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
Politics and Law
Heads of State and Government
Others
Humanities and Social Sciences
Military and police
Science and Technology
Others
- Brahma Chellaney, columnist and author on geostrategic affairs
- Harun Rashid Khan, Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (2011 to 2016)
- Umesh Upadhyay, President & Director Media at Reliance Industries Limited
- Pankaj Mishra, novelist and essayist.
- Ashok Kumar Sarangi, Chief Vigilance Officer and CGM-in-Charge, Reserve Bank of India
- Jawed Habib, hairdresser and businessman
- Geetanjali Shree, Novelist and short-story writer, winner of International Booker prize
- Asad Zaidi, Hindi poet, literary critic, publisher, and translator
- Vijoo Krishnan, General Secretary, All India Kissan Sabha
- Yogendra Yadav, Phsephologist , Founder member of Aam Aadmi Party .
- Sanal Edamaruku, Indian Rationalist
Faculty
References