This is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
Notable alumni
Business +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesNikesh AroraCEO at Palo Alto Networks, former president at Softbank, ex-Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer at GoogleB.tech (Electrical), 1989Anil ChakravarthyPresident, Customer Experience Orchestration Business at Adobe Inc.B.tech (Computer Science), 1989Deepak AhujaFormer CFO at Tesla, Inc.B.tech (Ceramic), 1985Jay ChaudhryCEO and Founder of ZScalarB.tech (Electronics)Ram Charan (consultant)Renowned management consultant and Global Indian of the Year 2010 by Economic TimesB.tech (Mechanical)Sahu Ramesh Chandra JainFormer Executive Director of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., Chairman of Press Trust of India and the Indian Newspaper Society and the only person to edit both The Times of India and Navbharat TimesB.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)Vinod Kumar BansalIndian educationist and founder of Bansal Classes at Kota, a test preparation companyB.tech (Mechanical)Sanjay SethiCo-founder and CEO of ShopClues, a Gurgaon-based online marketplace for unbranded goodsB.tech (Mechanical), 1983Bhupendra Kumar ModiChairman of Smart Group and Singapore-based India business conglomerate Spice GlobalB.tech (Chemical)Late Krishan Kumar ModiFormer chairman, Modi GroupSalil PrabhakarPresident and CEO, Delta ID Inc.B.tech (Computer Science), 1996Late Sadhan DuttFounder-chairman of Development Consultants, a member of the Kuljian Group of CompaniesB.techAnirudh Mishra Entrepreneur and owner of IMR resources, a global company headquartered in Switzerland.B.Tech(Civil),1986His company IMR group has an annual turnover of over $3 billion.Vinod Kumar MenonCEO&Whole time director of IRB Infrasturcture Pvt Ltd.BTech(Civil),1986He heads the largest private infra company in India.Market Cap of over ₹55,000 Crore.Raj YavatkarCTO of Juniper NetworksBTech(Electronics)Former fellow of Intel and VMware and current CTO of Juniper Networks, a $14 Billion, high end core routing and AI company Bimlendra JhaFormer MD and CEO of Ambuja Cements and former CEO of Tata Steel UK.BTech(Ceramic),1990
Politics and civil services +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesLate Krishan KantFormer vice-president of India, Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1990–97), member of Lok Sabha from Chandigarh (1977–80), and Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana (1966–1972, 1972–1977)M.Sc. (Chemical)Manoj Sinha2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Former Minister of State, Railways and Communication.B.tech, M.tech (Civil)Late Ashok Singhalformer president, Vishva Hindu ParishadB.tech (Metallurgy), 1950Late Ved Prakash GoyalFormer Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Union Minister of ShippingRajiv DograIndian diplomat, author and commentator. Former Indian Ambassador to Italy and Romania and Consul General to Karachi, PakistanB.tech (Electronics), 1969Tribhuvan RamIndian politician and member of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate representing Ajagara constituency of Uttar PradeshB.techAjoy MehtaChief Secretary of Maharashtra, Former Municipal Commissioner of MumbaiB.techIndu BhushanFirst CEO of Ayushman BharatB.tech (Electrical), 1981R.N. ParbatIRS and retired member of Central Board of direct taxes B.Tech(Civil),1986About him
Science and technology +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesNaresh Chandra MurmuDirector at Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute and Dean (Engineering Sciences) at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research. PhD (2010) Thomas AnantharamanOne of the 3-member team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer.Pulickel AjayanPioneering scientist in the field of carbon nanotubesB.tech (Metallurgy), 1985Kota HarinarayanaPadma Shri awardee, Programme director and chief designer of India's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Programme.B.tech (Mechanical), 1964Late Narla Tata RaoPadma Shri awardee. Doyen of power sector in India, played a pivotal role in development of NTPC and PowerGrid Corporation of IndiaLate Patcha Ramachandra RaoRenowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former vice chancellor of Benaras Hindu UniversityPh.D, 1968 Shrikant LeleRenowned Metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient and former director of IIT BHUPh.D, 1968Palle Rama RaoRenowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardeePh.D. (Metallurgy)Akhlesh LakhtakiaCharles Godfrey Binder (Endowed) Professor at Penn State University, USA. and pioneer of sculptured thin filmsB.tech (Electronics), 1979N. RavishankarMaterials scientist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateB.tech (Metallurgy), 1991Laxmikant KaleProfessor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignB.tech (Electrical), 1977Bir BhanuElectronics Engineering, Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of California, Riverside, CaliforniaB.Tech. 1972Madisetti Anant RamluFounder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at IIT KharagpurB.tech Mining and MetallurgyKamanio ChattopadhyayMaterials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystalsM.tech and Ph.D.Suhas Pandurang SukhatmePadma Shri awardee and former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of the Government of IndiaB.tech (Mechanical), 1958Unnikrishna PillaiProfessor of electrical engineering at the New York University Tandon School of EngineeringB.tech (Electronics), 1977Pradeep RohatgiDistinguished professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, world leader in the field of composite materials, particularly metal matrix composites.B.tech (Metallurgy), 1961Nikku MadhusudhanProfessor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. He is credited with developing the technique of atmospheric retrieval to infer the compositions of exoplanets.B.Tech (Mining)Anil BhardwajIndian astrophysicist, Director of the Physical Research Laboratory, Government of IndiaPh.D., 1992Sandeep VermaEndowed Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology, KanpurM.tech, 1989K.A. PadmanabhanFormer Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) and a former dean, academic research, IIT MadrasB.tech (Metallurgy), 1968Sachchida Nand TripathiArjun Dev Joneja Faculty Chair at IIT KanpurB.tech, 1992Prem JainFather of Green Buildings in IndiaB.Sc. (Mechanical), 1952V.K. RainaWorld-renowned bridge engineer, author, and Technical Advisor to the United Nations.BTech(Civil)
Other Academia NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesDan GodeClinical Associate Professor of Accounting, Taxation, and Business law at New York University Stern School of BusinessB.tech (Electrical), 1986Pankaj ChandraVice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University and former director, Indian Institute of Management BangaloreB.tech 1983Devesh KapurDirector of Asia Programs and Starr Foundation Professor of South Asian Studies at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International StudiesB.tech (Chemical), 1983
Arts +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesVarun GroverNational Film Award-winning Lyricist and Songwriter. Famous for writing the songs of Gangs of WasseypurB.tech (Civil), 2003Manick SorcarAward-winning artist and animatorNikhil SachanIndian author and columnistB.tech (Electronics), 2009 Puneet Krishna Indian Author and Screen Writer and creator of famous 1 & 2 season of popular TV series Mirzapur, CA Topper B.tech, 1998
Humanities and society +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesLate Veer Bhadra MishraProfessor, founder of Sankat Mochan Foundation and was a TIME Magazines "Hero of the Planet" recipient in 1999 for his work related to cleaning of the GangesSandeep PandeyRamon Magsaysay awardee who started the Asha for Education foundationSatinath SarangiActivist and founder and manager of Sambhavna Trust (a charitable trust for Bhopal disaster victims)Amartya TalukdarBlogger and advocate of men's rights in the fields of alimony, dowry and marriageM.tech (Mechanical)
Others +NameNotabilityDegree and Class YearReferencesPrem Saran SatsangiLeader of Radhasoami Faith, Dayalbagh, Chairman ACE, DEI. Noted System Scientist and Physicist. (Ex Dean IIT Delhi, Ex Vice-Chancellor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute)Satyendra Dubeyformer Assistant Project Director at the National Highways Authority of India who was murdered after exposing corruption
Notable faculty +NameNotabilityTermReferencesShrikant LeleShanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate and former director of the institute from 2002 to 2005Director, 2002–05Late Veer Bhadra Mishraformer professor of Civil Engineering; environmentalist; founder of Swatcha Ganga CampaignPalle Rama RaoRenowned scientist. Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee1962-82Kamanio ChattopadhyayMaterials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient, best known for his discovery of decagonal nanoquantum quasicrystalsLecturer, 1975–78Prof. B. MishraHead of Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology and has published about 247 papers in peer-reviewed international & national journals. He has 3 patents, 6111 citations to his credit. He has been recognized as among the top 2% of the world's most-cited scientists by the prestigious Stanford University, on the basis of standardized citation indicators like information on citations, h-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator.M.S. MuthuAn associate professor from the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, notable contribution in the nanomedicine, theranostics for cancer. He is among the top 2% scientists in the world list compiled by Stanford University.2016-on goingAjit Kumar ChaturvediFormer director of IIT Roorkee1994-1996Ajit Ram VermaFormer director of the National Physical Laboratory, SS Bhatnagar Prize awardee1959-65
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