of IIT KharagpurSanghamitra BandyopadhyayDirector of ISISupriyo DattaThomas Duncan Distinguished professor at the School of Electrical Engineering at Purdue UniversitySupriyo Datta at IEEEBiography at Sigma XiMohan DuttaB.Tech. 1995Dean's Chair Professor of Communication and Director, Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at School of Communication, Journalism, and Marketing at Massey UniversityS. Rao KosarajuProfessor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University and division director at the National Science FoundationPradeep KhoslaComputer scientist and eighth Chancellor of University of California, San DiegoGopal Krishna NayakDirector of IIIT BhubaneswarMani Lal BhaumikPh. D. 1958First PhD student at IIT Kharagpur, physicist, and Padma Shri awardeeSatya Prasad MajumderPh.D. 1993 Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Science and engineering NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesKalyan Banerjee1964Former President of Rotary InternationalAmit GoyalB. Tech. 1986Scientist in the field of advanced electronic and energy materialsMonisha GhoshFirst woman Chief Technology Officer at the US government's Federal Communications Commission.Srikumar BanerjeeIndian metallurgical engineer. Former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the secretary of Department of Atomic EnergyKumar BhattacharyyaB. Tech. 1960Manager of Google India peerHarish HandeCo-founder of social enterprise SELCO India and winner of Ramon Magsaysay AwardV. C. KulandaiswamyHydrologist, second vice-chancellor of Anna University, awarded Padma Shri and Padma BhushanKirit ParikhCivil engineer; professor emeritus and founder director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR)K. RadhakrishnanPh.D. 2000Indian space scientist who headed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)Kamal SagarB. Arch. 1992An architect; chairman and founder of Total EnvironmentV. NarayananM.Tech. Cryogenic Engineering 1989 PhD Aerospace Engineering 2001Aerospace Engineer and Rocket Technologist serving as 11th Chairman of ISRO
Politics and Administration NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesArvind KejriwalB.Tech Mechanical Engineering 1989Former Chief Minister of DelhiAshok Khemka B.Tech Computer Science Engineering 1988Senior Bureaucrat in the Indian state of HaryanaChaudhary Ajit SinghFormer minister of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry and Civil AviationDuvvuri SubbaraoBSc Physics 1969economist and 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of IndiaSurajit Kar PurkayasthaFormer DGP of West Bengal Police and Police Commissioner of Kolkata
Business NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesAjit JainB.Tech. 1972President of Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance GroupAnuradha Acharya1995Co-founder and CEO of Mapmygenome, a molecular diagnostics company; previously CEO of Ocimum Bio SolutionsArjun MalhotraCo-founder, HCL TechnologiesArun SarinFormer CEO of VodafoneB.K. SyngalFormer chairman and Managing Director of VSNLGopalakrishnan R.Former executive director of Tata SonsPrith BanerjeeFormer director of HP Labs, the research wing of Hewlett-PackardRamesh ChandraFounder of real estate company Unitech GroupRavi KantFormer vice chairman of Tata MotorsRono DuttaCEO of InterGlobe Aviation Limited which operates IndiGo Airlines. Also President of United Airlines [1999 - 2002]Suhas PatilFounder of Cirrus LogicSundar PichaiB.Tech. 1993CEO of Google and Alphabet inc.G is for GoogleSuresh VaswaniPresident of Dell ServicesVinod GuptaFounder of InfoUSA, CEO of Infofree and DatabaseUSA
Arts and Entertainment NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesRajkumar Barjatya1962Film producerSandipan DebFounder editor of OutlookRaj Kamal JhaChief Editor of Indian Express, writer, novelistArunabh KumarCo-founder of The Viral Fever (TVF) Media LabsJitendra KumarIndian film actor famous for his roles in comedy sketches of The Viral Fever and PanchayatBedabrata PainFormer NASA senior researcher and film directorBiswapati SarkarIndian writer and director, Former Creative Director at The Viral Fever, currently working at Pushpam Pa Pictures.Kiran SethFounder of Indian culture non-profit SPIC MACAY; Padma Shri awardeeBiswa Kalyan RathAn Indian stand-up comedian and writer
Activists NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesVinayak LohaniVarun Shrivastava2009Founder of UPAY NGO (NGO working for the education and skill development of underprivileged children)J. Sai Deepak2011 Lawyer, political commentator, historian and activist Sports NameClass YearNotabilityReferencesMalli Mastan BabuM. Tech. 1998Mountaineer
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