List of Jawaharlal Nehru University people
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This is a list of people associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Excluded are those people whose only connection with JNU is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Arts
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) | MA, MPhil (Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages) | Film story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer, Author [I am Kalam; Sahib Biwi aur Gangster; Paan Singh Tomar; Urmi, Main Aur Pradhan Mantri] | ||
| P. Jaya Kumar | MA (Arts and Aesthetics) | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author | [1] | |
| Srijit Mukherji | Bengali film director | [2] | ||
| Swara Bhaskar | MA (Sociology) | Bollywood actress | [3] | |
| Archishman Sarker | MA (Arts and Aesthetics), MPhil (Art History) | Indian art historian | [4][5] | |
| Shaunak Sen | PhD (Arts and Aesthetics) | Indian filmmaker, winner of Golden Eye award | [6] | |
| B. V. Nandini Reddy | 1994 | International Politics | Telugu Film Director |
Politics and Law
Heads of State and Government
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baburam Bhattarai | 1986 | PhD in Urban Planning | 36th Prime Minister of Nepal | [7] |
| Ali Zeidan | 24th Prime Minister of Libya | [8][9] |
Others
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Seth | M.Phil | 30th Cabinet Secretary of India | [10][11] | |
| Mukul Arya | Ambassador of India to Palestine | [12] | ||
| Ajit Seth | M.Phil | 30th Cabinet Secretary of India | [10][11] | |
| Amitabh Kant | MA | CEO of NITI Aayog | [13] | |
| Amitabh Rajan | MA (History); PhD (Sociology) | Home Secretary of Maharashtra,
Chairman of Reserve Bank of India Services Board |
[14] | |
| Arvind Gupta | PhD (School of International Studies) | Deputy National Security Advisor of India | [15] | |
| Ashok Tanwar | Former President of Indian Youth Congress | |||
| Aishe Ghosh | MA, M.Phil | Student Activist | ||
| Muhammed Muhsin | PhD in Social Work | Politician Communist Party of India, MLA - Kerala Legislative Assembly | ||
| Dipsita Dhar | Student Activist | |||
| Chandan Kumar | Master in Computer Science | Student Activist | ||
| Gurjit Singh | ||||
| Lê Lương Minh | 13th Secretary General of ASEAN | [16] | ||
| Jyotindra Dixit | PhD (School of International Studies)[17] | 2nd National Security Adviser | [17] | |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | 1984 | MA (Economics); M.Phil. | Former Defense Minister of India | [18] |
| Palagummi Sainath | Renowned journalist, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate | |||
| Prakash Karat | M.Phil & PhD | Former General Secretary of Communist Party of India Marxist | ||
| Ranjit Nayak | MA (Sociology) | World Bank's Chief for Kosovo
Chief Adviser of Macedonia on International & EU affairs |
||
| Pradeep Narwal | MA (History) | INC Politician
AICC Secretary |
[19] | |
| Sanjay Hansda | MA (Economics) | Executive Director of the Reserve Bank of India | [20] | |
| Shehla Rashid | MA (Sociology) | student activist | [21] | |
| Sitaram Yechury | General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [22] | ||
| Subrahmanyam Jaishankar | MA (Political Science); M.Phil. & PhD in International Relations | IFS Officer, 30th Foreign Secretary of India | [23][24] | |
| Syed Ibrahim | MA | 24th Director of Intelligence Bureau | ||
| Venu Rajamony | MA in International Relations | IFS Officer. Former Press Secretary to President of India Former Indian Ambassador to Netherlands. |
[25][26] |
Humanities and Social Sciences
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhijit Banerjee | 1983 | MA in Economics | Nobel laureate and Ford Foundation Professor at MIT | [27][28][29] |
| Anant Kumar | 1990 | BA in German | Award-winning German Writer in Kassel and Resident Writer of Royal City Gotha | [30] |
| David Vumlallian Zou | MA; M.Phil. | historian | ||
| Muzaffar Alam | 1977 | George V. Bobrinsky Professor of History at University of Chicago | [31] | |
| Sanjoy Bhattacharya | MA | historian | [32] | |
| Bishnu Mohapatra | Mphil | Political Scientist and Poet | ||
| Abhay Xaxa | 2018 | M.Phil; PhD (sociology) | Human rights activist, poet and anthropologist | [33][34] |
Military and police
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. Hari Kumar | Chief of naval staff of the Indian Navy | [35] | ||
| Anjana Sinha | Master of Arts | Director of National Industrial Security Academy | ||
| Soumen Mitra | MPhill | Police Commissioner of Kolkata | [36] |
Science and Technology
| Name | Class
Year |
Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alok Bhattacharya | 1976 | PhD | Parasitologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [37] |
| Amita Sehgal | 1982 | M.Sc. | Molecular Biologist, ChronobiologistMember of National Academy of Sciences since 2016 | [38] |
| Apurva Sarin | Cell biologist, N-Bios laureate | [39] | ||
| Arun Kumar Shukla | 2002 | M.Sc. | Structural Biologist, N-Bios laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, Infosys Prize laureate | [40] |
| Gaiti Hasan | 1980 | MPhil | microbiologist | [41] |
| Seyed E. Hasnain | 1980 | PhD | biologist | [42] |
| Srinivasan Ramachandran | bioinformatician, N-Bios laureate | [43] | ||
| Suman Kumar Dhar | Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [44] | ||
| Somdatta Sinha | 1982 | PhD | Biologist | [45] |
Others
- Brahma Chellaney, columnist and author on geostrategic affairs
- Harun Rashid Khan, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (2011 to 2016)
- Umesh Upadhyay, President & Director Media at Reliance Industries Limited
- Pankaj Mishra, novelist and essayist.[46]
- Ashok Kumar Sarangi, Chief Vigilance Officer and CGM-in-Charge, Reserve Bank of India
- Jawed Habib, hairdresser and businessman[47][48]
- Geetanjali Shree, Novelist and short-story writer, winner of International Booker prize
- Asad Zaidi, Hindi poet, literary critic, publisher, and translator
- Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary, All India Kissan Sabha
- Yogendra Yadav, Phsephologist, Founder member of Aam Aadmi Party .
- Sanal Edamaruku, Indian Rationalist
Faculty
| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anvita Abbi | Professor of Linguistics | [49][50] | |
| Ayesha Kidwai | Professor of Linguistics | theoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient | |
| Balaji Prakash | biochemist, N-Bios laureate | [51] | |
| Birendra Nath Mallick, | Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [52] | |
| Brahm Shanker Srivastava, | microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [53] | |
| Deepak Kumar | Professor of Physics between 1988 and 2016 | physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [54] |
| Franson Manjali | Professor of linguistics. | ||
| Joy Pachuau | Professor of Historical studies | historian | [55] |
| Kapil Kapoor | Professor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study | [citation needed] | |
| Kavita Singh | Professor of Art History between 2001 and 2023 | [56] | |
| Mahendra P. Lama | Professor, JNU | vice chancellor of Sikkim University | [57][58] |
| Makarand Paranjape | Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 | author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study | [59][60] |
| Muchkund Dubey | Former Professor of International Relations | 17th Foreign Secretary of India | |
| Nivedita Menon | Professor of Political thought | [61] | |
| Pius Malekandathil | Former Professor of History | Historian and author | |
| Prabhat Patnaik | Former Professor of Economics | ||
| Pratiksha Baxi | |||
| Pushpesh Pant | Professor of International relations | food critic and writer | [62] |
| Raja Mohan | [63] | ||
| Robert L. Holmes | philosopher | ||
| Sanjay Puri | held various positions since 1987 | Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [64] |
| Syed Iqbal Hasnain | glaciologist, writer, and climate change activist | ||
| Gopal Guru | Professor of Political Studies, Editor of Economic and Political Weekly | He received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies for 2013–14 | |
| Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya | Professor of Political Studies | Political Scientist | |
| Zoya Hassan | Professor of Political Studies | Member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009, Political Scientist | |
| Ajay Gudavarthy | Professor of Political Studies | ||
| Brahma Prakash | Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics | |
| Ira Bhaskar | Professor of Cinema Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics | |
| Rustom Bharucha | Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics | |
| Naman Ahuja | Professor of Visual Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics | |
| Jyotindra Jain | Professor of Visual Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics | |
| H.S. Shivaprakash | Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies | School of Arts and Aesthetics |
References
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A native of the Jashpur district of northern Chhattisgarh, Xaxa had completed his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) after receiving his masters in social anthropology from the University of Sussex, UK.
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He was awarded a PhD from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Sociology in 2018, where his dissertation focused on the land rights of Adivasi communities in Jharkhand.
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