List of Madras University alumni
This list of people includes notable people who are alumni of Madras University, Chennai.
Head of State
- Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari, Governor-General of India (1948–1950), Bharat Ratna (1954)
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President of India (1962–1967), Bharat Ratna (1954)
- Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 4th President of India (1969–1974), Bharat Ratna (1975)
- Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, 6th President of India (1977–1982)
- R. Venkataraman, 8th President of India (1987–1992)
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India (2002–2007), Bharat Ratna (1997)
Law and politics
- Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian independence activist, Bharat Ratna (1998)
- C. Vijayaraghavachariar, President of the Indian National Congress (1920)
- Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar (KCSI), Last Diwan of Mysore, Padma Vibhushan (1970)
- C. P. Ramaswami Iyer (KCSI) (KCIE), Diwan of Travancore (1936– 1947)
- P. Subbarayan, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1924–1930)
- B. Munuswamy Naidu, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1930–1932)
- K. V. Reddy Naidu (KCSI), Chief Minister of Madras Presidency (1937)
- Patanjali Sastri, 2nd Chief Justice of India
- P. V. Rajamannar, 1st Indian Chief Justice of Madras High Court
- K. Subba Rao, 9th Chief Justice of India
- CN Annadurai (DMK), Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1967–1969)
- Muhammad Shahabuddin, 3rd Chief Justice of Pakistan
- Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (INC), Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1964–1971)
- A. J. John, Former Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin and Governor of Madras
- V. K. Krishna Menon (INC), Minister of Defence (India) (1979–1980)
- M. Thambidurai (AIADMK), 8th Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Palaniappan Chidambaram (INC), Cabinet minister (India)
- Shankarrao Chavan (INC), Cabinet minister (India)
- P. Sathasivam, 40th Chief Justice of India
- V. Balakrishna Eradi, 9th Chief Justice of Kerala High Court
Military and public services
- Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa (OBE), 1st Indian Chief of the Army Staff, Legion of Merit (1950)
- Krishnaswamy Sundarji, 13th Chief of the Army Staff, Param Vishisht Seva Medal (1978)
- Benegal Rama Rau (CIE), 4th Governor of Reserve Bank of India
- S. Jagannathan (ICS), 10th Governor of Reserve Bank of India
- C. Rangarajan, 19th Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Padma Vibhushan (2002)
- Y. Venugopal Reddy, 21st Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Padma Vibhushan (2010)
- Kalyan Sundaram, 2nd Chief Election Commissioner, Padma Vibhushan (1968)
- R. V. S. Peri Sastri, 8th Chief Election Commissioner
- K. Vijay Kumar (IPS), Chief of the Special Task Force (India) during Operation Cocoon
- T. N. Seshan, 10th Chief Election Commissioner
- M. K. Narayanan, 3rd National Security Advisor, Gusi Peace Prize (2011)
- N. Vittal (IAS), Chief Vigilance Commissioner (1998–2002)
- K. P. S. Menon (CIE), Lenin Peace Prize (1979)
- F. V. Arul (IPS), Director of CBI (1968–1971)
Mathematics
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (FRS), a Mathematical prodigy
- S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Abel Prize (2007), National Medal of Science (2010)
- C. S. Seshadri (FRS), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1972)
- M. S. Narasimhan (FRS), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1975)
- K. G. Ramanathan, Padma Bhushan (1983), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1965)
- K. S. Chandrasekharan, Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1966), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1963)
- M. S. Raghunathan, Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (1991), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1977)
- Sundararaman Ramanan, Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal (2010), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1979)
- C. P. Ramanujam, Ramanujam–Samuel theorem and Ramanujam vanishing theorem
- Krishnaswami Alladi, Fellow of American Mathematical Society
- A.V. Balakrishnan, Control Heritage Award (2001)
Educationists
- S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar (Dewan Bahadur), Historian, author and Dravidologist
- M. Aram, Educator and peace advocate, Padma Shri (1990)
Science and Technology
- C. V. Raman, Nobel Prize in Physics (1930), Bharat Ratna (1954)[1]
- S. Chandrasekhar, Nobel Prize in Physics (1983), Padma Vibhushan (1968)[2]
- G.N. Ramachandran, Biophysicist who described the structure of Collagen
- M. Visveshwarya (KCIE), Civil engineer, Bharat Ratna (1955)
- Raja Ramanna, Nuclear scientist, Padma Vibhushan (1975)
- Rajagopala Chidambaram, Nuclear scientist, Padma Vibhushan (1999)
- E. C. George Sudarshan, Theoretical physicist, Dirac Prize (2010), Padma Vibhushan (2007)
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar (FACS), Padma Vibhushan (1963)
- K. S. Krishnan, Physicist, Co-discoverer of Raman scattering, Padma Bhushan (1954)
- Gunamudian David Boaz, 1st Indian Psychologist (1943)
- Vilayanur S. Ramachandran (FRCP), Cognitive neuroscientist, Ariëns Kappers Medal (1999)
- Eric Prabhakar, Olympian, 1st Indian recipient of Rhodes Scholarship
- Tanjore R. Anantharaman, Materials scientist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1967)
- Vasanthy Arasaratnam, Biochemist, Vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna (2011-Present)
- Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan, Plant pathologist and Padma Bhushan (1974) awardee
- Arunachala Sreenivasan, Nutritional scientist and Padma Bhushan awardee
- Srinivasan Varadarajan, Chemist and Padma Bhushan awardee
Pioneers and innovators
- Verghese Kurien, Father of White Revolution in India, Padma Vibhushan (1999)
- M. S. Swaminathan, Father of Green Revolution in India, Padma Vibhushan (1989)
- S. R. Ranganathan, Father of Library and information science, Padma Shri (1957)
- Raj Reddy, one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence systems, Padma Bhushan (2001), Turing Award (1994)
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan, pioneer work on Excimer laser at IBM Research, National Medal of Technology (2011)
Economists and business
- Kakkadan Nandanath Raj, one of the architects of the Five-Year Plans of India, Padma Vibhushan (2000)
- Raja Chelliah, Founding chairman of the Madras School of Economics, Padma Vibhushan (2007)
- C. K. Prahalad, Prominent business thinker, Padma Bhushan (2009)
- Prathap C. Reddy, Founder, Apollo Hospitals, Padma Vibhushan (2010)
- Ram Shriram, Founding board member of Google Inc.
- Indra Nooyi, Chairman, Pepsi Co., Padma Bhushan (2007)
- Srikanth Balachandran, Global CFO, Bharti Airtel
- Suresh Krishna, TVS Group, Padma Shri (2006)
- Kalanithi Maran, Founder and chairman of Sun Group
- Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao, Founder of Amrutanjan Healthcare and Andhra Patrika
- Usha Ananthasubramanian, Chairman and managing director of the Bhartiya Mahila Bank
- Mahesh Amalean, Engineer and industrialist, Deshamanya (2005)
Humanities, arts, and social sciences
- M.G. Ramachandran, Film actor and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Bharat Ratna (1988)
- Gemini Ganesan, Tamil film actor, Padma Shri (1971)
- K. A. Nilakanta Sastri, Historian and author, Padma Bhushan (1957)
- Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Hindi poet and writer, Jnanpith Award (1978), Sahitya Akademi Award (1964)
- M. Govinda Pai, Kannada poet and writer, Rashtrakavi (1949)
- Sarvepalli Gopal, Indian historian, Padma Vibhushan (1999)
- Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu poet and lyricist, Sahitya Akademi Award (1972)
- Mani Ratnam, Film director, screenwriter and producer, Padma Shri (2002)
- Sashi Kumar, Journalist and film director, Founder, Asianet
- Mahesh Babu, Telugu film actor, Filmfare Awards South (3), Nandi Awards (7)
- David Davidar, Author and publisher, Former CEO of Penguin Group
- R. S. Subbalakshmi, Social reformer and educationist, Kaisar-i-Hind Medal (1920), Padma Shri (1958)
- V. Venkayya, Chief epigraphist, Government of India (1908–1912)
- K. C. S. Paniker, Abstract painter, Lalit Kala Akademi Ratna (1976)
- Vanamali, Telugu poet and lyricist, Ph.D. in Telugu literature
- Madhavan Ayyappath, poet and writer
Sports and games
- Viswanathan Anand, Chess Grandmaster and former World Chess Champion, Padma Vibhushan (2007)
- Vijay Amritraj, Tennis player and sports commentator, UN Messengers of Peace (2001), Padma Shri (1983)
- Ramanathan Krishnan, Tennis player, Arjuna award (1961), Padma Bhushan (1967)
Others
- Siva Shankar Baba
- A. P. Balachandran
- A.V. Balakrishnan
- Bapu
- P. Gururaja Bhat
- Pallathadka Keshava Bhat
- Virendranath Chattopadhyaya
- Chinmayananda Saraswati
- Chunkath Joseph Varkey
- Aswath Damodaran
- Sudi Devanesen
- Methil Devika
- Ian Ernest
- Michael Fernandes
- Anthony Leocadia Fletcher
- C.K. Gandhirajan
- Ramanathan Gnanadesikan
- Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta
- Randor Guy
- Lakshmi Holmström
- M. Yousuff Hussaini
- I. C. Chacko
- Cherakarottu Korula Jacob
- Alangar Jayagovind
- Jagath Jayasuriya
- L. S. Kandasamy
- C. Kesavan
- Sundeep Kishan
- Kuppuswamy Kalyanasundaram
- A. D. Loganathan
- A. Sreedhara Menon
- Ram Mohan
- A. C. Muthiah
- Sameer Nair
- K.K. Nayar
- Prabhakaran Paleri
- Joseph C. Panjikaran
- P. J. Thomas, Parakunnel
- Joseph Parecattil
- Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai
- W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar
- PeeVee
- A. Sivathanu Pillai
- N. U. Prabhu
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu
- A. Sreekar Prasad
- R. Neelakantan
- R. Radhakrishnan
- Bellary Raghava
- R. K. Raghavan
- P. V. Rajaraman
- N. Ram
- K. R. Ramanathan
- K. P. Ratnam
- Y. Venugopal Reddy
- Joshua Russell Chandran
- Palagummi Sainath
- B. A. Saletore
- Uma Sambanthan
- Ratnasothy Saravanamuttu
- C. S. Seshadri
- Shiva Rajkumar
- M. J. Rabi Singh
- Molly Easo Smith
- C. G. Somiah
- Raman Sukumar
- M. A. Sumanthiran
- C. Sylendra Babu
- Purna Chandra Thapa
- Lily Thomas
- Typist Gopu
- Carlos G. Vallés
- Alarmel Valli
- T. G. Venkatraman
- Ravindra Wijegunaratne
References
- ↑ "After earning a master’s degree in physics at Presidency College, University of Madras, in 1907, Raman became an accountant in the finance department of the Indian government." http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/490449/Sir-Chandrasekhara-Venkata-Raman
- ↑ "Chandra studied at Presidency College, University of Madras, and he wrote his first research paper", http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Chandrasekhar.html
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