List of Jawaharlal Nehru University people explained

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

Arts

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter)MA, MPhil (Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages)Film story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer, Author [<nowiki/>[[I Am Kalam|I am Kalam]]; Sahib Biwi aur Gangster; Paan Singh Tomar; Urmi, Main Aur Pradhan Mantri]
P. Jaya KumarMA (Arts and Aesthetics)Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author[1]
Srijit MukherjiBengali film director[2]
Swara BhaskarMA (Sociology)Bollywood actress[3]
Archishman SarkerMA (Arts and Aesthetics), MPhil (Art History)Indian art historian[4] [5]
Shaunak SenPhD (Arts and Aesthetics)Indian filmmaker, winner of Golden Eye award[6]
B. V. Nandini Reddy1994International PoliticsTelugu Film Director

Politics and Law

Heads of State and Government

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
Baburam Bhattarai1986PhD in Urban Planning36th Prime Minister of Nepal[7]
Ali Zeidan24th Prime Minister of Libya[8] [9]

Others

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
Abdul Sattar Murad1976Minister of Economy, Afghanistan[10]
Ajit SethM.Phil30th Cabinet Secretary of India[11] [12]
Amitabh KantMACEO of NITI Aayog[13]
Amitabh RajanMA (History); PhD (Sociology)Home Secretary of Maharashtra,

Chairman of Reserve Bank of India Services Board

[14]
Arvind GuptaPhD (School of International Studies)Deputy National Security Advisor of India[15]
Ashok TanwarFormer President of Indian Youth Congress
Aishe GhoshMA, M.PhilStudent Activist
Muhammed MuhsinPhD in Social WorkPolitician Communist Party of India, MLA - Kerala Legislative Assembly
Dipsita DharStudent Activist
Chandan KumarMaster in Computer ScienceStudent Activist
Gurjit Singh
Lê Lương Minh13th Secretary General of ASEAN[16]
Jyotindra DixitPhD (School of International Studies)[17] 2nd National Security Adviser
Nirmala Sitharaman1984MA (Economics); M.Phil.Former Defense Minister of India Finance Minister, India[18]
Palagummi SainathRenowned journalist, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate
Prakash KaratM.Phil & PhDFormer General Secretary of Communist Party of India Marxist
Ranjit NayakMA (Sociology)World Bank's Chief for KosovoChief Adviser of Macedonia on International & EU affairs
Shehla RashidMA (Sociology)student activist[19]
Sitaram YechuryGeneral Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist)[20]
Subrahmanyam JaishankarMA (Political Science); M.Phil. & PhD in International RelationsIFS Officer, 30th Foreign Secretary of IndiaMinister of External Affairs[21] [22]
Syed IbrahimMA24th Director of Intelligence Bureau
Venu RajamonyMA in International RelationsIFS Officer. Former Press Secretary to President of India
Former Indian Ambassador to Netherlands.
[23] [24]

Humanities and Social Sciences

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
Abhijit Banerjee1983MA in EconomicsNobel laureate and Ford Foundation Professor at MIT[25] [26] [27]
Anant Kumar1990BA in German [28]
David Vumlallian ZouMA; M.Phil.historian
Muzaffar Alam1977George V. Bobrinsky Professor of History at University of Chicago[29]
Sanjoy BhattacharyaMAhistorian[30]

Military and police

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
R. Hari KumarChief of naval staff of the Indian Navy[31]
Anjana SinhaMaster of ArtsDirector of National Industrial Security Academy
Soumen MitraMPhillPolice Commissioner of Kolkata[32]

Science and Technology

NameClassYearDegreeNotabilityReferences
Alok Bhattacharya1976PhDParasitologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[33]
Apurva SarinCell biologist, N-Bios laureate[34]
Arun Kumar Shukla2002M.Sc.Structural Biologist, N-Bios laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, Infosys Prize laureate[35]
Gaiti Hasan1980MPhilmicrobiologist[36]
Seyed E. Hasnain1980PhDbiologist[37]
Srinivasan Ramachandranbioinformatician, N-Bios laureate[38]
Suman Kumar DharMolecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[39]
Somdatta Sinha1982PhDBiologist[40]

Others

Faculty

!Name!Affiliation!Notability!References
Anvita AbbiProfessor of Linguistics[44] [45]
Ayesha KidwaiProfessor of Linguisticstheoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient
Balaji Prakashbiochemist, N-Bios laureate[46]
Birendra Nath Mallick, Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[47]
Brahm Shanker Srivastava, microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[48]
Deepak KumarProfessor of Physics between 1988 and 2016physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[49]
Franson ManjaliProfessor of linguistics.
Joy PachuauProfessor of Historical studieshistorian[50]
Kapil KapoorProfessor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Kavita SinghProfessor of Art History between 2001 and 2023[51]
Mahendra P. LamaProfessor, JNUvice chancellor of Sikkim University[52] [53]
Makarand ParanjapeProfessor of English between 1999 and 2018author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study[54] [55]
Muchkund DubeyFormer Professor of International Relations17th Foreign Secretary of India
Nivedita MenonProfessor of Political thought [56]
Pius MalekandathilFormer Professor of HistoryHistorian and author
Prabhat PatnaikFormer Professor of Economics
Pratiksha Baxi
Pushpesh PantProfessor of International relationsfood critic and writer[57]
Raja Mohan[58]
Robert L. Holmesphilosopher
Sanjay Puriheld various positions since 1987Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[59]
Syed Iqbal Hasnainglaciologist, writer, and climate change activist
Gopal GuruProfessor of Political Studies, Editor of Economic and Political WeeklyHe received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies for 2013–14
Dwaipayan BhattacharyyaProfessor of Political StudiesPolitical Scientist
Zoya HassanProfessor of Political StudiesMember of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009, Political Scientist
Ajay GudavarthyProfessor of Political Studies

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  20. Web site: Biography of Sitaram Yechuri. winentrance.com.
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  26. News: Nobel Economics Prize Goes to Pioneers in Reducing Poverty. Smialek. Jeanna. 2019-10-14. The New York Times. 2019-10-16. en-US. 0362-4331.
  27. Web site: Proud day for JNU as alumnus Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel Prize. 2019-10-14. The Times of India. en. 2019-10-16.
  28. Web site: Anant Kumar 2015. Royal City of Gotha, Thuringia.
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  32. Web site: Police Commissioner of Kolkata. Kolkata Police.
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  51. Web site: 2023-07-31 . Art historian Kavita Singh passes away . 2023-10-09 . Hindustan Times . en.
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  53. Web site: Professor (Retd.) Kapil Kapoor Indian Institute of Advanced Study. iias.ac.in. 2019-07-14.
  54. Web site: Makarand R. Paranjape. www.jnu.ac.in. en. 2019-07-14.
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