This is a list of notable alumni of BITS Pilani and its predecessors Birla College of Engineering etc. [1]
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Sanjay Mehrotra | Co-founder of SanDisk, CEO of Micron Technology | 1974-1976 | Pilani |
Preetish Nijhawan | Co-founder of Akamai Technologies | 1985–1989 | Pilani |
Baba Kalyani [2] | Billionaire, Chairman of Bharat Forge | 1965–1970 | Pilani |
Sabeer Bhatia | Founder of Hotmail | 1986–1988 | Pilani |
Gulu Mirchandani | Founder and Chairman of Onida Group | Pilani | |
Alagu Periyannan | Co-founder of BlueJeans | 1985–1989 | Pilani |
Bill Malhotra | Founder of Claridge Homes | 1966-1971 | Pilani |
Vinod Agarwal | Founder and chairman of SemIndia; founder and former Chairman of LogicVision | 1968–1973 | Pilani |
Vijay Chandru | Co-founder and CEO, Strand Life Sciences; Inventor of Simputer | 1971–1975 [3] | Pilani |
Rajiv Bapna | Founder and Director of Amkette, a storage media company | 1969–1974 | Pilani |
Surendra Kumar Surana | Founder and Managing Director of Compucom Software Ltd and Editor in Chief at Jan TV | 1981–1985 | Pilani |
Sriharsha Majety | Co-founder and CEO of Swiggy | 2003–2008 | Pilani |
Nandan Reddy | Co-founder of Swiggy | 2005–2010 | Pilani |
Abhinav Asthana | Co-founder of Postman API | 2006–2010 | Goa |
Abhijit Kane | Co-founder of Postman API | 2008–2013 | Hyderabad |
Kaushik Mukherjee | Co-founder of Sugar Cosmetics | 2000–2004 | Pilani |
Hari Menon | Co-founder, CEO of BigBasket | 1979–1983 | Pilani |
Richa Kar | Co-founder of Zivame | 2002–2007 | Pilani |
Ishan Bansal | Co-founder of Groww | 2005–2009 | |
Shubh Malhotra | Co-founder of Mobile Premier League | 2005–2009 | Goa |
Narendra Khatri | Co-founder of Insubuy | 1991-1995 | Pilani |
Bhuvan Gupta | Co-founder of OfBusiness | 1996–2000 | Pilani |
Phanindra Sama | Co-founder of RedBus | 1998–2002 | Pilani |
Shivkumar Ganesan | Co-founder of Exotel | 2000–2004 | Pilani |
Abhishek Nayak | Co-founder of Appsmith | 2005–2010 | |
Srivatsan Chari | Co-founder of ClearTax | 2004–2008 | Dubai |
Abhinay Peddisetty | Co-founder of BukuWarang | Pilani |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Revathi Advaithi | CEO of Flex | 1986–1990 |
Amitabh Chaudhry | CEO of Axis Bank | 1981-1985 |
Rakesh Kapoor | ex-CEO of Reckitt Benckiser | 1975–1980 |
Sunil Duggal | ex-CEO of Dabur | 1974–1979 |
Vivek Paul | ex-CEO of Wipro Technologies; Consulting Professor at Stanford University | |
SK Roongta | ex-Chairman of Steel Authority of India | 1966–1971 |
Kiran Deshpande | ex-CEO of Tech Mahindra | |
Sampath Manickam | CTO - Technology Infrastructure of National Stock Exchange of India | 1999-2002 |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Goverdhan Mehta | Padma Shri Awardee, Fellow of the Royal Society, ex-Director of IISc Bangalore, ex-Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad | –1963 [4] |
Dorairajan Balasubramanian | Former President of Indian Academy of Sciences and Director of Research at L. V. Prasad Eye Institute; recipient of the National Order of Merit (France) and Padma Shri. | 1957–1959 [5] |
S. P. Kothari | Padma Shri Awardee, Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management | 1974–1979 |
Krishna Saraswat | Electrical Engineering Professor at Stanford University | 1963–1968 |
Milind Tambe | Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University | –1986 |
Autar Kaw | Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida | 1976–1981 |
Arun Sharma | Distinguished emeritus professor, Queensland University of Technology | 2008 |
G. Ravindra Kumar [6] [7] | Senior professor - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | 1977–1983 |
Ravi Gomatam | Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute (Berkeley and Mumbai) [8] | |
Narendra Ahuja | Founding Director of IIIT Hyderabad (1999–2002) | 1968–1972 |
Arun K. Somani | Department Chair, Senior Associate Dean in Engineering, Iowa State University | 2003–2010, 2013–present (as of 2023 [update]) |
Govindan Rangarajan | Director & Professor Dept. of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 1980–1985 |
Seshadri Vasan | First Rhodes Scholar alumnus, COVID-19 scientist, Honorary Professor, University of York | 1991–1996 |
T. N. Vijaykumar | Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University | 1990 |
Ravindra Dastikop | Educator and speaker on Cloud Computing |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Prithviraj Chavan [9] | Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra; former Union Minister for Science and Technology, Govt. of India | 1963–1967 |
Ramesh Ramanathan [10] | Social entrepreneur; co-founder of Janaagraha |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Mani Shankar | Film director | –1978 [11] [12] |
Anu Hasan | Actress, Tamil/Telugu movies, TV show host | 1988–1993 [13] [11] |
Baradwaj Rangan | Film critic and writer | 1988–1992 [13] |
Kanika | Former Actress, Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada/Telugu films, TV show host | 1999-2003 |
Anu Menon | Film director and screenwriter | [14] |
Sandeep A. Varma | Award-winning Film Director and Writer | |
Idlebrain Jeevi | Film critic and entrepreneur | 1991-1995 |
Siva Ananth | Film writer, producer, lyricist, director and actor | 1991-1995 [15] |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
B. Sandhya | Police officer and author | |
Dilip D'Souza | Writer of social causes | 1976–1981 |
Shashi Warrier | Writer of fiction | |
Vikram Sampath | Writer of historical non-fiction | |
Umesh Prasad | Journalist and Editor | |
Hartosh Singh Bal | Journalist and Editor | |
Padmini Chettur | Dancer | 1987–1991 |
Dushyanth Sridhar | Noted scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil on ancient Hindu scriptures | 2004–2009 |
Gaurav Chaudhary | Tech Vlogger | |
Harish Sivaramakrishnan | Lead vocalist of Carnatic progressive rock band Agam | 1998–2002 |
Adarsh Iyengar | Indian Singer and Musician |
This is a list of notable alumni of BITS Pilani and its predecessors Birla College of Engineering etc. [1]
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS | Campus |
---|---|---|---|
Sanjay Mehrotra | Co-founder of SanDisk, CEO of Micron Technology | 1974-1976 | Pilani |
Preetish Nijhawan | Co-founder of Akamai Technologies | 1985–1989 | Pilani |
Baba Kalyani [2] | Billionaire, Chairman of Bharat Forge | 1965–1970 | Pilani |
Sabeer Bhatia | Founder of Hotmail | 1986–1988 | Pilani |
Gulu Mirchandani | Founder and Chairman of Onida Group | Pilani | |
Alagu Periyannan | Co-founder of BlueJeans | 1985–1989 | Pilani |
Bill Malhotra | Founder of Claridge Homes | 1966-1971 | Pilani |
Vinod Agarwal | Founder and chairman of SemIndia; founder and former Chairman of LogicVision | 1968–1973 | Pilani |
Vijay Chandru | Co-founder and CEO, Strand Life Sciences; Inventor of Simputer | 1971–1975 [3] | Pilani |
Rajiv Bapna | Founder and Director of Amkette, a storage media company | 1969–1974 | Pilani |
Surendra Kumar Surana | Founder and Managing Director of Compucom Software Ltd and Editor in Chief at Jan TV | 1981–1985 | Pilani |
Sriharsha Majety | Co-founder and CEO of Swiggy | 2003–2008 | Pilani |
Nandan Reddy | Co-founder of Swiggy | 2005–2010 | Pilani |
Abhinav Asthana | Co-founder of Postman API | 2006–2010 | Goa |
Abhijit Kane | Co-founder of Postman API | 2008–2013 | Hyderabad |
Kaushik Mukherjee | Co-founder of Sugar Cosmetics | 2000–2004 | Pilani |
Hari Menon | Co-founder, CEO of BigBasket | 1979–1983 | Pilani |
Richa Kar | Co-founder of Zivame | 2002–2007 | Pilani |
Ishan Bansal | Co-founder of Groww | 2005–2009 | |
Shubh Malhotra | Co-founder of Mobile Premier League | 2005–2009 | Goa |
Narendra Khatri | Co-founder of Insubuy | 1991-1995 | Pilani |
Bhuvan Gupta | Co-founder of OfBusiness | 1996–2000 | Pilani |
Phanindra Sama | Co-founder of RedBus | 1998–2002 | Pilani |
Shivkumar Ganesan | Co-founder of Exotel | 2000–2004 | Pilani |
Abhishek Nayak | Co-founder of Appsmith | 2005–2010 | |
Srivatsan Chari | Co-founder of ClearTax | 2004–2008 | Dubai |
Abhinay Peddisetty | Co-founder of BukuWarang | Pilani |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Revathi Advaithi | CEO of Flex | 1986–1990 |
Amitabh Chaudhry | CEO of Axis Bank | 1981-1985 |
Rakesh Kapoor | ex-CEO of Reckitt Benckiser | 1975–1980 |
Sunil Duggal | ex-CEO of Dabur | 1974–1979 |
Vivek Paul | ex-CEO of Wipro Technologies; Consulting Professor at Stanford University | |
SK Roongta | ex-Chairman of Steel Authority of India | 1966–1971 |
Kiran Deshpande | ex-CEO of Tech Mahindra | |
Sampath Manickam | CTO - Technology Infrastructure of National Stock Exchange of India | 1999-2002 |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Goverdhan Mehta | Padma Shri Awardee, Fellow of the Royal Society, ex-Director of IISc Bangalore, ex-Vice Chancellor of University of Hyderabad | –1963 [4] |
Dorairajan Balasubramanian | Former President of Indian Academy of Sciences and Director of Research at L. V. Prasad Eye Institute; recipient of the National Order of Merit (France) and Padma Shri. | 1957–1959 [5] |
S. P. Kothari | Padma Shri Awardee, Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management | 1974–1979 |
Krishna Saraswat | Electrical Engineering Professor at Stanford University | 1963–1968 |
Milind Tambe | Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University | –1986 |
Autar Kaw | Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida | 1976–1981 |
Arun Sharma | Distinguished emeritus professor, Queensland University of Technology | 2008 |
G. Ravindra Kumar [6] [7] | Senior professor - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | 1977–1983 |
Ravi Gomatam | Director of Bhaktivedanta Institute (Berkeley and Mumbai) [8] | |
Narendra Ahuja | Founding Director of IIIT Hyderabad (1999–2002) | 1968–1972 |
Arun K. Somani | Department Chair, Senior Associate Dean in Engineering, Iowa State University | 2003–2010, 2013–present (as of 2023 [update]) |
Govindan Rangarajan | Director & Professor Dept. of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 1980–1985 |
Seshadri Vasan | First Rhodes Scholar alumnus, COVID-19 scientist, Honorary Professor, University of York | 1991–1996 |
T. N. Vijaykumar | Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University | 1990 |
Ravindra Dastikop | Educator and speaker on Cloud Computing |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Prithviraj Chavan [9] | Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra; former Union Minister for Science and Technology, Govt. of India | 1963–1967 |
Ramesh Ramanathan [10] | Social entrepreneur; co-founder of Janaagraha |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
Mani Shankar | Film director | –1978 [11] [12] |
Anu Hasan | Actress, Tamil/Telugu movies, TV show host | 1988–1993 [13] [11] |
Baradwaj Rangan | Film critic and writer | 1988–1992 [13] |
Kanika | Former Actress, Malayalam/Tamil/Kannada/Telugu films, TV show host | 1999-2003 |
Anu Menon | Film director and screenwriter | [14] |
Sandeep A. Varma | Award-winning Film Director and Writer | |
Idlebrain Jeevi | Film critic and entrepreneur | 1991-1995 |
Siva Ananth | Film writer, producer, lyricist, director and actor | 1991-1995 [15] |
Name | Achievement | Year of Attendance at BITS |
---|---|---|
B. Sandhya | Police officer and author | |
Dilip D'Souza | Writer of social causes | 1976–1981 |
Shashi Warrier | Writer of fiction | |
Vikram Sampath | Writer of historical non-fiction | |
Umesh Prasad | Journalist and Editor | |
Hartosh Singh Bal | Journalist and Editor | |
Padmini Chettur | Dancer | 1987–1991 |
Dushyanth Sridhar | Noted scholar in Sanskrit and Tamil on ancient Hindu scriptures | 2004–2009 |
Gaurav Chaudhary | Tech Vlogger | |
Harish Sivaramakrishnan | Lead vocalist of Carnatic progressive rock band Agam | 1998–2002 |
Adarsh Iyengar | Indian Singer and Musician |