This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of the IIT Bombay.
Notable faculty NameAffiliationNotabilityReferencesAmit AgrawalInstitute chair professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringAshwin GumasteInstitute Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee and largest technology transfer between IIT and industry (Carrier Ethernet Switch Router) Dipan GhoshDeputy Director from 2005 to 2006Theoretical physicist, originator of the Majumdar–Ghosh model.Deepak B. PhatakComputer scientist, Padma Shri award winnerHemchandra KekreHead of Computer Science Department, 1978 to 1984Computer scientistG. Naresh PatwariChemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateManohar VartakProfessor Emeritus of Mathematics and StatisticsMathematicianN. K. NaikProfessorAerospace engineerNarayan R. KamathProfessor and Head of Chemical EngineeringChemical EngineerPramod P. WangikarProfessor at the Department of Chemical EngineeringBioinformatician, N-Bios laureateRam Puniyani Former Professor, Biosciences and BioengineeringBiomedical engineerRanjith Padinhateeri Dr. PV Sukhatme Chair Professor, Biosciences and BioengineeringThe National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2017–18Ravi PoovaiahProfessor at IDC School of DesignCo-designed the Indian EVMTathagat Avatar TulsiAssistant Professor on contract from 2010 to 2019PhysicistDevang Vipin KhakharProfessor Chemical Engineering at IITB Former director of IIT Bombay
Notable alumni Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences NameClass YearDegreeNotabilityReferencesJag Mundhra1968B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Film directorMansoor KhanFilm directorNitesh Tiwari1996B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering)Film director and screenwriterSharada Srinivasan1987 B.Tech. Engineering PhysicsArchaeologistRajnesh Domalpalli1984B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Film directorSatyendra Pakhalé1991M.Des.Industrial Designer, ArchitectD. Udaya Kumar2003; 2010M.Des., Ph.D.Head of the Department of Design, IIT GuwahatiVipul Goyal2008B.Tech., M.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Stand-up comedianSridhar Rangayan1986M.Des, IDCDirector and ProducerSameer Saxena2006B.Tech. Actor, Director and Producer. Former CCO at TVF
Business NameClass YearDegreeNotabilityReferencesAnil KumarB.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, later convicted of insider tradingAshish Chauhan1989B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Stock Exchange of IndiaBhavish Aggarwal2008B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)Co-founder of Ola CabsBharat Desai1975B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Founder of SyntelKanwal Rekhi1967B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Venture capitalist; Co-founder of ExcelanNandan Nilekani1978B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Co-founder of InfosysParag Agrawal2005B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering)Chief Executive Officer of X (social network)Parag Saxena1977B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of New Silk RouteRahul YadavJoined with B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering) Later dropped out.Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Housing.comRajiv L. Gupta1967B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Chairman of AptivRamani Ayer1969B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The HartfordRomesh Wadhwani1969B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Founder of Symphony Technology GroupDr. Romesh Wadhwani Salil Parekh1986B.Tech. (Aeronautical Engineering)Chief Executive Officer of InfosysSubrah Iyar1981B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Co-founder of WebexVictor Menezes 1970B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Corporate Banker; Senior Vice Chairman of CitigroupAbhijeet Gholap1994M.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering)Co-founder of BioImagene (acquired by Roche for ~US$100 million); founder of OptraSCAN
Politics, Law, and Civil Services NameClass YearDegreeNotabilityReferencesColin Gonsalves1975B.Tech. (Civil Engineering)Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of IndiaJairaj PhatakFormer Municipal Commissioner of MumbaiJairam Ramesh1975B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Former Minister of Rural Development and Member of ParliamentJay Narayan VyasFormer Member of the Legislative AssemblyManohar Parrikar1978B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering)Former Chief Minister of Goa and Minister of DefenceSanjiv Bhatt1985Former Indian Police Service officerSharjeel Imam2010B.Tech., M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering)ActivistSheel Kant Sharma1971; 1974M.Sc. (Physics); Ph.D. (Physics)Former Secretary General of SAARC
Science and technology NameClass YearDegreeNotabilityReferencesApoorva D. PatelM.Sc. (Physics)PhysicistHemchandra KekreM.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Head of Department of Computer Science, IIT BombayC. V. SeshadriB.Tech. (Chemical Engineering)Former chair of chemical engineering at IIT KanpurShankar Sastry1977B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Founding chancellor of the Plaksha University, Mohali and a former Dean of Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyK. S. DasguptaPh.D.former Director of the IISTPranav Mistry2005M. Sc.Computer Scientist and InventorNarendra Karmarkar1978B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)MathematicianPratim Biswas1980Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. LouisRamakrishna V. Hosur1973M.Sc. (Chemistry)http://www.iitb.ac.in/alumni/en/awards/2015/distinguished-alumnus/prof-ramakrishna-vijayacharya-hosur Distinguished Alumni 2015Ravindran Kannan1974B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Mathematician; Recipient of the Fulkerson Prize and Knuth PrizeSarita Adve1987B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)Professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSubhash Khot1999Computer scientistSuhas Patankar1965M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Mechanical EngineerT. V. Raman1989M.Sc. (Mathematics)Computer scientistGaurav Bubna2009 Computer Science Computer scientist
Sports NameClass YearDegreeNotabilityReferencesAjay Khare M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering)Silver Medal for India at Bridge Asian Games, 2022.
Others Achyut Godbole, businessman and writer Ajit Ranade, economist and vice chancellor of Gokhale Institute Of Politics & Economics, Pune Anil Kamath, Indian-American computer scientist Anil Kumar, Indian-American businessman Arun Netravali, Indian-American computer engineer and former president of Bell Labs Atul Tandon, management academic and former director of MICA (institute) Avinash Deshpande, astrophysicist and professor of physics at Raman Research Institute Beheruz Sethna, Indian-American business academic Dharmendra Modha, Indian-American computer scientist Dinesh Mohan, honorary professor at the IIT Delhi Dulal Panda, cell biologist and chair professor at the IIT Bombay Gauranga Das, monk and spiritual leader at ISKCON and author George Varghese, Indian-American computer scientist Lalit Surajmal Kanodia, entrepreneur and chairman of Datamatics Madan Rao, condensed matter and biophysicist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore Madhavan Mukund, director and professor at the Chennai Mathematical Institute Manas Kumar Santra, cell biologist and biochemist at the National Centre for Cell Science, Pune Narendra Kumar, theoretical physicist Nitin Nohria, Indian-American academic and former dean of Harvard Business School N. K. Naik, aerospace engineer and professor emeritus at the IIT Bombay P. P. Parikh, Indian engineer Prashant Ranade, Indian-American business executive and former co-chair of Syntel, Inc. Pravin Krishna, Indian-American economist Rajive Bagrodia, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur Sadanand Joshi, Indian-American petroleum engineer and president of Joshi Technologies International, Inc Sudheendra Kulkarni, politician and columnist Suresh P. Sethi, Indian-American engineer and academic Umesh Waghmare, theoretical physicist and professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore Vikas Joshi, founder of Harbinger group Vinay K. Nandicoori, immunologist and the director of Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad Viral Acharya, economist and former deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India V. V. Chari, Indian-American economist and professor at University of Minnesota
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