Who are the most famous/successful IIT (BHU) Varanasi alumni?

IIT (BHU) has a long list when it comes to successful and famous alumni. Some have already been mentioned- Nikesh Arora, Gyanesh Pandey, Vinod Kumar Bansal, P.M. Ajayan, Sandeep Pandey, T. Anantharaman, and Varun Grover.

Other famous alumni from IIT (BHU) include-

• Nandita Sinha - Nandita Sinha is the CEO of Myntra, since January 1, 2022. With Nandita Sinha’s appointment, Flipkart got its first female CEO. She pursued her Ceramic Engineering degree from IIT(BHU) and graduated in the year 2003. She holds 15 years of experience across E-commerce and FMCG. Her area of expertise is P&L management and marketing

• Nikku Madhusudhan- Madhusudan completed his B.Tech in Mining Engineering in 2002 and went on to pursue his MS from MIT (2004) and finally his Ph.D. at MIT (2009). He gained fame and recognition after his discovery of a diamond-studded planet in 2012

• Ram Charan- ( BTech in Mechanical Engineering- 1959) Ram Charan went on to pursue an MBA (1965) and a Ph.D. (1967) at Harvard Business School. Charan is an Indian American business consultant. He is among the most prominent business consultants and has regularly been featured on the Thinkers’ 50 List. Charan has coached some of the most well-known and successful CEOs and for more than 35 years, he has worked for companies like Dell, GE, KLM, and Bank of America, among others 

• Thomas Anantharaman- Thomas Anantharaman’s father, TR Anantharaman, was one of the finest materials scientists and former director, of IT-BHU (IIT BHU). Anantharaman’s brilliance was marked by his AIR 2 in the IIT-JEE 1977 examination. He obtained his B.Tech degree in ECE in 1982. He is best known for his work on the Chip Test and Deep Thought on chess-playing computers at Carnegie Mellon University as his Ph.D. dissertation. Anantharaman’s work laid the foundation for the IBM chess-playing computer Deep Blue.

• Deepak Ahuja- Deepak Ahuja did his B. Tech in Ceramic Engineering (1985). , his MS in Materials Engineering from Northwestern University (1987), and his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University(1993). He was the former CFO at Tesla. In 2010, after Tesla’s successful IPO, he was named Silicon Valley Business Journal’s CFO of the Year.

1. Sridhar Manthani: Manthani is a well-known technology entrepreneur and investor. He did his B. Tech in ECE (1982). He was the Senior Director at NVIDIA's Bangalore Design Centre. Before this, he was the Vice President of Engineering for S3 Inc. Under Manthani’s leadership, his business unit made revenues of $500 Million. Presently, he is the Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO of Streamoid Technologies Inc. He also worked for Intel and Western Digital. Sridhar’s field of expertise is software development processes and personnel growth. 

The list of well-known alumni from IIT-BHU is endless. These were just a handful that inspired the youth and intelligentsia with their success and achievement in various fields.