13 Notable alumni of Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Updated: June 06, 2026 EliteDegrees
Birla Institute of Technology and Science is ranked #1,203 in the world and #20 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 13 notable alumni from Birla Institute of Technology and Science sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Birla Institute of Technology and Science won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Reshma Nilofer Naha
1989-. (aged 37)
sailor
Reshma Nilofer Visalakshi is an Indian maritime pilot who currently involves in steering ships from sea to Kolkata & Haldia port. She became the first Indian as well as one among world's very few female marine pilots after qualifying as a river pilot in 2018. She received Nari Shakti Puraskar Award in 2019 from the current Indian President Ram Nath...
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2. Shree K. Nayar
computer scientist
university teacher
Shree K. Nayar is an Indian American engineer and computer scientist known for his contributions to the fields of computer vision, computational imaging, and computer graphics. He is the T. C. Chang Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering at Columbia University. Nayar co-directs the Columbia Vision and Graphics Center and is the head of the Columbia Imaging...
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3. Ranjan Pant
1959-. (aged 67)
Ranjan Pant is an Indian strategy management consultant, advisor to CEOs and a change management expert. Pant is an Investment Committee member of a leading Corporate Private Equity House and an independent director on the Boards of several major companies
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4. C. V. Ananda Bose
1951-. (aged 75)
civil servant
Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose is an Indian retired 1977-batch Indian Administrative Service officer and politician, who has been serving as the 21st Governor of West Bengal since 23 November 2022.
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5. Baba Kalyani
1949-. (aged 77)
businessperson
Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani is an Indian billionaire businessman who served as the chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group and the world's second-largest forging manufacturer after ThyssenKrupp of Germany.
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6. Baradwaj Rangan
journalist
film critic
Baradwaj Rangan is an Indian film critic and writer. A chemical engineering graduate with no formal training in filmmaking or cinema writing, he has a diverse career in advertising, IT consulting, and cinema writing. He has authored two books on Indian cinema, written for The New Indian Express, The Hindu, and Tehelka, and has also been a screenwriter.
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7. Adil Ibrahim
1988-. (aged 38)
actor
Adil Ibrahim is an Indian actor, radio jockey, television host and model. He debuted in Sanjeev Sivan's, Endless Summer in 2013. Besides acting, he is well known for hosting the shows D 4 Dance and Still Standing on Mazhavil Manorama.
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8. Madhavan Chandradathan
scientist
military flight engineer
M. C. Dathan is an Indian space scientist and former director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre. The Government of India honoured him, in 2014, by awarding him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. In May 2016, the Government of Kerala appointed MC Dathan as the scientific advisor...
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9. Anu Hasan
1970-. (aged 56)
actor
entrepreneur
model
Anu Haasan is an Indian actress and TV anchor. She made her film debut in the critically acclaimed Indira (1995) and has since appeared in many Tamil films, playing minor roles. She hosted the celebrity talk show Koffee with Anu on the Tamil channel Vijay for three seasons.
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10. Gaurav Chaudhary
1991-. (aged 35)
YouTuber
television producer
Gaurav Chaudhary, popularly known as Technical Guruji, is an Indian YouTuber based in the United Arab Emirates. He is known for creating technology-related content in Hindi on YouTube.
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11. Sabeer Bhatia
1968-. (aged 58)
entrepreneur
businessperson
Sabeer Bhatia is an Indian-American entrepreneur who co-founded the first free web-based email service, Hotmail.com (now Outlook.com) in 1996. In 2021 he co-founded ShowReel with Javed Yunus. ShowReel initially hosted short videos for job seekers and founders. It has since turned into an AI-based entrepreneurship course.
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12. Prithviraj Chavan
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Prithviraj Chavan is an Indian politician who was the 17th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2010 to 2014. Chavan is a graduate of BITS Pilani and University of California, Berkeley in mechanical engineering. He spent time working in the field of aircraft instrumentation and designing audio recorders for anti-submarine warfare in the US before returning to India and becoming an...
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13. Vajja Sambasiva Rao
1953-. (aged 73)
Vajja Sambasiva Rao, also known as V. S. Rao is an Indian academic and the former President of NIIT University. Relinquishing his position at NIIT University on 30 June 2020, he embraced the role of Vice-Chancellor at SRM University-AP, Andhra Pradesh from 1 July 2020. He was previously the Acting Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani, and the Director of the Hyderabad...
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