List of Osmania University people
This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
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Subodh Markandeya is a notable alumni of Osmania University
Politics and law
P. V. Narasimha Rao
- Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar, MP from Nanded (graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering)[1]
- N. Kumarayya, retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
- Subodh Markandeya, Indian Senior Advocate
- Asaduddin Owaisi, politician, Member of Parliament of India
- Shivraj Patil, former Union Home Minister (2004–2008); former Speaker of the Indian Parliament
- Syed Mahmood Quadri, Judge, Supreme Court of India
- Muralidhar Rao, Bharathiya Janata Party Member; All India General Secretary; BJP Incharge, Tamil Nadu
- P. V. Narasimha Rao, scholar, statesman and former Prime Minister of India[2]
- Jaipal Reddy, member of Parliament
- Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh[3]
- Sonavane Keshavrao Sitaram, former Co-Operative Minister of Maharashtra State
- Madhu Yaskhi, member of Parliament; New York attorney
Business
- Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; Member of the House of Lords; seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Commerce, 1981)[4]
- G. V. K. Reddy, GVK Group Chairman[5]
- Sanjiv Sidhu, Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies
- Surjit Rajpal, Chief Risk Officer, BMO Financial Group[6]
Humanities and social science
- Muhammad Hamidullah, scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946)[7]
- Mahe Jabeen, social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award
- Masud Husain Khan (1919-2010), linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university
- Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
Rakesh Sharma
Science and engineering
- Manju Bansal, molecular biologist
- Suri Bhagavantam, physicist[8]
- Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated
- Patcha Ramachandra Rao, metallurgist; 22nd Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University; recipient of the 1985 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Engineering Science
- Garikapati Narahari Sastry, chemist and recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science (BSc and MSc)[9]
- Rakesh Sharma, cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space[10]
- Raziuddin Siddiqui, Pakistani theoretical physicist
- Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, Plant breeder, popularly known as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, organomettali chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Others
- Mohammed Azharuddin, former Indian Cricket team captain and member of Parliament[10]
- Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor, works predominantly in Telugu cinema[10]
- Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University
- Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter, recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1991[10]
- Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator
- Diana Hayden, former Miss World and actress
- Kancha Ilaiah, Dalit scholar
- Santosh Kumar, Pakistani film actor
- K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University; member of Union Public Service Commission
- G. Ram Reddy, father of Open Learning in India
- George Reddy, student leader
- Yaga Venugopal Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (PhD)[11]
- Ananda Shankar Jayant, classical dancer and a recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
References
- ↑ "Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao Bapurao". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ↑ "P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile". Indian PM's official website. Archived from the original on 2009-03-28.
- ↑ "Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy". Office of the Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ "Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham". Birmingham University. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ↑ Hema Ramakrishnan, Deepika Amirapu, (29 December 2009). "GV Krishna Reddy entrepreneur of the year". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ↑ http://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/corporate-information/executive-bios/surjit-rajpal
- ↑ Ekbal, Nikhat (2009). Great Muslims of undivided India. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-8178357560.
- ↑ "Suri Bhagavantam's birth centenary fete tomorrow". The New Indian Express. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ Shoba, V; Singh, Shiv Sahay; Basu, Mihik; Janyala, Sreenivas; Sinha, Amitabh (28 September 2011). "Organisms, objects & ocean are their work". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "Nizam College fete from tomorrow". The Hindu. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ Naga Sridhar, G (26 March 2009). "Y.V. Reddy starts new innings". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
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