List of Osmania University people

This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

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Subodh Markandeya is a notable alumni of Osmania University

Politics and law

P. V. Narasimha Rao

• Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar, MP from Nanded (graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering)^[1]
• N. Kumarayya, retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
• Subodh Markandeya, Indian Senior Advocate
• Asaduddin Owaisi, politician, Member of Parliament of India
• Shivraj Patil, former Union Home Minister (2004–2008); former Speaker of the Indian Parliament
• Syed Mahmood Quadri, Judge, Supreme Court of India
• Muralidhar Rao, Bharathiya Janata Party Member; All India General Secretary; BJP Incharge, Tamil Nadu
• P. V. Narasimha Rao, scholar, statesman and former Prime Minister of India^[2]
• Jaipal Reddy, member of Parliament
• Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh^[3]
• Sonavane Keshavrao Sitaram, former Co-Operative Minister of Maharashtra State
• Madhu Yaskhi, member of Parliament; New York attorney

Business

• Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra Beer; Member of the House of Lords; seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (Bachelor of Commerce, 1981)^[4]
• G. V. K. Reddy, GVK Group Chairman^[5]
• Sanjiv Sidhu, Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies
• Surjit Rajpal, Chief Risk Officer, BMO Financial Group^[6]

Humanities and social science

• Muhammad Hamidullah, scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946)^[7]
• Mahe Jabeen, social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award
• Masud Husain Khan (1919-2010), linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university
• Makhdoom Mohiuddin, Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu

Rakesh Sharma

Science and engineering

• Manju Bansal, molecular biologist
• Suri Bhagavantam, physicist^[8]
• Shantanu Narayen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Incorporated
• Patcha Ramachandra Rao, metallurgist; 22nd Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University; recipient of the 1985 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Engineering Science
• Garikapati Narahari Sastry, chemist and recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Chemical Science (BSc and MSc)^[9]
• Rakesh Sharma, cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space^[10]
• Raziuddin Siddiqui, Pakistani theoretical physicist

Others

• Mohammed Azharuddin, former Indian Cricket team captain and member of Parliament^[10]
• Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor, works predominantly in Telugu cinema^[10]
• Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University
• Shyam Benegal, director and screenwriter, recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1991^[10]
• Harsha Bhogle, cricket commentator
• Diana Hayden, former Miss World and actress
• Kancha Ilaiah, Dalit scholar
• Santosh Kumar, Pakistani film actor
• K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University; member of Union Public Service Commission
• G. Ram Reddy, father of Open Learning in India
• George Reddy, student leader
• Yaga Venugopal Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (PhD)^[11]

References

1. "Patil, Shri Bhaskarrao Bapurao". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
2. "P. V. Narasimha Rao – A Profile". Indian PM's official website. Archived from the original on 2009-03-28.
3. "Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy". Office of the Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
4. "Lord Bilimoria appointed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham". Birmingham University. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
5. Hema Ramakrishnan, Deepika Amirapu, (29 December 2009). "GV Krishna Reddy entrepreneur of the year". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
6. http://www.bmo.com/home/about/banking/corporate-information/executive-bios/surjit-rajpal
7. Ekbal, Nikhat (2009). Great Muslims of undivided India. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-8178357560.
8. "Suri Bhagavantam’s birth centenary fete tomorrow". The New Indian Express. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
9. Shoba, V; Singh, Shiv Sahay; Basu, Mihik; Janyala, Sreenivas; Sinha, Amitabh (28 September 2011). "Organisms, objects & ocean are their work". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
10. "Nizam College fete from tomorrow". The Hindu. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
11. Naga Sridhar, G (26 March 2009). "Y.V. Reddy starts new innings". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 31 October 2013.