50 Notable alumni of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is ranked #417 in the world and #1 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 50 notable alumni from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Varun Shrivastava
1986-. (aged 40)
Varun Shrivastava is an Indian social reformer focused on education. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur. Shrivastava has received several awards including the "Young Alumni Achiever Award" conferred upon him by his alma mater.
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2. Ranjit Makkuni
multimedia artist
Ranjit Makkuni is an international multimedia artist and designer, the honorary director of the design think tank, the Sacred World Research Laboratory, as well as a musician, sitar player, songwriter, and author.
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3. Biswanath Mukherjee
1958-. (aged 68)
computer scientist
Biswanath Mukherjee is an Indian-American academic and a Distinguished Professor of computer science at the University of California, Davis. He is recognized for his research in optical networking, including network architectures, algorithms, and communication protocols. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2006.
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4. Lallit Anand
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
scientist
mechanical engineer
Lallit Anand is the Warren and Towneley Rohsenow Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research focuses on solid mechanics and large deformation plasticity theory. He has received numerous awards and accolades for his significant contributions to the field of applied mechanics and mechanical engineering.
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5. Padma Raghavan
computer scientist
Padma Raghavan is a computer scientist who works as the Chancellor's executive director for science and technology strategy at Vanderbilt University.
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6. Partha Pratim Chakraborty
academic
Partha Pratim Chakrabarti is an Indian computer scientist. He is a distinguished professor and the former director of IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Chakrabarti has made pioneering research contributions and solved a number of open problems. His work has been incorporated in standard text books as well as industry level tools of major international companies. He has published more than 200 papers...
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7. Neelam Pol
1981-. (aged 45)
Neelam Pol is an entrepreneur and founder of Khel Planet Foundation. She is a Harvard University alumna and lives in Mumbai.
8. Venugopal Govindaraju
1964-. (aged 62)
computer scientist
academic
Venu Govindaraju is an Indian-American whose research interests are in the fields of artificial intelligence, handwriting recognition, document image analysis and biometrics. He presently serves as the Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development, and is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State...
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9. Ambarish Ghosh
1973-. (aged 53)
physicist
Ambarish Ghosh is an Indian scientist, a faculty member at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is also an associate faculty at the Department of Physics. He is known for his work on nanorobots, active matter physics, plasmonics, metamaterials and electron bubbles in liquid helium.
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10. Chandralekha Singh
physicist
Chandralekha Singh is an Indian-American physicist who is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pittsburgh and the Founding Director of the Discipline-Based Science Education Research Center.
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11. Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha
1944-. (aged 82)
civil servant
engineer
politician
Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha is a Nepalese politician and former Governor of Province No. 2. He was appointed as a governor of Province No. 2 by the Government of Nepal on 17 January 2018. He served as a Governor of Province No. 2 from 19 January 2018 to 3 November 2019.
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12. Ratnam V. Raja Kumar
1958-. (aged 68)
Ratnam V. Raja Kumar is an Indian academic who served as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. He has served as the first vice-chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies.
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13. Sudipto Das
1973-. (aged 53)
novelist
Sudipto Das is an Indian author, social worker and musician. He is also a speaker at TED events and a veteran in the semiconductor industry, having co-chaired the Industry Forum at VLSID 2020. He has been the co-founder of two startups. In 2020 he spearheaded a country wide initiative to deliver daily groceries to people stranded due to lockdowns in...
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14. Prith Banerjee
1960-. (aged 66)
computer scientist
engineer
Prithviraj "Prith" Banerjee is an Indian American academic and computer scientist and is currently the Chief Technology Officer at ANSYS and board member at Cray and CUBIC. Previously, he was a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry where he was responsible for IOT and Digital Transformation Advisory Services within the Global Industrial Practice. Before that he was the Executive Vice...
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15. Sabu Thomas
1960-. (aged 66)
engineer
researcher
Sabu Thomas is an Indian professor who is serving as the vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. He is also a full professor (25 March 1998 onwards) of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences. He was the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala during the period of 31 August 2017 to 31 August 2018, Director...
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16. R. Gopalakrishnan
1949-. (aged 77)
business executive
Ramabadran Gopalakrishnan is an Indian businessman and author. Until his retirement he was an executive director of Tata Sons Ltd and served on the boards of Tata Power, Tata Technologies, AkzoNobel India, Castrol India and ABP Pvt. Ltd. Before joining Tata, he was Vice Chairman of Hindustan Lever, the Indian subsidiary of Unilever plc.
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17. Sanjiv Saraf
1958-. (aged 68)
Sanjiv Saraf is an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. He founded Rekhta Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which promotes Urdu literature. The Foundation has curated the Rekhta portal to document Urdu literary works and it hosts Jashn-e-Rekhta, an annual literary festival, since 2015. Saraf wrote Love Longing Loss and Nava-e-Sarosh, focusing on Urdu literature and culture.
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18. Swapan Chattopadhyay
1951-. (aged 75)
physicist
Swapan Chattopadhyay is an Indian American physicist who received his PhD from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1982.
19. Sanjay Banerjee
1977-. (aged 49)
electrical engineer
Sanjay Banerjee is an American engineer at the University of Texas at Austin, Microelectronics Research Center, and director of the Southwest Academy of Nanoelectronics — one of three such centers in the United States funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation to develop a replacement for MOSFETs as part of their Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI).
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20. Surajit Kar Purkayastha
1957-. (aged 69)
Surajit Kar Purkayastha is a retired senior Indian Police Service officer of 1985 West Bengal cadre who served as the State Security Advisor of West Bengal from 1 June 2018 to 31 May 2021. Prior to that, he served as Director General of Police of West Bengal and was the 36th Police Commissioner of Kolkata.
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21. Pushpak Bhattacharyya
1962-2025 (aged 63)
computer scientist
artificial intelligence researcher
university teacher
Pushpak Bhattacharyya was an Indian computer scientist and professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the IIT Bombay. He served as the Director of the IIT Patna from 2015 to 2021.
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22. Anurag Acharya
computer scientist
engineer
Anurag Acharya is an Indian-American engineer known for co-founding Google Scholar, of which he has been described as the "key inventor". As of 2023, Acharya held the title of Distinguished Engineer at Google. He and his Google colleague Alex Verstak co-founded Google Scholar in 2004. Acharya got the idea for the project years earlier when he was an undergraduate at...
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23. Suresh Vaswani
1960-. (aged 66)
businessperson
Suresh C. Vaswani is a Senior Director and Operating Partner of the Everstone Group. He is on the board of group companies including i.e. Innoveo AG, Servion Global Solutions and Omega Healthcare.
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24. Vinayak Lohani
1978-. (aged 48)
businessperson
Vinayak Lohani is the founder of Parivaar, a humanitarian institution with its chief institutions and field areas in based in West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Lohani was influenced by the teachings of Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda, particularly Vivekananda's concept of serving the "Divine in Man.
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25. Amit Ray
1960-. (aged 66)
writer
Amit Ray is an Indian author and "spiritual master". He is known for his teachings on meditation, yoga, peace and compassion. He is best known for his 114 chakra system, Om meditation, and integrated yoga and vipassana meditation techniques. He is author of several books on meditation and other spiritual topics. He was one of the pioneers in proposing compassionate...
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26. Prem Chand Pandey
1945-. (aged 81)
oceanographer
meteorologist
physicist
Prem Chand Pandey is an Indian space, and planetary scientist, academic in the fields of satellite oceanography, remote sensing, atmospheric science, the Antarctic and climate change, and the founding director of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research.
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27. Anuradha Acharya
1972-. (aged 54)
engineer
Anuradha Acharya is an Indian entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Ocimum Bio Solutions and Mapmygenome. She was awarded Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
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28. Srikumar Banerjee
1946-2021 (aged 75)
metallurgist
engineer
physicist
Dr. Srikumar Banerjee was an Indian metallurgical engineer. He retired as the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India (AECI) and the secretary of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on 30 April 2012. Prior to his stint as DAE chairman, he was the director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) from 30 April 2004 to 19 May 2010. He...
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29. Kiran Seth
1949-. (aged 77)
mechanical engineer
Kiran Seth is Ex Professor and Professor Emeritus at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi who has done teaching and research in the field of Operations Research there since 1976. He is most known as the founder of SPIC MACAY (1977), a non-profit organisation which promotes Indian classical music, Indian classical dance, folk forms, yoga and meditation, traditional handlooms and handicrafts,...
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30. Pradeep Khosla
1957-. (aged 69)
computer scientist
engineer
university teacher
Pradeep Kumar Khosla is an Indian-American computer scientist, currently serving as the 8th chancellor of the University of California, San Diego since August 2012.
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31. Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya
1940-2019 (aged 79)
engineer
politician
Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, was a British-Indian engineer, educator and government advisor. In 1980, he became Professor of Manufacturing Systems at the University of Warwick and founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group. In 2004, he was made a life peer and became a member of the House of Lords.
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32. Subhasis Chaudhuri
1963-. (aged 63)
computer scientist
electrical engineer
university teacher
Subhasis Chaudhury is an Indian electrical engineer, former director at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) and currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of BSE Limited. He is a former K. N. Bajaj Chair Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering of IIT Bombay. He is known for his pioneering studies on computer vision and is an...
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33. Harish Hande
1967-. (aged 59)
entrepreneur
Harish Hande is an Indian social entrepreneur, who co-founded SELCO India in 1995.
34. Koppillil Radhakrishnan
1949-. (aged 77)
military flight engineer
Koppillil Radhakrishnan is an Indian space scientist who headed ISRO as Chairman of Space Commission, Secretary of the Department of Space, Government of India. Under his leadership, India became the first country to reach Mars in its first attempt.
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35. Supriyo Datta
1954-. (aged 72)
engineer
Supriyo Datta is an Indian–American researcher and author. A leading figure in the modeling and understanding of nano-scale electronic conduction, he has been called "one of the most original thinkers in the field of nanoscale electronics."
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36. Mani Lal Bhaumik
1931-. (aged 95)
physicist
autobiographer
Mani Lal Bhaumik is an Indian American physicist and an internationally bestselling author, celebrated lecturer, entrepreneur and philanthropist.
37. Vinod Gupta
1946-. (aged 80)
Vinod Gupta is an Indian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and former chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of infoGROUP (previously known as infoUSA). Gupta was CEO of infoGROUP from the time of its incorporation in 1972 until September 1997, and again from August 1998 to August 2008. Gupta has donated over $100 million to numerous philanthropic...
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38. Bedabrata Pain
1963-. (aged 63)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Bedabrata Pain is an Indian scientist turned film director, producer and screenwriter. Bedabrata Pain was also a member of the team that invented the CMOS image sensor. Bedabrata Pain has also won National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director for Chittagong.
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39. Ajit Singh
1939-2021 (aged 82)
politician
Ajit Singh was an Indian politician, farmer leader, and founder of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a regional political party rooted in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, dedicated to advocating farmers’ rights and rural interests. Singh entered the Rajya Sabha in 1986 and later represented Baghpat in the Lok Sabha across seven terms between 1989 and 2014, navigating multiple party affiliations...
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40. Mr. Rono Dutta
businessperson
Ronojoy "Rono" Dutta is a retired Indian aviation executive. He was the CEO of InterGlobe Aviation Limited, which operates IndiGo, until he retired in June 2022 and Pieter Elbers took over. He previously served as the President of United Airlines from 1999 to 2002.
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41. Malli Mastan Babu
1974-2015 (aged 41)
mountaineer
Mastan Babu Malli was an Indian mountaineer. In 2006, he climbed the Seven Summits in 172 days, a record at the time, starting on 19 January 2006 and finishing on 10 July 2006. This made him the first South Asian to climb all seven summits, the first Indian to climb Vinson Massif, and the first Indian to climb Puncak Jaya,...
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42. Duvvuri Subbarao
1949-. (aged 77)
economist
Duvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and retired IAS officer. He served as the 22nd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2008 to 2013, with an extension granted in 2011 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. After leaving the RBI, he became a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore, and later at the...
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43. Ramajogayya Sastry
1970-. (aged 56)
songwriter
author
screenwriter
lyricist
Darivemula Ramajogayya Sastry is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music.
44. Arvind Kejriwal
1968-. (aged 58)
bureaucrat
politician
Arvind Kejriwal is an Indian politician, activist and former bureaucrat, who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi. He was the chief minister from 2013 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2024. He is also the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) since 2012. He represented the New Delhi constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly from 2015...
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45. Jitendra Kumar
1990-. (aged 36)
actor
Jitendra Kumar is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films and web series. Kumar is best recognised for his portrayal of Jitu in TVF Pitchers, Jeetu Bhaiya in Kota Factory and Abhishek Tripathi in Panchayat. His notable films include Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, Jaadugar (2022) and Dry Day (2023). Kumar has received several awards including two Filmfare OTT...
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46. Biswa Kalyan Rath
1990-. (aged 36)
television actor
television director
comedian
film actor
Biswa Kalyan Rath is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber. He came into prominence through the YouTube comedy series, Pretentious Movie Reviews with fellow comedian Kanan Gill. He played a supporting role in the 2016 Netflix sex comedy film Brahman Naman. He created the 2017 Amazon Prime Video's series Laakhon Mein Ek. On 9 December 2020, Rath married actress...
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47. Ashok Khemka
1965-. (aged 61)
civil servant
Ashok Khemka is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of 1991 batch from Haryana cadre who formerly served as Additional Chief Secretary in the Government of Haryana. During his career of more than three decades, he worked solely for the state of Haryana. without a single deputation to the Central Government. He has been transferred 66 times during his career,...
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48. Subir Chowdhury
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
Subir Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi-American author of 15 books and noted for his work in quality and management. He is currently the chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC, in Bingham Farms, Michigan.
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49. Subhasish Dey
1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher
engineer
hydraulic engineer
Subhasish Dey FNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE is a hydraulician and educator. He is known for his research on the hydrodynamics and acclaimed for his contributions in developing theories and solution methodologies of various problems on applied hydrodynamics, river mechanics, sediment dynamics, turbulence, fluid boundary layer and open channel flow. He is currently a visiting professor of Indian Institute of Technology...
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50. Amit Goyal
2015-2021 (aged 6)
engineer
inventor
physicist
Amit Goyal is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and a SUNY Empire Innovation Professor at SUNY-Buffalo. He leads the Laboratory for Heteroepitaxial Growth of Functional Materials & Devices. He is also Director of the New York State Center of Excellence in Plastics Recycling Research & Innovation, an externally funded center with initial funding of $4.5M for three years at SUNY-Buffalo. He...
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