58 Notable alumni of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Updated: June 06, 2026 EliteDegrees
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda is ranked #2,501 in the world and #70 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 58 notable alumni from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mahesh Champaklal
1951-. (aged 75)
theatrical director
playwright
stage actor
university teacher
Mahesh Champaklal is an Indian dramatist, stage actor and director from Gujarat, India. After working for some years in the commercial Gujarati theatre, he joined and taught dramatics at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.
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2. Janak Dave
1930-. (aged 96)
drama teacher
playwright
stage actor
Janak Harilal Dave is a Gujarati dramatist, theater actor and drama teacher from Gujarat, India.
3. Anil Relia
1957-. (aged 69)
art collector
Anil Relia is an Indian art collector, known for his portrait collection. He has over 3000 portraits and his personal collection includes many miniature paintings, early photographs along with works of artists like Raja Ravi Varma, M. F. Husain, Hemen Majumdar, Bhupen Khakhar, Jyoti Bhatt, Haku Shah, K. G. Subramanyan, S.H. Raza, Thota Vaikuntam, Manu Parekh and many more.
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4. Valsan Koorma Kolleri
1953-. (aged 73)
sculptor
Valsan Koorma Kolleri is an Indian sculptor.
5. Rashid Meer
1950-2021 (aged 71)
critic
poet
Rashid Meer was a Gujarati ghazal poet, critic, editor, and researcher from India.
6. Tarini Desai
1935-. (aged 91)
short story writer
Tarini Desai is Gujarati short story writer from Gujarat, India.
7. Avantika Bawa
1973-. (aged 53)
artist
Avantika Bawa is an Indian American artist, curator, and professor of art. Bawa is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily in site-specific installation, video, printmaking, and drawing. She is the recipient of the 2018 Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Golden Spot Residency Award, the Hallie Ford Fellowship in the Visual Arts, and the Oregon Arts Commission Joan Shipley Award.
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8. Shirish Panchal
1943-. (aged 83)
critic
literary critic
writer
Shirish Jagjivandas Panchal is a Gujarati critic, fiction writer, translator and editor. He won the 2009 Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati language for his criticism Vaat Aapanaa Vivechan-ni. He refused the award.
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9. Jayant Parikh
1940-. (aged 86)
printmaker
painter
Jayant Parikh is an Indian modern contemporary artist, printmaker, and muralist. He is a student of N. S. Bendre, K. G. Subramanyan and Sankho Chaudhuri. He lives and works in Vadodara, India.
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10. Milind Gadhavi
1985-. (aged 41)
songwriter
lyricist
Milind Gadhavi is a Gujarati language poet and lyricist from Gujarat, India. He has penned songs for several Gujarati movies. He is a recipient of the 15th Transmedia award for best lyrics for Gujarati film, Premji: Rise of a Warrior.
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11. Vihang A. Naik
1969-. (aged 57)
poet
Vihang A. Naik or Vihang Ashokbhai Naik is a modern bilingual poet from Gujarat, India. He has authored many collections of poetry in English and Gujarati, besides translating poems from Gujarati into English. He died in the year 2021.
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12. Manisha Joshi
1971-. (aged 55)
poet
writer
journalist
Manisha Joshi is a Gujarati language poet and journalist. She is an author of four poetry collections including Kandara (1996), Kansara Bazar (2001), Kandmool (2013), and Thaak (2020). She currently lives in California.
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13. Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha
1954-. (aged 72)
administrator
Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha is an Indian academic, engineer, and higher education administrator. He is the founding Chancellor and President of Ramdeobaba University (RBU), a private university in Nagpur established in 2024. Mantha previously served as Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) (2009–2015) and held senior leadership roles at AICTE. He is an adjunct professor at the...
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14. Manubhai Mehta
1868-1946 (aged 78)
Sir Manubhai Nandshankar Mehta CSI was an Indian politician. He was the dewan of Baroda state from 9 May 1916 to 1927. From 1927 to 1934, he was the prime minister of Bikaner state.
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15. Bharat Gupt
1946-. (aged 80)
translator
author
musicologist
classical scholar
Bharat Gupt is an Indian classicist, theatre theorist, sitar and surbahar player, musicologist, cultural analyst and newspaper columnist. He is also a retired Professor in English, who taught at the College of Vocational Studies of the University of Delhi.
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16. Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati
1894-1970 (aged 76)
Justice Natwarlal Harilal Bhagwati was a judge at the Supreme Court of India from 1952 to 1959 and the Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from 1960 till 1966. Earlier, he had served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bombay during 1949-51. He is also father to the economist Jagdish Bhagwati as well as P. N. Bhagwati, the 17th Chief...
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17. Suman Shah
1939-. (aged 87)
novelist
literary critic
editor
short story writer
Suman Shah is a Gujarati language critic, short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor and translator from Gujarat, India. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2008 for his short story collection Fatfatiyun. He has written both in the modern and in the postmodern eras in Gujarati literature. He has authored more than 74 books, including 2 novels, 6 short story...
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18. Karan Jani
1988-. (aged 38)
astronomer
Karan Jani is an Indian astrophysicist working on black holes, gravitational waves, and testing Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. He is currently an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University, and holds the endowed position of Cornelius Vanderbilt Dean's Faculty Fellow. He has worked at the LIGO Livingston Observatory in the US, the Albert Einstein Institute in...
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19. Kishore Jadav
1939-2018 (aged 79)
writer
literary critic
Kishore Kalidas Jadav was a novelist, critic, and short story writer from India. He wrote in Gujarati and was primarily responsible for the development of surreal and experimental Gujarati fiction.
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20. Adam Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn
1940-2019 (aged 79)
businessperson
politician
Adam Hafejee Patel, Baron Patel of Blackburn was a British businessman and Labour member of the House of Lords.
21. Hanif Kureshi
1982-2024 (aged 42)
graffiti artist
painter
Hanif Kureshi, also known by the graffiti name Daku, was an Indian artist, designer, and advertising professional. Kureshi was a pioneering figure in India's street art movement, helping to transform urban spaces into public canvases and bringing art out of the museums to the wider public in India.
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22. Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia
1947-. (aged 79)
businessperson
economist
Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia is the former Director of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (2002–2007). Prior to that, he was the Dean at Ahmedabad (1998–2001) and a professor in Economics He was also the Director General of International Management Institute, New Delhi. Prior to joining IMI New Delhi, he was the Director of Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management and Gujarat Adani...
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23. Kavitha Balakrishnan
1976-. (aged 50)
curator
artist
art critic
Kavitha Balakrishnan is an art critic, poet, contemporary art researcher, painter and art curator. She started her teaching career as a lecturer of Art History at College of Fine Arts Trivandrum from 1998 to 1999. She later lectured at the R.L.V. College of Music and Fine Arts in Thrippunithura and as a visiting faculty at the National Institute of Fashion...
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24. Shishir Bhattacharjee
1960-. (aged 66)
painter
cartoonist
Shishir Bhattacharjee is a Bangladeshi artist. His paintings, critical of the political establishment but always in a satirical fashion, were first seen in the 1980s. His political cartoons appear regularly in daily newspapers in Bangladesh. During the past couple of years, he has produced paintings that appropriate images from Bengali film posters, altered to serve his social and political messages.
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25. Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh
1937-. (aged 89)
poet
painter
Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh is a painter, poet and art critic from Gujarat, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1983 and Padmabhushan in 2014 for his contribution in field of art.
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26. Sujan R. Chinoy
1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat
Sujan R. Chinoy is a former Indian diplomat and the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India's foremost think tank in New Delhi, in the field of defense, security, and international relations. He retired from the Indian Foreign Service on 30 September 2018 after a professional diplomatic career spanning more than 37 years...
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27. Thota Vaikuntam
1942-. (aged 84)
painter
Thota Vaikuntam is an Indian painter. His paintings capture simple lifestyle of villagers like the paddy fields, toddy pots on shoulders of men, the household chores, temple rituals etc. His drawings range from stark charcoal on paper, transparent washes and pencil drawings.
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28. Mitali Mukherjee
singer
Mitali Mukherjee is a Bangladeshi classical and playback singer, she hails from Mymensingh, Bangladesh. She received the National Film Award of Bangladesh in 1982 for the song Ei Dunia Ekhon To Ar for the film Dui Poishar Alta.
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29. Pujya Mota
1898-1976 (aged 78)
philosopher
Pujya Shree Mota, or Chunilal Asharam Bhavsar, was a spiritual leader who established ashrams in Nadiad and Surat in Gujarat, India. He founded the Hari Om Ashram, also known as the Maun Mandir, near Nadiad & Surat.
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30. Piyush Ranade
1983-. (aged 43)
actor
television actor
Piyush Ranade is a Marathi film & television actor. He appeared in Zee Marathi TV series Ekach Hya Janmi Janu, Lajja and Asmita, also in Star Plus's Burey Bhi Hum Bhale Bhi Hum as Kaivalya.
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31. Elisha Kriis
1992-. (aged 34)
actor
film director
Elisha Kriis aka Elisha Patel is an Indian and American film actress and television personality. She has appeared in American, Hindi and Telugu films. In the United States she has starred in, 2018 human trafficking drama BorderCross, alongside Lorenzo Lamas and Danny Trejo, was the main protagonist in the 2018 crime thriller Body of Sin, played a cyborg in the...
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32. Tanvi Vyas
1985-. (aged 41)
actor
beauty pageant contestant
Tanvi Vyas is an Indian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who made her acting debut in the "Tamil" film Eppadi Manasukkul Vanthai in 2012. Prior to that, she was a graphic designer and later was crowned Femina Miss India Earth 2008 in Mumbai.
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33. Vivan Sundaram
1943-2023 (aged 80)
video artist
painter
artist
Vivan Sundaram was an Indian contemporary artist. He worked in many different media, including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, installation, and video art, and his work was politically conscious and highly intertextual in nature. His work constantly referred to social problems, popular culture, problems of perception, memory, identification and history. He was married to art historian and critic Geeta Kapur.
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34. Gunvant Shah
1937-. (aged 89)
journalist
author
Gunvant Shah is an essayist, educationist, columnist and philosophy writer and critic from Gujarat, India. He taught at various universities and participated in various education oriented events and organisations. His large number of essays, including philosophical essays, are published as books. He received Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1997 and Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015....
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35. Amarsinh Chaudhary
1941-2004 (aged 63)
politician
Amarsinh Bhilabhai Chaudhary was an Indian politician. He became the first adivasi to serve as the Chief Minister of Gujarat when he took office in 1985.
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36. Narayan Gopal
1939-1990 (aged 51)
singer
composer
singer-songwriter
Narayan Gopal Gurubacharya, known professionally as Narayan Gopal and N. Gopal was a popular singer and composer of Nepali music. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons in Nepal, he is referred to as "Swar Samrat" (Nepali: स्वर सम्राट, meaning: Emperor of Voice) in Nepal. He also sang in Nepal Bhasa.
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37. Asha Puthli
1945-. (aged 81)
singer
singer-songwriter
composer
actor
jazz musician
Asha Puthli is an Indian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress.
38. Bharati Mukherjee
1940-2017 (aged 77)
novelist
short story writer
writer
Bharati Mukherjee was an American and Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Born in India, she was the author of a number of novels and short story collections, as well as works of nonfiction that often focused on the experience of Indian immigrants to America.
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39. Fateh Singh Rao Gaekwad, Crown Prince of Baroda
1930-1988 (aged 58)
politician
cricketer
Fatehsinghrao Prataprao Gaekwad II was an Indian politician, cricketer, and titular Maharaja of Baroda from 1951 until 1988. In the 26th amendment to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).
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40. Kirtidan Gadhvi
1976-. (aged 50)
singer
Kirtidan Gadhvi is an Indian singer from Gujarat.
41. Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
1887-1971 (aged 84)
politician
lawyer
freedom fighter
journalist
author
Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer from Gujarat state. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938.
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42. Vijay P. Bhatkar
1946-. (aged 80)
computer scientist
Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is an Indian computer scientist, IT leader and educationalist. He is best known as the architect of India's National Initiative in Supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He is a Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Maharashtra Bhushan recipient. Indian computer magazine Dataquest placed him among the pioneers of India's IT industry. He was the...
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43. Ajay Bhatt
1957-. (aged 69)
computer scientist
engineer
inventor
Ajay V. Bhatt is an Indian-American computer architect who produced several widely used technologies, including USB, Platform Power Management architecture, and various other chipsets.
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44. Ankur Vikal
actor
Ankur Vikal is an Indian theatre and film actor.
45. Dadasaheb Phalke
1870-1944 (aged 74)
screenwriter
film director
film producer
film editor
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dadasaheb Phalke, was an Indian producer, director and screenwriter, widely regarded as "the Father of Indian cinema".
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46. Vinoba Bhave
1895-1982 (aged 87)
politician
writer
philosopher
human rights defender
Vinayak Narahar Bhave, also known as Vinoba Bhave, was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya (Teacher in Sanskrit), he is best known for the Bhoodan land reform movement. He is considered as National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi. He was an eminent philosopher. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into the...
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47. Shrenu Parikh
1989-. (aged 37)
actor
television actor
model
Shrenu Parikh Mhatre is an Indian actress. Parikh gained notable roles for her portrayal as Aastha Agnihotri in the StarPlus romantic drama series Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2013–2015) and Gauri Trivedi Singh Oberoi in the drama series Ishqbaaaz (2017–2018).
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48. Sam Pitroda
1942-. (aged 84)
computer scientist
businessperson
Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, popularly known as Sam Pitroda, is an Indian official, telecommunications engineer, innovator, and entrepreneur. He was born in Titlagarh, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, into a Gujarati family. He served as an advisor to Rajiv Gandhi and Manmohan Singh during their respective tenures as the Prime Minister of India, as well as to the United...
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49. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
1952-. (aged 74)
biophysicist
biologist
molecular biologist
chemist
biochemist
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is a British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.
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50. Vishal Sikka
1967-. (aged 59)
chief executive officer
Vishal Sikka is an Indian-American entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Vianai and was CTO of SAP AG and CEO of Infosys. He also serves on Oracle's board of directors, the supervisory board of the BMW Group and as an advisor to the Stanford Institute of Human-Centered AI.
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51. Vibhut Shah
1933-. (aged 93)
writer
librarian
Vibhut Shah is an Indian contemporary Gujarati novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
52. Manjula Pradeep
1969-. (aged 57)
human rights defender
Manjula Pradeep is an Indian human rights activist and a lawyer. She is the former Executive Director of Navsarjan Trust, one of the largest Dalit rights organizations in India, addressing the issues of caste discrimination and gender based discrimination.
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53. Pan Nalin
screenwriter
film director
director
film producer
Nalin Kumar Pandya, popularly known as Pan Nalin, is an Indian filmmaker, best known for directing award-winning movies like Samsara, Valley of Flowers (2006), Angry Indian Goddesses (2015) and the semi-autobiographical Chhello Show (translation: Last Film Show) (2021). His debut feature Samsara (Miramax) was worldwide critical and commercial triumph and went on to win awards like Best First Feature Film...
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54. Hasmukh Patel
1933-2018 (aged 85)
architect
Hasmukh Chandulal Patel was an architect credited with making significant contributions to contemporary architecture in India in a career spanning over four decades in the latter half of 20th century. His works are held in high-regard alongside those of prominent Indian architects in the post-independence era like Achyut Kanvinde, Charles Correa, Anant Raje, B.V. Doshi and others.
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55. S. L. Bhyrappa
1931-2025 (aged 94)
writer
Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa was an Indian novelist, philosopher and screenwriter who wrote in Kannada. His works are popular in the state of Karnataka and he is widely regarded as one of modern India's popular novelists. His novels are unique in terms of theme, structure, and characterization. He has been among the top-selling authors in the Kannada language and his books...
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56. Pankaj Advani
1965-2010 (aged 45)
screenwriter
film director
photographer
theatrical director
Pankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian billiards and professional snooker player. He is a 27-time International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) world champion. He has won 20 billiards world titles, the IBSF World Billiards Championship on 17 occasions and the World Team Billiards Championship once. In snooker, he won the IBSF World Snooker Championship three times, IBSF World six-red championship...
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57. K. Chidananda Gowda
1942-. (aged 84)
engineer
K. Chidananda Gowda is an Indian academic who served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Kuvempu University, which is located in the state of Karnataka, India. He is also the son-in-law of the Kannada Poet, Kuvempu, after whom the Kuvempu University is named. He has published many papers, mainly in the field of pattern recognition.
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58. I. G. Patel
1924-2005 (aged 81)
banker
economist
civil servant
Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel, popularly known as I. G. Patel, was an Indian economist and civil servant who is best known as the fourteenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and the ninth director of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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