Panjab University alumni

The list Panjab University alumni includes Gul Panag, Kalpana Chawla, Kirron Kher, Jaspal Bhatti and Gurbachan Singh Randhawa. The list consists of 143 members.

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Panjab University

Public university in Chandigarh, India

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Gul Panag

Indian actor

Overview: Gul Panag (born Gulkirat Kaur Panag, 3 January 1979; Chandigarh, India) is an Indian actress, voice actress, model, and former beauty queen who competed in the Miss Universe pageant. Panag began her career ...

Date of birth: 3 January 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Female models from Chandigarh 9T

Women in Chandigarh politics 7T

Actresses from Chandigarh 19T
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Kirron Kher

Indian actress and TV talk show host

Overview: Kirron Anupam Kher (also Kiran or, Kiron born 14 June 1952) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress, singer, entertainment producer, TV talk show host and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Date of birth: 14 June 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' (152 cm)

Partner: Anupam Kher (Married)

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National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election 24T

17th Lok Sabha members 476T

Special Jury Award (feature film) National Film Award winners 39T
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Kalpana Chawla

American, Astronaut

Overview: Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle ...

Date of birth: 17 March 1962

Date of death: 1 February 2003

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Astronaut

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American commercial aviators 174T

American women astronauts 61T

Women aerospace engineers 33T
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Jaspal Bhatti

Indian actor

Overview: Jaspal Singh Bhatti (3 March 1955 – 25 October 2012) was an Indian television personality known for his satirical take on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for his television series ...

Date of birth: 3 March 1955

Date of death: 25 October 2012

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from Amritsar 9T

20th-century Punjabi male actors 8T

Punjabi male comedians 8T
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Nripjit Singh Bedi

Indian volleyball player and coach

Overview: Nripjit Singh Bedi (commonly known as "Nippy") (born 1 June 1940) was a volleyball player who was a member of the Indian national team and competed in the silver medal-winning effort at the 4th Asian Games ...

Date of birth: 1 June 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Volleyball

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games 267T

Asian Games silver medalists for India 272T

Indian men's volleyball players 29T
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Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

Indian athlete

Overview: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (born 6 June 1939, in Punjab Nangli, Amritsar) is a former Indian athlete who won a gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Male

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Athletes from Amritsar 3T

Athletes from Punjab, India 18T

Sportspeople from Amritsar 17T
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Kiran Bedi

First female Indian Police Service Officer

Overview: Kiran Bedi (born 9 June 1949) is a retired Indian Police Service officer, social activist, former tennis player and politician who is the current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. She is the first female ...

Date of birth: 9 June 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Tennis

Gender: Female

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Members of the National Cadet Corps (India) 8T

Politicians from Amritsar 29T

Writers from Amritsar 22T
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Manmohan Singh

Indian politician

Overview: Manmohan Singh (26 September 1932 – 26 December 2024) was an Indian politician, economist, academic, and bureaucrat, who served as the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was the fourth ...

Date of birth: 26 September 1932

Date of death: 26 December 2024

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Economist

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Punjabi Sikhs 288T

People from Punjab Province (British India) 538T

21st-century prime ministers of India 3T
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Bhisham Sahni

Indian actor

Overview: Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel and television screenplay Tamas ("Darkness, Ignorance"), a powerful and p ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1915

Date of death: 11 July 2003

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Indian Marxist writers 46T

Pakistani male writers 17T

Indian male dramatists and playwrights 304T
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Nuruddin Farah

Somali writer

Overview: Nuruddin Farah (Somali: Nuuradiin Faarax, Arabic: نورالدين فارح‎) (born 24 November 1945) is a Somali novelist. His first novel, From a Crooked Rib, was published in 1970 and has been described as ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: Somali

Occupation: Playwright

Gender: Male

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21st-century male writers 1,614T

20th-century male writers 5,043T

Panjab University, Chandigarh alumni 82T
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Atul Gurtu

scientist

Overview: Atul Gurtu (born 16 January 1946) is a leading high energy physicist in India. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, in 1971, and retired in 2011 as a senior professor, after ...

Date of birth: 16 January 1946

Age: 79

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Physicist

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Indian particle physicists 18T

20th-century Indian physicists 240T

People associated with CERN 488T
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William Kabogo Gitau

on 26th March 2012 he had an interview on citizen tv power breakfast show and he was excellent.

Overview: William Kabogo Gitau is a Kenyan politician. He was the first and former governor of Kiambu County and a member of The National Alliance (TNA), one of the allied parties that merged to form The Jubilee ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1964

Age: 61

Occupation: Politician

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Panjab University, Chandigarh alumni 82T

People from Kiambu County 22T

County Governors of Kenya 41T
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Pyarelal Nayyar

Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi (1899–1982)

Overview: Pyarelal Nayyar (1899–1982) was the personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi in his later years. His sister Dr. Sushila Nayyar was the personal physician to Mahatma Gandhi.

Date of birth: 1899

Date of death: 1982

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Activist

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Panjab University, Chandigarh alumni 82T

Mahatma Gandhi 31T

Indian independence activists 486T
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Romila Thapar

Indian historian

Overview: Romila Thapar (born 30 November 1931) is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is ancient India. She is the author of several books including the popular volume, A History of India, and is ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1931

Age: 93

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Women educators from Uttar Pradesh 27T

Indian women non-fiction writers 50T

Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy 515T
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Sunil Mittal

Businessperson

Overview: Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 23 October 1957) is an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises, which has interests in telecom, retail, financial se ...

Date of birth: 23 October 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Business

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Bharti Enterprises 7T

Harvard Business School OPM Program attendees 34T

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 48T
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Baburam Bhattarai

Nepalese politician

Overview: Baburam Bhattarai (Nepali: बाबुराम भट्टराई, (born 18 June 1954) is a Nepalese politician and federal Chairman of Janta Samajbadi party who was Prime Minister of Nepal from August 2011 to March 2013. He ...

Date of birth: 18 June 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: Nepalese

Occupation: Architect

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People of the Nepalese Civil War 42T

Nepal MPs 2017– 100T

School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi alumni 10T
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Upinderjit Kaur

Indian politician

Overview: Dr. Upinderjit Kaur is an Indian politician and belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal.

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Economist

Gender: Female

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Surjit Hans

Indian writer

Overview: Surjit Hans (31 October 1930 – 17 January 2020), also appears as Surjeet Hans, was an Indian writer, tragedian, scholar and lecturer. He is also credited with being a "translator" for translating all the ...

Date of birth: 31 October 1930

Date of death: 17 January 2020

Age: 89 (age at death)

Occupation: Poet

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Ravi Bhardwaj

Indian professional basketball player (born 1992)

Overview: Ravi Bhardwaj (born 31 October 1992) is an Indian professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Punjab Steelers of India's UBA Pro Basketball League.

Date of birth: 31 October 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Basketball

Gender: Male

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Indian men's basketball players 44T

Sportspeople from Chandigarh 12T

Indian sportsmen 52T
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Veena Tandon

Indian parasitologist

Overview: Veena Tandon is an Indian parasitologist, academic and a NASI senior scientist at Biotech Park, Lucknow. She is a former professor of zoology at the North Eastern Hill University and serves as the chief ...

Date of birth: 7 September 1949

Age: 75

Nationality: Indian

Occupation: Biologist

Gender: Female

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Women scientists from Uttarakhand 6T

Indian parasitologists 7T

20th-century Indian scientists 214T