12 Notable alumni of Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Updated: June 22, 2026 EliteDegrees
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is ranked #797 in the world and #10 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 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 Roorkee won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sri Niwas
1945-2012 (aged 67)
physicist
geophysicist
Sri Niwas was an Indian geophysicist and a professor at the Department of Earth Sciences of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He was known for his researches on the Inversion of Geophysical Data. He was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences,...
+ show more
2. Dinesh Paliwal
1957-. (aged 69)
businessperson
manager
Dinesh C. Paliwal is an Indian American business executive. He is a Partner at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and also serves as Executive Chairman of Marelli. He was removed as the Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Harman International, a provider of audio and infotainment systems for the automotive, consumer, and professional markets, in 2020.
+ show more
3. G. D. Agrawal
1932-2018 (aged 86)
civil engineer
engineer
environmentalist
Guru das Agrawal, also known as Sant Swami Sanand, Professor G. D. Agrawal or Sant Swami Gyan Swaroop Sanand, was an Indian environmentalist, engineer, religious leader, monk, and professor. He was the Patron of Ganga Mahasabha, founded by Madan Mohan Malviya in 1905.
+ show more
4. Sulkhan Singh
1957-. (aged 69)
police officer
Sulkhan Singh is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. He was the Director General of Uttar Pradesh Police.
5. R Vidyasagar Rao
1939-2017 (aged 78)
engineer
Ramaraju Vidyasagar Rao was an Indian government administrator and a Telangana activist. He was the Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Water Resources, Central Water Commission. After the formation of Telangana State, he was appointed as the Advisor on Irrigation to the Government of Telangana. He was the foremost expert on irrigation projects in Telangana, and was instrumental in highlighting...
+ show more
6. Harsh Gupta
1942-. (aged 84)
physicist
Harsh Kumar Gupta is an Indian earth scientist and seismologist, known for his pioneering work on estimation of reservoir-induced earthquakes. He is a former vice chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) and a Raja Ramanna Fellow at the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), Hyderabad. A recipient of the 1983 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and...
+ show more
7. Ajit Gupta
1961-2016 (aged 55)
businessperson
Ajit Gupta was a Silicon Valley–based entrepreneur and the founder of Aryaka, AAyuja, JantaKhoj, and Speedera Networks. He holds 21 technology patents for Internet content delivery and global traffic management. Ajit Gupta graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in Electrical Engineering Batch of 1984.
+ show more
8. Utpal Borpujari
film critic
film director
Utpal Borpujari is a double National Film Award winner; one, as a film critic, and the other, as a filmmaker. In 2003, he won the Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic at the 50th National Film Awards of India. In 2018, he won the National Film Award, and 5 Assam State Film Awards for his debut feature film Ishu
+ show more
9. Ganga Ram
1851-1927 (aged 76)
engineer
Rai Bahadur Sir Ganga Ram CIE MVO was an Indian civil engineer and architect. In view of his extensive contributions to the urban fabric of Lahore, then in British India and now in modern Pakistan, journalist Khaled Ahmed described him as "The Father of Modern Lahore".
+ show more
10. Naveen Jain
1959-. (aged 67)
businessperson
Naveen K. Jain is an Indian-American business executive, entrepreneur, and the founder and former CEO of InfoSpace. InfoSpace briefly became one of the largest internet companies in the American Northwest, before the crash of the dot-com bubble and a series of lawsuits involving Jain. In 2010 Jain co-founded Moon Express, where he is the executive chairman, and in 2016 founded...
+ show more
11. Amit Singhal
1968-. (aged 58)
computer scientist
software engineer
Amitabh Kumar "Amit" Singhal is a former senior vice president at Google Inc., having been a Google Fellow and the head of Google's Search team for 15 years.
+ show more
12. Papias Malimba Musafiri
researcher
minister
civil servant
academic
politician
Papias Malimba Musafiri is a Rwandan academic, researcher and politician, who has served as the Minister of Education in the Rwandan cabinet, since 25 June 2015, replacing Prof. Silas Lwakabamba.
+ show more