List of Panjab University people

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This is a '''list of people affiliated with the [[Panjab University]]'''. The list excludes people whose only connection with Panjab University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

== Faculty ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Affiliation
!Notability
!References
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|[[B. N. Goswamy]]
|Professor of Art History
|art historian known for his study of Indian miniature paintings
|<ref name="Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA413&lpg=PA413&dq=Prof.+Brijinder+Nath+Goswamy#v=onepage&q=Prof.%20Brijinder%20Nath%20Goswamy&f=false|title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M|author=Kartik Chandra Dutt|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|year=1999|isbn=9788126008735|location=|pages=413 of 1490|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref>
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|[[Bidyendu Mohan Deb]]
|Professor of theoretical chemistry between 1984 and 2004
|theoretical chemist, chemical physicist and a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata]]
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|[[Kewal Krishan (forensic anthropologist)]]
|Professor and former Chair of the Department of [[Anthropology]]
|An [[academic]] known for contributions to [[forensic anthropology]] in India
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== Alumni ==

=== Arts and literature ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Ayushmann Khurrana]]
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|actor and singer
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|[[Babbu Maan]]
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|Indian Punjabi singer and poet
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|[[Gul Panag]]
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|actress and model
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulpanag.net/about_gul_panag.php|title=About Gul Panag|publisher=gulpanag.net|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704210017/http://www.gulpanag.net/about_gul_panag.php|archivedate=4 July 2010|url-status=dead|accessdate=26 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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|[[Irshad Kamil]]
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|noted Bollywood lyricist, poet and winner of Filmfare and IIFA Awards.
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|[[Jaspal Bhatti]]
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|Satirist and TV personality
|<ref name="alumni">{{cite web|url=http://alumni.puchd.ac.in/distinguished-alumni.php|title=Distinguished Alumni|publisher=Department of Alumni Relations, Panjab University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302172750/http://alumni.puchd.ac.in/distinguished-alumni.php|archive-date=2018-03-02|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-05-13}}</ref>
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|[[Kapil Sharma (comedian)|Kapil Sharma]]
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|Indian Comedian
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Mahie Gill]]
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|an actress who appears in [[Bollywood|Hindi]] films and [[Punjabi cinema|Punjabi]] films.
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|[[Mukesh Gautam]]
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|Punjabi cinema director
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|[[Nuruddin Farah]]
|1970
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|Somali novelist
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|[[Satinder Sartaaj]]
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|Indian Punjabi singer and poet<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Shilpa Anand]]
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|model
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|[[Sunil Grover]]
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|Comedian
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|[[Anupam Kher]]
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|Actor
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=== Business ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[F. C. Kohli]]
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|first CEO of TCS. Considered as ''Father of Indian Software Industry''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/businessweek|title=Businessweek|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref>
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|[[Pratip Chaudhuri]]
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|1974
|UBS
|Chairman of the [[State Bank of India]]
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|[[Sandeep Bakhshi]]
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|[[Punjab Engineering College|Punjab Engineering]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|MD & CEO, [[ICICI Bank]]
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|[[Steve Sanghi]]
|1975
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|[[Punjab Engineering College|Punjab Engineering]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|CEO of [[Microchip Technology]]
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|[[Sunil Bharti Mittal]]
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|Founder, chairman and Group CEO of [[Bharti Enterprises]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airtel.in/wps/wcm/connect/about+bharti+airtel/Bharti+Airtel/Investor+Relations/Company+Profile/Organization+Structure/PG_Management_Profile_Sunil%20Bharti%20Mittal|title=Alumni-Sunil Mittal|publisher=Bharti Airtel}}</ref>
|}
=== Humanities and social sciences ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Harjinder Singh Dilgeer]]
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|National Professor of Sikh History, an authority on Sikh history, philosophy and scriptures, writer of 60 books
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|[[Kavita Singh (scholar)|Kavita Singh]]
|1996
|PhD
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|Professor and Infosys Prize winner
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2018/kavita-singh.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. Kavita Singh|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|access-date=2019-10-04}}</ref>
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|[[Romila Thapar]]
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|prominent Historian
|<ref name="alumni" />
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=== Military ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Vikram Batra]]
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|B.Sc.
|[[DAV College, Chandigarh|DAV]]
|war hero and [[Param Vir Chakra]] awardee
|<ref name="tribuneindia">{{Cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/-yaaro-ka-yaar-capt-vikram-batra-remembered-by-family-teachers-friends/111522.html|title='Yaaro ka yaar' Capt Vikram Batra remembered by family, teachers, friends|last=Kapur|first=Aarti|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=1 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100916/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/-yaaro-ka-yaar-capt-vikram-batra-remembered-by-family-teachers-friends/111522.html|archive-date=2017-10-24|url-status=live|date=26 July 2015}}</ref>
|}

=== Politics and law ===

==== Heads of state and government ====
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Baburam Bhattarai]]
|1977
|B. Arch.
|[[Chandigarh College of Architecture]]
|36th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]
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|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|1952; 1954
|BA (Economics); MA (Economics)
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|13th [[Prime Minister of India]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economics.puchd.ac.in/|title=About Department of Economics|publisher=Economics Department, Panjab University}}</ref>
|}

==== Other politicians, civil servants, and lawyers ====
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Amit Rawal]]
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|LLB
|Department of Laws
|[[Judge]] of [[Kerala High Court]]
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|[[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]]
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|former [[Chief Minister of Haryana]]
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Dalvir Singh Khangura]]
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|[[Deepak Anand]]
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|M.B.A
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|Canada Politician
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|[[Jagdish Singh Khehar]]
|1977; 1979
|LLB; LLM
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|44th [[Chief Justice of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/justice-jagdish-singh-khehar-sworn-in-as-the-chief-justice-of-india-117010400161_1.html|title=Jagdish Singh Khehar 1st Sikh to be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of India|last=Team|first=BS Web|date=2017-01-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref>
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|[[Jai Ram Thakur]]
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|Chief minister of [[Himachal Pradesh]]
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|[[Kiran Bedi]],
|1970
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|first woman IPS Officer
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Krishan Kant Paul]],
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|former [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] who is current governor of [[Uttrakhand]] and former governor of [[Meghalaya]];executive director of UN Women
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|[[Lakshmi Puri|Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri]]
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|M.A.
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|India's Ambassador to [[Hungary]] (with accreditation to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]), 1999{{ndash}}2002; [[United Nations|UN]] Director of [[UN-OHRLLS]], 2009{{ndash}}2011; [[Assistant Secretary-General]] for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships at [[UN Women]], 2011 until her retirement.
|<ref name="ohrlls">{{Cite web|title=Ms Lakshmi Puri appointed UN-OHRLLS director|url=http://unohrlls.org/news/ms-lakshmi-puri-appointed-un-ohrlls-director/|access-date=2020-06-23|website=UN-OHRLLS|language=en}}</ref><ref name="equal">{{cite web |last1=Heroica Foundation |title=Lakshmi Puri: Equal Means Equal |url=https://equalmeansequal.com/lakshmi-puri/ |website=EqualMeansEqual.com |access-date=18 August 2021 |date=7 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="UN-SG UN Women">{{cite web|last1=UN Department of Public Information - News and Media Division, New York|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1283.doc.htm|title=Secretary-General Appoints Lakshmi Puri of India Assistant Secretary-General for Intergovernmental Support and Strategic Partnerships, UN Women |date=11 March 2011|archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308194014/https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1283.doc.htm |publisher=[[United Nations]]|access-date=16 March 2012 |id=Secretary-General Press Press Doc ID: SG/A/1283 BIO/4274 WOM/1857 }}</ref>
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|[[Mehr Chand Mahajan]]
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|Third [[Chief Justice of India]] and former Prime Minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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|[[Rajiv Pratap Rudy]]
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|former Union minister
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/made-in-chandigarh-panjab-university-groomed-me-for-politics-says-mla-rajiv-pratap-rudy/story-gKqy1iEgyzGLSH6CGXzPjN.html|title=Made in Chandigarh: Panjab University groomed me for politics, says MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy|date=2018-06-22}}</ref>
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||[[Selja Kumari]]
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|MP/[[Union Minister]]
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Sherub Gyeltshen]]
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|BA
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|Member of the [[National Assembly of Bhutan]] and [[Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs (Bhutan)|Minister for Home and Cultural Affairs]]
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|[[Subodh Kumar Jaiswal]]
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|M.B.A
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|CBI Director
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|[[Sukhbir Singh Badal]]
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|[[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]]
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]]
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|Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab, India
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|[[Sunil Arora]]
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|[[IAS officer]] and [[Election Commissioner of India]]
|<ref name=":Uni S Arora">{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/ec-sa.aspx|title=Election Commissioner - Shri Sunil Arora|website=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date=September 30, 2017}}</ref>
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|[[Sushma Swaraj]]
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|Minister of Foreign Affairs
|<ref name="alumni" />
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|[[Swatanter Kumar]]
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|former Judge, [[Supreme Court of India]]
|<ref name="alumni" />

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|[[William Gitau]]
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|B.Com.
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|1st Governor of the [[Kiambu County]]
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=== Science and technology ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Ajay K. Sood|Ajay Kumar Sood]]
|1971; 1972
|BSc; MSc
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|[[Atul Gurtu]]
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|[[High energy physics|high energy]] [[physicist]]
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|[[G. V. R. Prasad]]
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|paleontologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
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|[[K. K. Aggarwal]]
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|engineer, professor and eminent IT expert
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centumu.edu.in/node/92&format=light|title=Prof. K. K. Aggarwal|work=centumu.edu.in|accessdate=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806172815/http://www.centumu.edu.in/node/92%26format%3Dlight|archive-date=6 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|[[Kalpana Chawla]]
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|BE
|[[Punjab Engineering College|Punjab Engineering]]<ref group="note" name=":0">The [[Punjab Engineering College]] was affiliated to the Panjab University between 1953 and 2003.</ref>
|NASA Astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muraleedharan.tripod.com/legends_kalpanachawla.html|title=Alumni-Kalpana Chawla|publisher=Tripod.com}}</ref>
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|[[Manohar Lal Munjal]]
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|[[acoustical]] engineer, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
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|[[Narinder Kumar Mehra]]
|1969
|B.Sc.
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|immunologist
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|[[Radhe Mohan]]
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|scientist, former Chairman of Medical Physics at the [[University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.mdanderson.org/radhe_mohan/|title=Radhe Mohan - MD Anderson Cancer Center|website=faculty.mdanderson.org|accessdate=24 October 2017}}</ref>
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|[[Rajinder Kumar (chemical engineer)|Rajinder Kumar]]
|1954
|B.Sc.
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|chemical engineer, former professor at the [[Indian Institute of Science]]; [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
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|[[Ranbir Chander Sobti]]
|1969; 1970; 1974
|B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D.
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|Cell biologist and [[Padma Shri]] awardee
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|[[Sampat Kumar Tandon]]
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|geologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
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|[[Sardul Singh Guraya]]
|1954; 1956; 1959
|B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D.
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|developmental biologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient
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|[[Sunil Saigal]]
|1978
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|[[Punjab Engineering College|Punjab Engineering]]<ref name=":0" group="note" />
|professor and a former dean of the Newark College of Engineering at [[New Jersey Institute of Technology|NJIT]]
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|[[Satinder Vir Kessar]]
|1953
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|organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
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|[[Veena Tandon]]
|1967; 1968; 1972
|B.Sc.; M.Sc.; Ph.D.
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|parasitologist and [[Padma Shri]] recipient
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|[[Har Gobind Khorana]]
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|Biochemist and Nobel laureate
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|[[Abdus Salam]]
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|Theoretical physics and Nobel laureate
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|[[Yash Pal]]
|1949
|M.Sc.
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|scientist and educator
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sac.gov.in/asac-leaders-yashpal.html|title=Space Applications Centre|publisher=sac.gov.in|accessdate=26 June 2011}}</ref>
|}

=== Sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Anjum Moudgil]]
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|[[DAV College, Chandigarh|DAV]]
|shooter
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/im-happy-my-record-can-never-be-broken/articleshow/64007204.cms|title='I'm happy my record can never be broken' {{!}} Chandigarh News - Times of India|last=May 3|first=Arsh Behal {{!}} TNN {{!}} Updated|last2=2018|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-12-15|last3=Ist|first3=10:29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/4-dav-college-10-shooters-all-set-for-world-cup/story-IZazQ95NEabYpnNXKaqKLK.html|title=4 DAV College-10 shooters all set for World Cup|date=2015-08-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref>
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|[[Malaika Goel]]
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|[[DAV College, Chandigarh|DAV]]
|shooter
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|[[Neeraj Chopra]]
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|[[DAV College, Chandigarh|DAV]]
|track and field athlete; olympic games 2021 gold medalist winner in javelin throw, medalist in the Asian and Commonwealth games
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/world-record-holder-neeraj-chopra-gets-army-job-starts-supporting-farmer-father/articleshow/57604623.cms|title=World record holder Neeraj Chopra gets Army job, starts supporting farmer father - Times of India|website=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123162618/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//sports/more-sports/athletics/world-record-holder-neeraj-chopra-gets-army-job-starts-supporting-farmer-father/articleshow/57604623.cms|archive-date=2018-01-23|url-status=live|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref>
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|[[Nripjit Singh Bedi]]
|1958
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|volleyball player
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|[[Ravi Bhardwaj]]
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|MBA
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|basketball player
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/the-big-leap-cager-from-chandigarh-wins-india-colours/story-iwd8cBEcfqMUDNHfSA7ejI.html|title=The big leap: Cager from Chandigarh wins India colours|date=2016-07-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-15}}</ref>
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|[[Yashaswini Singh Deswal]]
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|[[DAV College, Chandigarh|DAV]]
|shooter
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=== Others ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Class
Year
!Degree
!College
!Notability
!References
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|[[Vandana Shiva]]
|1972
|BSc
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|[[environmental activist]]
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|[[Shekhar Gupta]]
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|Renowned Journalist, Founder and Editor-in-chief [[ThePrint]]
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| [[Tarun Tejpal]]
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| founder-editor [[Tehelka]]
| <ref name="bus">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_27/b3739099.htm|title=Tarun Tejpal Editor-in-chief, Tehelka.com|date=2 July 2001|work=Business Week}}</ref>
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|}

== References ==

=== Notes ===
{{Reflist|group=note}}

=== Citations ===
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