This is a list of people associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Excluded are those people whose only connection with JNU is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Alumni
editArts
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) | MA, MPhil (Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages) | Film story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer, Author [I am Kalam; Sahib Biwi aur Gangster; Paan Singh Tomar; Urmi, Main Aur Pradhan Mantri] | ||
| P. Jaya Kumar | MA (Arts and Aesthetics) | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author | [1] | |
| Srijit Mukherji | Bengali film director | [2] | ||
| Swara Bhaskar | MA (Sociology) | Bollywood actress | [3] | |
| Archishman Sarker | MA (Arts and Aesthetics), MPhil (Art History) | Indian art historian | [4][5] | |
| Shaunak Sen | PhD (Arts and Aesthetics) | Indian filmmaker, winner of Golden Eye award | [6] | |
| B. V. Nandini Reddy | 1994 | International Politics | Telugu Film Director |
Politics and Law
editHeads of State and Government
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baburam Bhattarai | 1986 | PhD in Urban Planning | 36th Prime Minister of Nepal | [7] |
| Ali Zeidan | 24th Prime Minister of Libya | [8][9] |
Others
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Sattar Murad | 1976 | Minister of Economy, Afghanistan | [10] | |
| Ajit Seth | M.Phil | 30th Cabinet Secretary of India | [11][12] | |
| Amitabh Kant | MA | CEO of NITI Aayog | [13] | |
| Amitabh Rajan | MA (History); PhD (Sociology) | Home Secretary of Maharashtra,
Chairman of Reserve Bank of India Services Board |
[14] | |
| Arvind Gupta | PhD (School of International Studies) | Deputy National Security Advisor of India | [15] | |
| Ashok Tanwar | Former President of Indian Youth Congress | |||
| Aishe Ghosh | MA, M.Phil | Student Activist | ||
| Muhammed Muhsin | PhD in Social Work | Politician Communist Party of India, MLA - Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||
| Dipsita Dhar | Student Activist | |||
| Chandan Kumar | Master in Computer Science | Student Activist | ||
| Gurjit Singh | ||||
| Lê Lương Minh | 13th Secretary General of ASEAN | [16] | ||
| Jyotindra Dixit | PhD (School of International Studies)[17] | 2nd National Security Adviser | [17] | |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | 1984 | MA (Economics); M.Phil. | Former Defense Minister of India | [18] |
| Palagummi Sainath | Renowned journalist, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate | |||
| Prakash Karat | M.Phil & PhD | Former General Secretary of Communist Party of India Marxist | ||
| Ranjit Nayak | MA (Sociology) | World Bank's Chief for Kosovo
Chief Adviser of Macedonia on International & EU affairs |
||
| Shehla Rashid | MA (Sociology) | student activist | [19] | |
| Sitaram Yechury | General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [20] | ||
| Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | MA (Political Science); M.Phil. & PhD in International Relations | IFS Officer, 30th Foreign Secretary of India | [21][22] | |
| Syed Ibrahim | MA | 24th Director of Intelligence Bureau | ||
| Venu Rajamony | MA in International Relations | IFS Officer. Former Press Secretary to President of India Former Indian Ambassador to Netherlands. |
[23][24] |
Humanities and Social Sciences
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhijit Banerjee | 1983 | MA in Economics | Nobel laureate and Ford Foundation Professor at MIT | [25][26][27] |
| Anant Kumar | 1990 | BA in German | Award-winning German Writer in Kassel and Resident Writer of Royal City Gotha | [28] |
| David Vumlallian Zou | MA; M.Phil. | historian | ||
| Mahmood Kooria | M.A. | historian | [29] | |
| Muzaffar Alam | 1977 | George V. Bobrinsky Professor of History at University of Chicago | [30] | |
| Sanjoy Bhattacharya | MA | historian | [31] |
Military and police
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Hari Kumar | Chief of naval staff of the Indian Navy | [32] | ||
| Anjana Sinha | Master of Arts | Director of National Industrial Security Academy | ||
| Soumen Mitra | MPhill | Police Commissioner of Kolkata | [33] |
Science and Technology
edit| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alok Bhattacharya | 1976 | PhD | Parasitologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [34] |
| Apurva Sarin | Cell biologist, N-Bios laureate | [35] | ||
| Arun Kumar Shukla | 2002 | M.Sc. | Structural Biologist, N-Bios laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, Infosys Prize laureate | [36] |
| Gaiti Hasan | 1980 | MPhil | microbiologist | [37] |
| Seyed E. Hasnain | 1980 | PhD | biologist | [38] |
| Srinivasan Ramachandran | bioinformatician, N-Bios laureate | [39] | ||
| Suman Kumar Dhar | Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [40] | ||
| Somdatta Sinha | 1982 | PhD | Biologist | [41] |
Others
edit- Brahma Chellaney, columnist and author on geostrategic affairs
- Harun Rashid Khan, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (2011 to 2016)
- Umesh Upadhyay, President & Director Media at Reliance Industries Limited
- Pankaj Mishra, novelist and essayist.[42]
- Ashok Kumar Sarangi, Chief Vigilance Officer and CGM-in-Charge, Reserve Bank of India
- Jawed Habib, hairdresser and businessman[43][44]
- Geetanjali Shree, Novelist and short-story writer, winner of International Booker prize
- Asad Zaidi, Hindi poet, literary critic, publisher, and translator
- Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary, All India Kissan Sabha
- Yogendra Yadav, Phsephologist , Founder member of Aam Aadmi Party .
- Sanal Edamaruku, Indian Rationalist
Faculty
edit| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anvita Abbi | Professor of Linguistics | [45][46] | |
| Ayesha Kidwai | Professor of Linguistics | theoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient | |
| Balaji Prakash | biochemist, N-Bios laureate | [47] | |
| Birendra Nath Mallick, | Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [48] | |
| Brahm Shanker Srivastava, | microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [49] | |
| Deepak Kumar | Professor of Physics between 1988 and 2016 | physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [50] |
| Franson Manjali | Professor of linguistics. | ||
| Joy Pachuau | Professor of Historical studies | historian | [51] |
| Kapil Kapoor | Professor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study | [citation needed] | |
| Kavita Singh | Professor of Art History between 2001 and 2023 | [52] | |
| Mahendra P. Lama | Professor, JNU | vice chancellor of Sikkim University | [53][54] |
| Makarand Paranjape | Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 | author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study | [55][56] |
| Muchkund Dubey | Former Professor of International Relations | 17th Foreign Secretary of India | |
| Nivedita Menon | Professor of Political thought | [57] | |
| Pius Malekandathil | Former Professor of History | Historian and author | |
| Prabhat Patnaik | Former Professor of Economics | ||
| Pratiksha Baxi | |||
| Pushpesh Pant | Professor of International relations | food critic and writer | [58] |
| Raja Mohan | [59] | ||
| Robert L. Holmes | philosopher | ||
| Sanjay Puri | held various positions since 1987 | Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [60] |
| Syed Iqbal Hasnain | glaciologist, writer, and climate change activist | ||
| Gopal Guru | Professor of Political Studies, Editor of Economic and Political Weekly | He received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies for 2013–14 | |
| Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya | Professor of Political Studies | Political Scientist | |
| Zoya Hassan | Professor of Political Studies | Member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009, Political Scientist | |
| Ajay Gudavarthy | Professor of Political Studies |
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