12 Notable alumni of Anna University
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
Anna University is 1024st in the world, 1st in North America, and 16st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Anna University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Anna University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. C. Anandharamakrishnan
scientist
Anandharamakrishnan Chinnaswamy, commonly referred as Anandharamakrishnan is an Indian scientist and academician, having expertise in Chemical Engineering and Food processing. He is working as director of National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He also served as the Director of CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR- NEERI), Nagpur, Maharashtra (December 31, 2024 to January 30, 2025). Earlier,...
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2. Mohan Madan Babu
biochemist
M. Madan Babu FRS FRSC FMedSci is an Indian-American computational biologist and bioinformatician. He is the endowed chair in biological data science and director of the center of excellence for data-driven discovery at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Previously, he served as a programme leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
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3. Sujana Chowdary
1961-. (aged 65)
entrepreneur
politician
Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary, popularly known as Sujana Chowdary, is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, elected from the Telugu Desam Party and later moved to Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Indian union Minister of State for Science, Technology from 9 November 2014 to 8 March 2018.
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4. A G Ramakrishnan
1958-. (aged 68)
computer scientist
electrical engineer
Angarai Ganesan Ramakrishnan currently holds an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Heritage Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. He is also a Visiting faculty and Member, Board of Studies of the School of Psychology & Education, Rishihood University. He is also the Organizational Development Consultant for the Centre for Brain Research - IISc and...
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5. Kanaka Rajan
neuroscientist
Kanaka Rajan is a computational neuroscientist in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School and founding faculty in the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University. Rajan trained in engineering, biophysics, and neuroscience, and has pioneered novel methods and models to understand how the brain processes sensory information. Her research seeks to understand...
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6. Mahesh Muthuswami
photographer
Mahesh Muthuswami is an Indian cinematographer working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.
7. Thirumalachari Ramasami
1948-. (aged 78)
civil servant
Thirumalachari Ramasami is a former Indian science and technology secretary. He assumed charge in May 2006. Prior to this assignment, he served as the director of the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India. He is a distinguished researcher and leather scientist. He was awarded India's National Civilian Honour the Padma Shri for excellence in Science and Engineering in 2001 and...
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8. Samantha Prabhu
1987-. (aged 39)
actor
film director
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. One of South India's highest-paid actresses, Samantha is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and a Tamil Nadu State Film Award.
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9. Akkineni Nagarjuna
1959-. (aged 67)
actor
film producer
Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian actor best known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, as well as in a few Hindi and Tamil films. He has appeared in over 90 films and is a recipient of two National Film Awards for Ninne Pelladata (1996) and Annamayya (1997). Nagarjuna has also won ten Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South....
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10. Sakshi Agarwal
1990-. (aged 36)
actor
Sakshi Agarwal is an Indian actress and model who has appeared in Tamil films. After beginning her working career as a marketing consultant, she pursued acting and garnered attention through part time modelling commitments. Since then she has taken up various lead and supporting roles in South Indian films. She was also a contestant in the Tamil reality TV show...
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11. Nara Rohit
1984-. (aged 42)
actor
Nara Rohith is an Indian actor in, and producer of, Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, he is known for works such as Baanam (2009), Solo (2011), Prathinidhi (2014), Rowdy Fellow (2014), Asura (2015) and Jyo Achyutananda (2016). He owns the production house Aran Media Works.
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12. Ajayan Vinu
1976-. (aged 50)
scientist
Ajayan Vinu is a material scientist. He is currently the Global Innovation Chair Professor for Advanced Nanomaterials and the director of Global Innovative Centre for Advanced Nanomaterials, The University of Newcastle since October 2017 which houses more than 60 researchers including PhD students and staff. Before moving to the University of Newcastle, he was a professor of Nanomaterials at the...
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