Nanda (disambiguation)

Nanda is, among other meanings, an Indian surname and given name, and may refer to:

People

As surname

• Gulzarilal Nanda, former Indian Prime Minister
• Gulshan Nanda (d. 1984), Indian novelist and screenwriter
• Meera Nanda, Indian writer, historian and philosopher of science
• Nikhil Nanda (b. 1974), Indian businessman, Joint Managing Director of Escorts Group
• Ritu Nanda, daughter of Raj Kapoor
• Ravindra Nanda, American orthodontist
• Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda (1915–2009), Indian Navy admiral
• Diwan Rahul Nanda, Global Chairman of TOPSGRUP
• Ashish Nanda, Head director of IIM at Ahmedabad
• Kiranmoy Nanda, politician
• Prashanta Nanda, movie actor from Odisha
• Ravi Nanda, Manager FCI (Hqrs), New Delhi
• CA Jitendriya Kumar Nanda, chartered accountant

As given name

• Nanda (5th-century BC), half-brother of Buddha
• Nanda Bayin, King of Burma (r. 1581–99)
• Nanda (1939 – 2014), Bollywood actress

Other

• Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
• Nanda (mythology) is a character in Hindu mythology. He is foster-father of god Krishna.
• Nanda, Mandalay, Burma
• Nanda or Nandha, a 2001 Tamil film

Besides Indian name

Besides being an Indian name, Nanda may mean the following:

• The abbreviation in Chinese Pinyin of Nanjing University
• Nanda (Indigenous Australians), Indigenous Australian group
• An abbreviation of or nickname for the given name Fernanda
• NANDA, formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, a professional organization of nurses to standardize nursing terminology.