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Notable academic awards
Har Gobind Khorana , Nobel Prize for Medicine , (1968). (Nobel Laureate )Subramanyan Chandrasekhar , Nobel Prize for Physics , (1983). (Nobel Laureate )Amartya Sen , Nobel Prize for Economics , (1998). (Nobel Laureate )Raghuram Rajan , International Monetary Fund Chief Economist , winner of the Fischer Black Prize .Madhu Sudan , computer science professor at MIT , winner of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize and Gödel Prize .S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan , mathematician who specialised in probability, winner of the Abel Prize and Steele Prize .Raj Reddy , founder of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University , winner of the Turing Award .Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao , world renowned statistician, is awarded National Medal of Science by President George W. Bush . Academic
C. R. Rao , Internationally known and arguably most famous living statistician of Cramér–Rao bound and Rao-Blackwell Theorem fame, Indian Statistical Institute , University of Pittsburgh , Penn State University .Ravindra Khattree , Internationally known statistician at Oakland University Beheruz Sethna , current president of the University of West Georgia .Akhil Amar , Professor of Law at Yale Law School , an expert on constitutional law and criminal procedure .Vikram Amar , Professor of Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law .Homi K. Bhabha , post-colonial theorist at Harvard .Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty , Distinguished Professor of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Creator of the controversial oil-eating bacterium used in Gulf War.K. Mani Chandy , Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology.Anil Gupta , Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, and important philosopher and logician.[1] Salman Akhtar , professor at the Jefferson Medical College Dipak C. Jain , Dean of the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.Rakesh Jain , Head of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Harvard Medical School.Muzaffar Alam , Professor in South Asian Languages & Civilizations and the College at University of Chicago .V. V. Chari , professor of economics at the University of Minnesota .Aravind Joshi , computer scientist, defined the tree-adjoining grammar formalism.Thomas Kailath , Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Stanford UniversitySubhash Kak , Head of the Department, Oklahoma State University, Researcher in Neural Networks and Cryptography.M. A. Muqtedar Khan , Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware .Marti G. Subrahmanyam , Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University .Vijay K. Dhir , Dean of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Neal Katyal , Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law School , lead counsel in the landmark Supreme Court case Hamdan v. Rumsfeld .Jogesh Pati , theoretical physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park .C.K. Prahalad , leading management guru.Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak , post-colonial theorist, literary critic and deconstructionist who teaches at Columbia University .Krishna Saraswat , professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University .Surain Subramaniam , professor of international relations and prolific author developing the theory of Asian Values George Varghese , Professor of Computer Science at the University of California San DiegoJagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati , an economist known for his advocacy of free trade currently a professor at Columbia University .Abhay Ashtekar , Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University .G. V. Loganathan ,was a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. He was a victim of the Virginia Tech massacre.Anirvan Ghosh , professor at the University of California, San Diego Vijay Vazirani , is a Professor of Computer Science at Georgia Tech. One of his significant research was proving, UNIQUE-SAT ∈ P → NP=RP called the Valiant–Vazirani theorem .Aswath Damodaran , a Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University .Umesh Vazirani , is the Roger A. Strauch Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley , and the director of the Berkeley Quantum Computation Center.Sanjay Subrahmanyam , holder of Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History at UCLA .Ashok Das , professor of physics at University of Rochester Vijay Kumar (roboticist) , is a UPS Foundation Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and Computer and Information Science, at University of Pennsylvania . He is the also Associate Dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science.[2] Khem Shahani , microbiologist who conducted pioneer research on probiotics , he discovered the DDS-1 strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus Jagdish Shukla , is a meteorologist and Distinguished University Professor at George Mason University in the United States.J. N. Reddy , Distinguished Professor and holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University .Veena Talwar Oldenburg , Professor of History at Baruch College Jaishree Odin , post-modern literary theorist who teaches at the University of Hawaii Ravi Jagannathan , professor at the Kellogg School of Management Pran Nath , theoretical physicist working at Northeastern University .Vijay Prashad , professor of International Studies at Trinity College .Mriganka Sur , Head of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Medha Yodh , teacher of classical Indian dance at UCLA C. M. Naim , scholar of Urdu language and literatureG. S. Maddala , economist, best known for his work in the field of econometrics.Shrinivas Kulkarni , professor of astrophysics and planetary science at Caltech .Nazir Jairazbhoy , Professor of Folk and classical music of South Asia at University of California at Los Angeles .Amit Goswami , a theoretical nuclear physicist and member of University of Oregon Pradeep Khosla , Dean of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University and Philip and Marsha Dowd Professor from the ECE Department.Avinash Kak , professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University Ashok Gadgil , works with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Sugata Bose , is the Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University .Kausalya Hart , scholar of Tamil language at UC Berkeley
Mathematician
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar , mathematician, singularity theory and Abhyankar's conjecture of finite group theory.Anil Nerode , mathematician, proved the Myhill-Nerode Theorem .Narendra Karmarkar , mathematician, inventor of Karmarkar algorithm .Divakar Viswanath , mathematician who discovered Viswanath's constant .Chandrashekhar Khare , professor of mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles .Harish-Chandra , mathematicianAbhinav Kumar , mathematicianK. C. Sreedharan Pillai , mathematicianManjul Bhargava , is a professor of mathematics at Princeton University .Sarvadaman Chowla , mathematician specializing in number theory Science and Technology
Vivek Kundra , is the Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States of America .Gopal Khanna , is the Chief Information Officer in the state of Minnesota .Arun Netravali , scientist, former President of Bell Labs , former CTO of Lucent . A pioneer of digital technology including HDTV .Narinder Singh Kapany , engineer, called the "Father of Fiber Optics ".Sabeer Bhatia , co-founder of Hotmail Mani Lal Bhaumik , contribuitor excimer laser technology.George Sudarshan , physicist, author - first to propose the existence of Tachyon C. Kumar N. Patel , developed the carbon dioxide laser, used as a cutting tool in surgery and industry.Rangaswamy Srinivasan , in the Inventors’ Hall of Fame for pioneering work on excimer laser surgery.Kalpana Chawla , female NASA Space Shuttle astronaut, and space shuttle mission specialistSunita Williams , female NASA astronaut (second woman of Indian descent to head into space)Anil Dash , blogger and technologistSiva S. Banda , aerospace engineer and researcher, recipient of a Silver Medal from the Royal Aeronautical Society , a Presidential Rank Award , and elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering Thomas Anantharaman , computer statistician specializing in Bayesian inference Pramod Khargonekar Control Theorist, Dean and Eckis Professor, College of Engineering, University of Florida , Gainesville, Florida,Om Malik , technology journalist and bloggerAnand Rajaraman , computer science engineer and a businessmanSubrata Chakraborty , IT executiveVijay Raghunath Pandharipande , physicistArvind Rajaraman , theoretical physicist and string theoristKrishan Sabnani , Engineer and Senior Vice President of the Networking Research Laboratory at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs in New JerseyMahadev Satyanarayanan , computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University , pioneered research in mobile and pervasive computingRahul Mahajan , bloggerAmit Singhal , Google Fellow, the designation the company reserves for its elite master engineers in the area of “ranking algorithm”.Thomas Zacharia , computational scientistDeepak Pandya , neuroanatomistRajiv Dutta , technology managerVilayanur S. Ramachandran , neurologistPulickel M. Ajayan , Prof of Material Science at Rice UniversityAjit Varki , Physician-scientistNoshir Gowadia , design engineerSharmila Bhattacharya , head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory at NASA Ames Research Center .Krishna Bharat , Principal Scientist at Google who is famous for creating Google News .
Medicine
Balamurali Ambati , physician , world's youngest doctor at age 17.Paul Antony , MD, MPH is the Chief Medical Officer for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)Rama P. Coomaraswamy , a cardiac surgeonAtul Gawande , general and endocrine surgeon, professor, medical author, and National Book Award finalist.Amit Patel , Cardiovascular Surgeon and Stem Cell Researcher - First person to inject stem cells directly into the heart.Vamsi Mootha , physician-scientist and computational biologist.Chitranjan Singh Ranawat , eminent orthopaedic and knee surgeonVineeta Rastogi , public health workerDeepak Chopra , medical doctor Musician
Kim Thayil , Guitarist for Grammy Award winning rock group Soundgarden .Norah Jones , Musician, Grammy Award winner, daughter of Ravi Shankar .Tony Kanal , Two-time Grammy Award winner, bass player for No Doubt .Sameer Bhattacharya , One of two guitarists in the Texas alternative rock band Flyleaf .Rozonda Thomas or Chilli , member of TLC (band) Bizzy Bone , Rapper (one-quarter Indian), member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony .Sanjaya Malakar , a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol Anoop Desai , a finalist on the eighth season of American Idol Zubin Mehta , Conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra .Zarin Mehta , executive director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra .Vijay Iyer , Jazz musician and Composer.Karsh Kale , an Indian producer, composer and musician.Paul Sabu , producerRaje Shwari , R&B singerFalu , singer and songwriterTatyana Ali , singerArun Luthra , jazz musicianThara Prashad , singerVasant Rai , performer of Indian musicShaheen Sheik , song-writerHaji Springer , rapper Actors and actresses
Kal Penn , ActorNoureen DeWulf , ActressSendhil Ramamurthy , ActorNavi Rawat , ActressShishir Kurup , ActorSheetal Sheth , ActressTanveer K. Atwal , ActressRavi Kapoor , ActorDeep Katdare , ActorWaris Ahluwalia , ActorNamrata Singh Gujral , ActressSonal Shah , ActressSunkrish Bala , ActorDilshad Vadsaria , ActressPurva Bedi , actressDevika Parikh , ActressJanina Gavankar , ActressSakina Jaffrey , ActressDeepti Gupta , ActressSerena Varghese , voice actressKavi Ladnier , ActressFirdous Bamji , ActorSamrat Chakrabarti , ActorSummer Bishil , ActressRory Cochrane , ActorSabu Dastagir , ActorAasif Mandvi , ActorAjay Mehta , TV actorShelly Malil , Film and TV ActorAjay Naidu , ActorMaulik Pancholy , Actor Indian British actors in U.S.
Ben Kingsley , ActorNaveen Andrews , Actor (Lost )Indira Varma , Actress (Rome )Zuleikha Robinson , Actress (The Namesake (film) , Rome )Parminder Nagra , Actress (ER )Nicollette Sheridan , Actress (Desperate Housewives , Knots Landing )Rhona Mitra , Actress (Nip/Tuck )Kunal Nayyar , Actor (The Big Bang Theory ) Arts and entertainment
M. Night Shyamalan , Filmmaker and actor (Director of Signs and The Sixth Sense )Anand Chandrasekaran , Filmmaker and EntrepreneurHarish Saluja , filmmakerNikhil Kamkolkar , filmmakerMira Nair , director and producerBabu Subramaniam , directorJay Chandrasekhar , Director, Actor, Comedian, and WriterAjay Sahgal , director, screenwriter and producerBenny Mathews , Film and Music video directorNaren Shankar , TV writer, producer and director, an Executive Producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Sunil Nayar , TV writer and producer, a Producer of CSI: Miami Neeraj Khemlani , a producer at the CBS News 60 Minutes .Mindy Kaling , Writer, Producer, Actor on The Office .Ashok Amritraj , Hollywood producerPadma Lakshmi , Model, Top Chef HostSaira Mohan , Model, was ranked #91 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2002Julie Titus , Model, Contestant of America's Next Top Model Sunny Leone , Model, former Penthouse Pet of the Year.Pooja Kumar , modelNicole Narain , Model and actressAngela Devi , Adult model and actressPriya Rai , Adult model and actressAmy Ried , Adult model and actressGovindini Murty , Co-founder of Liberty film festival.[3] Manick Sorcar , Animator, artist, and producerStephanie Sengupta , producer and writerSalma Arastu , artistRina Banerjee , artistReef Karim , hostRachel Roy , fashion designerChristine Philip , fashion designer
