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Delhi Technological University is a state university situated in Delhi, India.[1]

Notable alumni

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Architecture

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Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Aditya Prakash[A]
1948
 Architecture Architect [3]
Raj Rewal
1952
 Architecture Architect and member of the Indian Institute of Architects Hall of Fame. [4][5]

Arts and entertainment

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Sushant Singh Rajput
Dhiraj Choudhury
Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Manjit Bawa
1963
 Fine arts Painter [6]
Eric Bowen
1959
 Art Painter, received a grant from the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his series "The Right to Life in Peace". [7]
Avinash Chandra
1953
 Painting Painter [8]
Jagmohan Chopra
1958
 Fine arts Former president and chairman of the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, and former principle of the Government College of Art, Chandigarh. [9]
Dhiraj Choudhury
1967
 Art Painter [10]
Gopi Gajwani
1962
 Graphic Designing Painter, designer and cartoonist [11][12]
Mahirwan Mamtani
1962
 Fine arts Painter, graphic and multimedia artist [13]
Meera Mukherjee
1950
 Painting, graphics and sculpture Sculptor, received the Padma Shri in 1992. [14]
Sushant Singh Rajput (did not graduate)
2007
 Mechanical Engineering Film actor. Best remembered for the role of MS Dhoni in the biopic M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, Sarfaraz in PK (film) and his debut film Kai Po Che! based on Chetan Bhagat's best seller The 3 Mistakes of My Life. [15]
Om Prakash Sharma
1958
 Fine arts Painter and honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow. Received the National Art Award from the Lalit Kala Akademi. [16]
Arpita Singh
1959
 Fine arts Painter, received India's third-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan in 2011. [17]
Paramjit Singh
1958
 Fine arts Painter and former professor in the Faculty Of Fine Arts, Jamia Millia Islamia. [18]
Jagdish Swaminathan[B]
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 Painter and member of Group 1890. [19]
Durjoy Datta
2008
 Mechanical engineering Author, screenwriter, and publisher [20][21]
Sachin Garg
2008
 Electronics and communication engineering Author [22][23]
Rajat Sood
2019
 Engineering Physics Standup Comedian. Winner of India's Laughter Champion (Season 1) on Sony TV [24]

Business

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Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Rohit Chadda
2005
 Computer engineering Co-founder of Foodpanda India [25][26]
Vijay Shekhar Sharma
1998
 Electronics and communication engineering Founder of Paytm [27][28]
Sanjay Gupta
1981
 Mechanical engineering Country Manager of Google India [29]
Surya Kant
1976
 Electrical engineering President of North America, UK, and Europe operations of Tata Consultancy Services [30]
Manish Khera
1991
 Electrical engineering Former CEO of Airtel Payments Bank [31][32]
Sanjay Gupta
1996
 Electronics and Communication engineering President and CEO at Minda Corporation, Chairman - Indian Electronics & Semiconductors Association, Ex- Vice President & India Country Manager of NXP Semiconductors [33]
Suhail Sameer
2006
 Electrical Engineering CEO of BharatPe [34]
Akshant Goyal
2005
 Computer Engineering CFO of Zomato [35]
Raman CV
1982
 Mechanical Engineering CTO of Maruti Suzuki India [36]
Nipun Aggarwal
1994
 Electrical Engineering Chief Commercial Officer of Air India [37]
Praveen Sinha
2001
 Electrical Engineering Founder of Jabong.com [38]
Supam Maheshwari
1995
 Mechanical Engineering First Indian Founder to build 3 unicorn startups FirstCry, Xpressbees, Globalbees [39]
Ambareesh Murty
1994
 Civil Engineering Founder of Pepperfry, India's largest online furniture store [40]
Varun Alagh
2005
 Electrical Engineering Founder of MamaEarth (unicorn startup) [41]
Piyush Shah
2001
 Production & Industrial Engineering Founder of Glance (company) & Co-Founder of InMobi (unicorn startups) [42]
Raghav Joshi
2007
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Co-Founder of Rebel Foods, previously Faasos (unicorn startup) [43]
Saurabh Nigam
2000
 Civil Engineering Founder of ElasticRun (unicorn startup) [44]
Aakash Sinha
2001
 Electrical Engineering Founder of Omnipresent Robot Tech, developed 3D image models for Chandrayaan-2 rover [citation needed]
Uday Reddy
1993
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Founder of YuppTV, World's #1 Internet Pay TV provider & one of the leading OTT player for South Asian content abroad [45]
Raj Soin
1969
 Mechanical Engineering Founder of Soin International LLC, USA [46]
Rashmi Daga
2001
 Electrical Engineering Founder of FreshMenu, Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs In India (2021) [47]
Promod Haque
1969
 Electrical Engineering World's No.1 Venture Capitalist in 2004, Appeared on Annual Forbes Midas List for 13 years [48]
Avinash Pant
1995
 Electrical Engineering Marketing Head of Facebook India [49]
Navtez Bal
1997
 Electrical Engineering Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft India [50]
Manish Gulyani
1990
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Vice President and General Manager of Nokia Deepfield [51]
Himanshu Bajaj
2000
 Civil Engineering Business Head of BYJU'S [52]
Sanjay Brahmawar
1992
 Civil Engineering CEO of Software AG & Top 100 Innovation CEOs Award - 2021 [53]
Amit Singh
1989
 Electrical Engineering Board of Directors of Asana (software) [54]
Divya Garg
2005
 Computer Engineering Head of HR Uber India and South Asia region [55]
Sudhir Malhotra
1990
 Mechanical Engineering Vice President of Renault India [56]
Kumar Gaurav Gupta
2005
 Production & Industrial engineering VP & Country Manager of SAP Concur India [citation needed]
Balaji Tamirisa
1985
 Electrical Engineering CTO of Dedrone, USA [57]
Aruna Singh
1985
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Chairman & Managing Director of RailTel [58]
Ravish Sharma
2003
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Vice President, Product Management of GreyOrange [59]
Gunjan Kedia
1992
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Vice Chairman of U.S. Bancorp (US Bank) and 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance [60]
Sukhvinder Singh
1992
 Production & Industrial Engineering Senior VP of Technology & Innovation of Lamar Advertising Company [61]

Civil Services

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Arvind Saxena
Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Arvind Saxena
1976
 Civil Engineering Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission and former Research and Analysis Wing(RAW) Officer. [62]
B. V. R. Subrahmanyam
1983
 Mechanical Engineering Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog and former Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Officer.
Karnal Singh
1979
 Electrical & Electronics Engineering Former Chief of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Former Indian Police Service(IPS) Officer. [63]
Arun Goyal
1980
 Electrical Engineering Former Secretary to Prime Minister's Office and Former Indian Administrative Service(IAS) Officer. [64]
Muktesh Chander
1983
 Electronics & Communication Engineering Special Commissioner of Delhi Police & Former Indian Police Service(IPS) Officer. [65]
Ankita Jain
2014
 Computer Engineering AIR-3 in Union Public Service Commission Civil Services Exam 2020 and AIR-1 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering GATE 2016 (Computer Science). [66]

Science and technology

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Vinod Dham
Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Vinod Dham
1971
 Electrical engineering Engineer and venture capitalist who is known as the "Father of the Pentium" for his work in the Microprocessor Products group at Intel. [67][68]
Dharendra Yogi Goswami
1969
 Mechanical engineering Distinguished university professor in chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. Founder of the air purifier company Molekule. [69][70]
Ravi Grover
1970
 Mechanical engineering Nuclear engineer, former vice-chancellor of the Homi Bhabha National Institute and member of the Atomic Energy Commission of India. Received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2014. Responsible for the successful negotiations in the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement. [71]
Emani Kumar
1991
 Civil engineering Deputy secretary general of ICLEI and founding executive director of its South Asian arm. [72][73]
Ishwar Puri
1982
 Mechanical engineering Vice President of Research at University of Southern California, former Dean of the McMaster Faculty of Engineering and former N. Waldo Harrison Professor at Virginia Tech. [74][75][76]
Subhav Sinha
2009
 Electrical engineering Inventor of Mitra, a personalized battery-operated vehicle. Chosen as one of the "International Climate Champions" for the year 2010 by the British Council. [77][78]
Rajinder Kumar (chemical engineer)
1955
 Masters in Chemical engineering Chemical engineer and a former professor at the Indian Institute of Science. Known for his work of mass transfer in multiphase systems. Received the third highest Indian civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2003 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2008.
Neeraj Jhanji
1993
 Electrical Engineering Developed world's first mobile social network based on status update & location ImaHima. Inventor of status updates & mobile check-in technology. Sold patents to Facebook [79]

Other

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Raghbir Singh Bhola
Name Class year Discipline Notability Reference(s)
Shrikrishna Kulkarni
1985
 Electrical engineering Chairperson of the Board of Governors at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta [80]
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
1971
 Mechanical engineering Right to Information activist [81]
Raghbir Singh Bhola
1951
 Electrical engineering Hockey player, Olympic gold medalist, and Arjuna Awardee. [82][83]
Niketan Madhok
1997
 Mechanical engineering Fashion Model and Producer.
Captain Abhilasha Barak
2016
 Electronics & Communication Engineering First woman combat aviator of the Indian Army [84]
Professor Piyush Sharma
1987
 Electrical Engineering John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia [85]

Notes

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  1. ^ Prakash did not complete his studies at Delhi Polytechnic. In the middle of his course, India's independence forced the English faculty leading the Polytechnic to return to England.
  2. ^ Swaminathan did not complete his studies at Delhi Polytechnic.

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