This is a list of people associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Excluded are those people whose only connection with JNU is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

Alumni

Arts

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) MA, MPhil (Centre for Indian Languages, School of Languages) Film story, Screenplay, Dialogue writer, Author [I am Kalam; Sahib Biwi aur Gangster; Paan Singh Tomar; Urmi, Main Aur Pradhan Mantri]
P. Jaya Kumar MA (Arts and Aesthetics) Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Author [1]
Srijit Mukherji Bengali film director [2]
Swara Bhaskar MA (Sociology) Bollywood actress [3]
Archishman Sarker MA (Arts and Aesthetics), MPhil (Art History) Indian art historian [4][5]
Shaunak Sen PhD (Arts and Aesthetics) Indian filmmaker, winner of Golden Eye award [6]
B. V. Nandini Reddy 1994 International Politics Telugu Film Director

Politics and Law

Heads of State and Government

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Baburam Bhattarai 1986 PhD in Urban Planning 36th Prime Minister of Nepal [7]
Ali Zeidan 24th Prime Minister of Libya [8][9]

Others

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Abdul Sattar Murad 1976 Minister of Economy, Afghanistan [10]
Ajit Seth M.Phil 30th Cabinet Secretary of India [11][12]
Amitabh Kant MA CEO of NITI Aayog [13]
Amitabh Rajan MA (History); PhD (Sociology) Home Secretary of Maharashtra,

Chairman of Reserve Bank of India Services Board

[14]
Arvind Gupta PhD (School of International Studies) Deputy National Security Advisor of India [15]
Ashok Tanwar Former President of Indian Youth Congress
Aishe Ghosh MA, M.Phil Student Activist
Muhammed Muhsin PhD in Social Work Politician Communist Party of India, MLA - Kerala Legislative Assembly
Dipsita Dhar Student Activist
Chandan Kumar Master in Computer Science Student Activist
Gurjit Singh
Lê Lương Minh 13th Secretary General of ASEAN [16]
Jyotindra Dixit PhD (School of International Studies)[17] 2nd National Security Adviser [17]
Nirmala Sitharaman 1984 MA (Economics); M.Phil. Former Defense Minister of India

Finance Minister, India

[18]
Palagummi Sainath Renowned journalist, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate
Prakash Karat M.Phil & PhD Former General Secretary of Communist Party of India Marxist
Ranjit Nayak MA (Sociology) World Bank's Chief for Kosovo

Chief Adviser of Macedonia on International & EU affairs

Shehla Rashid MA (Sociology) student activist [19]
Sitaram Yechury General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist) [20]
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar MA (Political Science); M.Phil. & PhD in International Relations IFS Officer, 30th Foreign Secretary of India

Minister of External Affairs

[21][22]
Syed Ibrahim MA 24th Director of Intelligence Bureau
Venu Rajamony MA in International Relations IFS Officer. Former Press Secretary to President of India
Former Indian Ambassador to Netherlands. 		[23][24]

Humanities and Social Sciences

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Abhijit Banerjee 1983 MA in Economics Nobel laureate and Ford Foundation Professor at MIT [25][26][27]
Anant Kumar 1990 BA in German Award-winning German Writer in Kassel and Resident Writer of Royal City Gotha [28]
David Vumlallian Zou MA; M.Phil. historian
Muzaffar Alam 1977 George V. Bobrinsky Professor of History at University of Chicago [29]
Sanjoy Bhattacharya MA historian [30]

Military and police

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
R. Hari Kumar Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy [31]
Anjana Sinha Master of Arts Director of National Industrial Security Academy
Soumen Mitra MPhill Police Commissioner of Kolkata [32]

Science and Technology

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Alok Bhattacharya 1976 PhD Parasitologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [33]
Apurva Sarin Cell biologist, N-Bios laureate [34]
Arun Kumar Shukla structural biologist, N-Bios laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [35]
Gaiti Hasan 1980 MPhil microbiologist [36]
Seyed E. Hasnain 1980 PhD biologist [37]
Srinivasan Ramachandran bioinformatician, N-Bios laureate [38]
Suman Kumar Dhar Molecular biologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [39]
Somdatta Sinha 1982 PhD Biologist [40]

Others

Faculty

See also: Category:Academic staff of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Name Affiliation Notability References
Anvita Abbi Professor of Linguistics [44][45]
Ayesha Kidwai Professor of Linguistics theoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient
Balaji Prakash biochemist, N-Bios laureate [46]
Birendra Nath Mallick, Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [47]
Brahm Shanker Srivastava, microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [48]
Deepak Kumar Professor of Physics between 1988 and 2016 physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [49]
Franson Manjali Professor of linguistics.
Joy Pachuau Professor of Historical studies historian [50]
Kapil Kapoor Professor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study [citation needed]
Kavita Singh Professor of Art History between 2001 and 2023 [51]
Mahendra P. Lama Professor, JNU vice chancellor of Sikkim University [52][53]
Makarand Paranjape Professor of English between 1999 and 2018 author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study [54][55]
Muchkund Dubey Former Professor of International Relations 17th Foreign Secretary of India
Nivedita Menon Professor of Political thought [56]
Pius Malekandathil Former Professor of History Historian and author
Prabhat Patnaik Former Professor of Economics
Pratiksha Baxi
Pushpesh Pant Professor of International relations food critic and writer [57]
Raja Mohan [58]
Robert L. Holmes philosopher
Sanjay Puri held various positions since 1987 Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate [59]
Syed Iqbal Hasnain glaciologist, writer, and climate change activist
Gopal Guru Professor of Political Studies, Editor of Economic and Political Weekly He received Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contribution to Development Studies for 2013–14
Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya Professor of Political Studies Political Scientist
Zoya Hassan Professor of Political Studies Member of the National Commission for Minorities from 2006 to 2009, Political Scientist
Ajay Gudavarthy Professor of Political Studies

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