Distinguished BHU Alumni :100 years of Banaras Hindu University

Compiled ByDr. Vivekanand JainCentral Library, BHU

Bharat Ratna Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji

Bharat Ratna Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji

Bharat RatnaDr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

Ex- Vice Chancellor of BHU

Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU , 1938

Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa

Doctorate Honoris Causa, 1980

Bharat Ratna Bismillah Khan

• Ustad Bismillah Khan (March 21, 1913 – August 21, 2006) was an Indian shehnai maestro. He was the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna (in 2001)

Doctorate Honoris Causa, 1980

Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar

Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU

Bharat RatnaDr. A P J Abdul Kalam

Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1991

Bharat Ratna C. N. R. Rao

• Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, also known as C.N.R. Rao (born 30 June 1934, Bangalore, India) is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Padma Vibhushan Bhupen Hazarika

Ex- Vice President of India Shri KrishnaKant

Padma Bhushan Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

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Padma Bhushan Col. (Dr.) S.P. Wahi

• He is a recipient of Padma Bhushan National Award 1988, Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) by Indian School of Mines, 1985, Doctorate of Engineering (Honoris Causa) by Roorkee University, 1987, Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa) by Banaras Hindu University, 1989 and Giant International Award, 1989 and has several awards to his credit including Life Time Achievement Award by Petrotech in 2007.

Padamshri Dr. Lalji Singh

• Dr. Lalji Singh, Padmashri awardee and a scientist of international repute, has taken over as the 25th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University. He holds the position of Bhatnagar Fellow of CSIR at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, of which he has been Director for a long period of 11 years from 1998 to 2009. He spent 13 years in the Institute of Animal Ge-netics, University of Edinburgh (1974-1987) before joining CCMB.

Padmashri Prof. M S Kanungo

Padma Bhushan Prof. C. V. Chandrasekhar

• Chandrasekhar started his dancing career in 1947. He served at the Banaras Hindu University and later joined M.S. University of Baroda, where he retired as the Head and Dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts in 1992.

• C.V. Chandrasekhar is a multi-faceted personality being a dancer, choreographer, researcher, musician, academician, composer and highly acclaimed teacher of Bharatanatyam.

Padma Bhushan Rai Anand Krishna

• Rai Anand Krishna is an art historian and museologist, who has not only helped in restoration and chronicling of Indian art but also created a breed of professional art researchers. Scholars from India and abroad have eagerly sought his evaluation of their work. His association with Bharat Kala Bhavan at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi has provided a modern outlook to the discipline of art-history in India.

• Padma Bhushan, 1961

Padma Vibhushan Rai Krishnadasa

• He has knowledge and deep involvement in Indian history. Bharat Kala Bhavan in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, which was founded by Rai Krishnadasa ji and under the shadow of top Hindi littérateurs, painters, musicians et al., a solid base which he later enriched with his own experience.

Prof. Jadunath SarkarFirst University Librarian of BHU

• He taught Modern Indian History in Benaras Hindu University and during 1919-1923 he taught in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, in Orissa. In 1923, he became an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society of London.

• In August 1926, he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University.

• Award : Knighthood, 1929

Padmashri Dr. S R RanganathanEx- University Librarian, BHU

Padmashri, 1957

Father of Library Science in India

Padmashri Prof. P N Kaula

• World known Library and Information Sciences Specialist.

• Ex- University Librarian, BHU• Professor and Head Department of Library

and Information Science & Dean Faculty of Arts Banaras Hindu University

Anant Sadashiv Altekar• Anant Sadashiv Altekar (1898–1960) was a historian,

archaeologist, and numismatist from Maharashtra, India.[2] He was the Manindra Chandra Nandi Professor and Head of the Department of Ancient Indian History and Culture at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India,[3][4] and later the director of the Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute[5] and University Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture at the University of Patna,[6] both in Patna, India.

• In 1947 Altekar was elected the first chairman of the Numismatic Society of India,[23] and in 1960 the Journal of the Numismatic Society of India published a commemorative volume in his honor.

BHATNAGAR AWARD WInNERS

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university

Dr. T. V. Ramakrishnan

Emeritus Professor of Physics, DAE Homi Bhabha Professor

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

BHATNAGAR AWARD : 1982

Awards and Fellowships

• 1982 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Physical Sciences.

• 1990 Third World Academy of Sciences Award in Physics.

• 2001 Padma Sri, President of India. • 2005 Trieste Science Prize. • Fellow of IASc (1980), INSA (1984), APS (1984),

TWAS (1991), NASc (1993), Royal Society, London (2000), IOP, UK (2000), and French Academy (2005).

• Dr. O. N. Srivastava Emeritus Professor,

Department of Physics Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

BHATNAGAR AWARD : 1988

Dr. O. N. Srivastava

• 1988 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Physical Sciences.

• 2000 Goyal Award in Physical Sciences. • 2000 K.S. Rao Memorial Award on Renewable

Energy. • 2002 Homi J Bhabha Award in Applied Sciences. • FNA, FNASc, Fellow of International Academy of

Physical Sciences, Fellow of New York Science Academy.

Prof. S C LakhotiaEmeritus Professor ,

DST-Ramanna Fellow, DAE-Raja Ramanna Fellow

BHATNAGAR AWARD : 1989

Prof. S C Lakhotia• Recipient of INSA Young Scientist Medal (1975), INSA S L Hora

Medal (2002), • INSA Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship

(2009), • UGC Career Award (1979), • UGC National Lecturership (1989), UGC J C Bose Medal (1998),• S S Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Sciences (1989),• BHU Prof. C N R Rao Medal for Excellence in Science (2007),

Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (1993), Indian Academy of Sciences (1994) and National Academy of Sciences of India (2002).

Prof. S. Lele

Ex- Rector & Professor of BHU

Prof. S. Lele

• Professor Lele has been awarded prestigious S.S. Bhatnagar Award, National Metallurgist Award and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Germany (1973-74). He is Fellow of three academies : Indian National Science Academy (FNA), Indian Academy of Science (FASc), National Academy of Science (FNASc), and also of Indian Institute of Metals. Professor Lele is a Member of Board of Research AICTE & Board of Governors, IIT, Kanpur amongst other.

Padamshri Dr. Lalji Singh

• Dr. Lalji Singh, Padmashri awardee and a scientist of international repute, has taken over as the 25th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University.

• He holds the position of Bhatnagar Fellow of CSIR at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad.

Prof. Madhu Sudan Kanungo(Padma Shri)

Ex- Coordinator of BHU Library Committee

Prof. Madhu Sudan Kanungo• Prof. Madhu Sudan Kanungo (April 1, 1927 – July 26, 2011) was

an Indian scientist in the field of gerontology and neuroscience as well as a teacher of molecular biology and biochemistry. He is known for his theories on how gene expression changes with age and the role of this phenomenon in ageing. In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri in 2005.[1] He held the post of BHU Emeritus professor in zoology at the Banaras Hindu University and was also the Chancellor, Nagaland University till his death.[2][3]

Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao

Ex- Vice Chancellor of BHU

Dr. P. Ramachandra Rao• Dr. Patcha Ramachandra Rao (21 March 1942 – 10 January 2010)

was a metallurgist and administrator. He has the unique distinction of being the only Vice-Chancellor (2002–05) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) who was also a student (1963–68) and faculty (1964–92) at that institution. From 1992 to 2002, Rao was the Director of the National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur. After his tenure as Vice Chancellor of B.H.U., in 2005, he took the reins of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) as its first Vice-Chancellor. He was to serve DIAT until his superannuation in 2007. From 2007 till the end,

• Dr. Rao was a Raja Ramanna Fellow at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi B.Tech. (Civil Engineering),

IIT-BHU (1992)

• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary

Sciences (2014) Present Position: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and

Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur, India.

Prof. Sachchida Nand Tripathi

DISTINGUISHED BHU ALUMNI

Ravindra Nath Tagore

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1935

Jawahar Lal Nehru

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1946

Sarojani Naidu

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1947

Achrya Narendra Deo

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1949

Dr. H J Bhabha

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1950

Abul Kalam Azad

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1955

Dalai Lama

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1956

Lal Bahadur Shastri

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1964

Ghanshyam Das Birla

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1967

Jay Prakash Narayan

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1970

J R D Tata

• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1980

Mother Teresa• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1980

Satyajit Ray• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1980

Mahadevi Verma• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1984

Dr. Nelson Mandela• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 1990

Dr. Manmohan Singh• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 2008

Amitabh Bachchan• Doctorate Honoris Causa from BHU in 2011

President of NepalDr. Ram Baran Yadav

• Award of LL.D Honoris Causa from BHU in 2012.

DISTINGUISHED BHU ALUMNI

DISTINGUISHED BHU ALUMNI

DISTINGUISHED BHU ALUMNI

• Ritwik Sanyal, Professor of Performing Arts, Hindustani Classical musician

• Ram Chandra Shukla, Professor of Visual Arts, Painter• Acharya Ramchandra Shukla, Professor of Literature• Gurbachan Singh Talib, Professor of Sikh Studies• Pandit Omkarnath Thakur, Professor of Performing Arts,

Renowned Hindustani Classical musician• Professor S. P. Ray-Chaudhuri (FNA), Chair of the Zoology

Department, ‘The Father of Animal Chromosome Research’ in India.

• Professor Ramdeo Mishra, Father of ecology in India

International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM-2015 )23-24 November 2015

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