List of Old Sanawarians

The following is a list of notable Old Sanawarians, former pupils of Lawrence School, Sanawar, India.

Contents 1 Armed forces 2 Educators 3 Film & television 4 Politicians 5 Writers 6 Sports 7 Business 8 Other

Armed forces

• Arun Khetarpal, the youngest recipient of the India's highest military decoration, Param Vir Chakra.
• Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, former Chief of the Naval Staff of India
• Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa
• Lt. General M.S. Shergill
• Lt. General T.S. Shergill
• Lt. General B.S. Thakker
• Lt. General Rajinder Singh (Rajji)
• Maj. Gen. N.S.Pathania
• Maj. General KVS Lalotra
• Maj. General Aneet Sahota
• Maj. General Jayant Varma
• Maj. General Ardamanjit Singh Sandhu
• Maj General Virpal Singh
• Maj. General Darshanjit Singh Grewal
• Maj. General Ranbir Singh (Ranny)
• Maj. General Mandeep Singh
• Rear Admiral S S Jamwal
• Maj. Bikramjeet Kanwarpal
• Maj General Ajai Kumar Sahgal

Educators

Film & television

• Sanjay Dutt, Actor
• Pooja Bedi, Actress
• Saif Ali Khan, Actor
• Apoorva Lakhia, filmmaker
• Feroze Gujral, Model

Politicians

• Amarinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala
• Omar Abdullah
• Maneka Gandhi
• Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of Defence
• Prince Ajatshatru Singh of Jammu & Kashmir
• Sukhbir Singh Badal, president, Shiromani Akali Dal
• Chander Mohan (Chand Mohammad)
• Bikram Singh Majithia
• Emaan Singh mann

Writers

• Sonny Mehta, publisher and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf
• Tishaa Khosla, author of Pink or Black
• Radhika Jha, author of Smell
• Amba Batra Bakshi, author of In Custody—Women in Tihar

Sports

• Ajeet Bajaj, first Indian to ski to the North Pole
• Shiva Keshavan, represented India in Luge at the Olympic Games
• Ranjit Bhatia, Rhodes Fellow, represented India in the track at the Rome Olympics 1960
• Anjun Mehra, Junior Indian Boxing Team
• Kalaans, Indian Polo Team
• Colonel V. P. Singh, Indian Polo Team
• Colonel R. S. Brar, Indian Polo Team
• Colonel R. S. Sodhi (Pickles), India Polo Team
• Jai Shergill, Indian Polo Team
• Major M. S. Sekhon (Musty), Indian Polo Team
• Maharajkumar Ajit Singh Gaekward, cricketer
• Manavjit Singh Sandhu, 2006 and 2010 ISSF Trap World Shooting Champion
• Zorawar Singh Sandhu, Indian Shooting Team

Business

• Jyotsna Suri (née Nanda), CMD of The Lalit Group
• Rana Talwar, erstwhile head of Standard Chartered Bank and currently Chairman of Centurian Bank of Punjab
• Jasjit S. ("Jesse") Bhattal, CEO of Nomura Holdings Asia-Pacific Wholesales Banking; formerly CEO of Lehman Brothers Asia-Pacific
• Tejpreet Chopra, CEO, GE India
• Shakti Singh, director, DLF Universal Limited, India’s largest real estate developer
• Kanwal Oberoi Walia, director, American Express
• Maharajkumar Sangram Singh Gaekward, Baroda Rayon Corporation
• Rakesh Mohan, Mohan Meakin Limited
• Pankaj Munjal, Hero Motors
• Geetanjali Kirloskar, Toyota Kirloskar Motors
• Ness Wadia
• Jehangir Wadia, Bombay Dyeing, GoAir
• Atul Sobti, managing director, Ranbaxy Lab. Ltd.
• Rajiv Suri, Board of Directors Burberry Middle East and Group CEO Retail, Jashanmal Group of Companies, Dubai
• Kiran Nadar, philanthropist
• Punit Renjhen, CEO Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Shantanu Kr. Singh, Taj Pharma Group
• Shashi Kant Singh , Engineer Bhel
• Vivek Abrol , Abrol Engg.Co.

Other

• Dr Atul Gurtu, TIFR and CERN
• Jetsun Pema, Queen of Bhutan
• Karamveer Singh (IPS), DGP Uttar Pradesh
• P. P. S. Sidhu (IPS), SPL DGP CRPF
• Harpreet Singh Sidhu (IPS)
• Amit Kumar Bhardwaj, Head of Research, Global Launch Association, Department of Neural Acquisition

(USA)

• Dr Harbans Rajpal Singh Nagpal, psychoanalyst
• Atul Sinha , artist & sculptor