19 Notable alumni of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
Updated: June 06, 2026 EliteDegrees
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is ranked #4,052 in the world and #172 in India by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 19 notable alumni from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur 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 Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Shankar Shesh
1933-1981 (aged 48)
writer
Shanker Shesh was an Indian playwright, author, poet and story writer.
2. Swati Dandekar
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Swati A. Dandekar is a former Iowa state legislator and former U.S. Executive Director at the Asian Development Bank. She is a Democratic member of the Iowa Utilities Board, awaiting Senate confirmation in 2012. Previously, she was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives for the 36th District from 2003 to 2009 and a member of the Iowa Senate...
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3. Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan
1924-2016 (aged 92)
politician
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan was a trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India.
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4. Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte
1908-1998 (aged 90)
writer
Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte, popularly called Bhausaheb Kolte was a Marathi writer and researcher of old Marathi literature. He hailed from Maharashtra, India. He served as Vice chancellor in Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
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5. Wasudev Waman Patankar
1908-1997 (aged 89)
poet
Wasudev Waman Patankar, popularly known by the name Bhausaheb Patankar (Marathi: भाऊसाहेब पाटणकर), was a prominent Marathi shayar, and one of the first to pen Marathi shayari, until then Shayari was an outcome of Urdu language. W.W Patankar was an Advocate by profession.
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6. Nanda Jichkar
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Nanda Jichkar is an Indian politician.
7. Nitin Raut
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician, Businessman and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry, Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC (All India Congress Committee) for SC Department. He was the Cabinet Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation...
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8. Frank Anthony
1908-1993 (aged 85)
lawyer
politician
Frank Anthony was a leader of the Anglo-Indian and Christian community in India, and was until his death the Anglo-Indian nominated representative in the Parliament of India except during the 6th and 9th Lok Sabha. He served as the president of the All India Anglo-Indian Association.
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9. Ranjeet Deshmukh
politician
Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
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10. Sharad Arvind Bobde
1956-. (aged 70)
judge
Sharad Arvind Bobde is a retired Indian judge who served as the 47th Chief Justice of India from 18 November 2019 to 23 April 2021.
11. Vasant Sathe
1925-2011 (aged 86)
autobiographer
author
badminton executive and administrator
politician
Vasant Purushottam Sathe was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a lawyer by training and became a parliamentarian in 1972 and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. He was a socialist and came to prominence in the congress after Indira Gandhi split the party for a second time in 1978. He was also known for...
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12. Basanta Choudhury
1928-2000 (aged 72)
actor
film actor
Basanta Choudhury also known as Basanta Chowdhury, was an Indian actor in Bengali and Hindi films. He worked with directors Asit Sen, Rajen Tarafdar, Ajay Kar and Bijay Bose, often in leading roles. He is a former Sheriff of Kolkata.
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13. Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras
1915-1996 (aged 81)
politician
Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras, also known as Balasaheb Deoras, was the third Sarsanghchalak (Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation.
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14. Mukul Wasnik
1959-. (aged 67)
politician
Mukul Balkrishna Wasnik is an Indian Politician and a member of the Parliament. He was the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India. He represented the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is also a General Secretary of the All India Congress...
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15. Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai
1929-2015 (aged 86)
politician
Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai, popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai, was an Indian politician, social activist, senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement, and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He was the President of Ambedkar's ideological party Republican Party of India, through this party, he did many works in political and social fields. Gavai also worked with Babasaheb Ambedkar, a...
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16. Nitin Gadkari
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician who is serving as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways, currently in his tenure for over eleven years, and is the only person to serve under a single portfolio for three consecutive terms. A senior leader of...
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17. Shrikant Jichkar
1954-2004 (aged 50)
politician
Shrikant Jichkar Marathi: श्रीकांत जिचकार was an Indian civil servant and politician. He earned 20 university degrees and was elected as the youngest MLA in the country at age 26. The title now belongs to Maithili Thakur, elected at 25 on November 14, 2025
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18. P. V. Narasimha Rao
1921-2004 (aged 83)
novelist
freedom fighter
jurist
poet
minister
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first person from South India and the second person from a non-Hindi speaking background to be prime minister. He is known for his role in initiating India's economic...
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19. Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari
1935-2015 (aged 80)
Maulana Abdullah Quraishi Al-Azhari was an Islamic scholar from Hyderabad, India. He served as the khateeb and imam of the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad and the vice chancellor of Jamia Nizamia University.
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