List of Stephanians
A partial list of eminent alumni of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. A student at or an alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi is usually called a Stephanian.
Politics and government
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, and former Finance Secretary
- Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Former President of India
- Mani Shankar Aiyar, Former Union Minister for Sports and Youth affairs, and Panchayati Raj
- Asaf Ali, freedom fighter, and first Indian Ambassador to US
- Kaushik Basu, Chief Economic Advisor, Government of India
- K M Chandrasekaran, former Cabinet Secretary
- Navin Chawla, former Chief Election Commissioner
- Bijon Dey, former Secretary Security, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India
- Sandeep Dikshit, Politician(INC), MP from East Delhi
- Jarbom Gamlin, Chief Mininster of Arunachal Pradesh
- Jigme Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan
- Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal
- Rajmohan Gandhi, former Rajya Sabha MP
- Indrajit Gupta, former Home Minister and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
- Lala Hardayal, founder of the Ghadar Party
- Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain, Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, XV Corps
- Admiral S.N. Kohli, Padma Bhushan, PVSM, Chief of Naval Staff (1973-1976)
- Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, DFC, Chief of Air Staff (India) (1969-1973), and later Chairman, Air India
- Salman Khurshid, former Foreign Minister
- Sucheta Kripalani, former CM of Uttar Pradesh, India's first lady Chief Minister
- Lalitha Kumaramangalam, National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- James Michael Lyngdoh, former Chief Election Commissioner Of India
- Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Orissa
- Sachin Pilot, Congress M.P. (Ajmer, Rajasthan)
- S Y Quraishi, Current Chief Election Commissioner
- Sir Chhotu Ram, co-founder of the National Unionist Party and later leader of the Punjab Unionist Party; the first Stephanian to be knighted (1937).
- Salim Ahmed Salim Former Prime Minister of Tanzania and Secretary-General of the OAU
- Ajit Kumar Seth, present Cabinet Secretary
- Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth
- Arun Shourie, former Union Minister for Disinvestment, and editor of the Indian Express
- Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India
- A P Singh, Director, CBI
- Arun Singh, Former Minister of State for Defence
- Digvijay Singh, Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Dushyant Singh, BJP MP
- Manavendra Singh, BJP MP
- Natwar Singh, Former Foreign Minister and former Congress Working President
- RPN Singh, Congress MP and Minster of State for Transport
- Rao Birendra Singh, former Chief Minister of Haryana
- Rao Inderjit Singh, Congress MP from Gurgaon
- Vir Bhadra Singh, Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
- Shashi Tharoor, Former MoS for External Affairs, Govt of India, and former U.N. Under Secretary General.
- Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Leader and Politburo Member
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan
Theatre and cinema
Writers, poets and critics
The preponderance of Stephanians in Indo-Anglian writing was so great for some time that some critics began to speak of the "Stephanian School of Literature". This issue has been heavily debated in the book The Fiction of St. Stephen's, by various writers and scholars, including Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Upamanyu Chatterjee, Mukul Kesavan, Khushwant Singh, Tapan Basu, Brinda Bose, etc. The book is edited by Aditya Bhattacharjea and Lola Chatterjee.
Media and journalism
- Aroon Purie, Editor-in-chief, India Today
- Barkha Dutt, television anchor and journalist
- Bhaskar Ghose, former Doordarshan chief, TV anchor and columnist
- B G Verghese, former Editor, Hindustan Times
- Chandan Mitra, editor of the The Pioneer, Delhi
- Debayan Sen, football commentator Zee Sports
- Gaurav C Sawant, Deputy Editor & Anchor Headlines Today & AajTak
- Mammen Mathew, editor and Managing Director, Malayala Manorama
- Manoj Joshi, Journalist, Deputy Editor, Mail Today
- Nilofar Suhrawardy, Journalist & Writer
- Niret J. Alva, television producer and CEO, Miditech
- Pallavi Aiyar, author and China correspondent of The Hindu
- Parag Kumar Das, journalist, Novelist; editor of Assamese newspapers like Asamiya Pratidin, Budhbar and Aagaan.
- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Director, School of Convergence
- Prasanto Kumar Roy, editor of PCQuest, Dataquest
- Prem Shankar Jha, columnist; former Editor, The Hindustan Times
- Sagarika Ghose, news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN
- Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman and Publisher, The Times Group
- Satinder Bindra, India Bureau Chief, CNN
- Shazi Zaman, Managing Editor, Star News.
- Shahidul Islam, News Editor and columnist, Hindustan Express.
- Shereen Bhan, Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18
- Siddharth Kak, documentary film maker and creator of TV show Surabhi.[1]
- Shiv Aroor, television anchor and journalist, Headlines Today
- Siddhartha Basu, television producer and quizmaster
- Sonia Faleiro, journalist and author
- Sreenath Sreenivasan, Academic - Dean of Students, Columbia Journalism School
- Sreeram Chaulia, international affairs analyst for Asia Times Online
- Suman Dubey, journalist and head of Dow Jones in South Asia
- Sunit Tandon, CEO, Lok Sabha TV
- Swaminathan Aiyar, economist and former editor of The Economic Times
- Swapan Dasgupta, journalist, political analyst and former Managing Editor of India Today
- Vikram A Chandra, television anchor and journalist
Sports
- Kirti Azad, cricketer for Delhi and India, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP)
- Ankita Bhambri and Sanaa Bhambri, tennis players
- Ranjit Bhatia, Olympian, Academic
- Ritwik Bhattacharya, squash player
- Anjum Chopra, former captain of the National Women's Cricket Team
- Vaibhav Kala, Adventurer, Founder of Aquaterra Adventures
- Arun Lal, cricketer for Bengal and India, and television commentator
- M.N. Masud, Olympian hockey player
- Salil Oberoi, cricketer based in England
- Allan Daniel Peoples, shooter
- Jaspal Rana, Asian Games gold medallist shooter
- Kadambari Rana, shooter
- Maharaja Karni Singh, Olympian shooter
- Mansher Singh, Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter
- Mandip Singh Soin, Explorer, Mountaineer and Ecotourism expert, owner of Ibex Expeditions
Other alumni
- George Abraham, CEO, Score Foundation
- Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of the Bajaj Group
- Rohit Bal, fashion designer
- V. Balakrishnan (physicist), Professor of Physics, IIT Madras
- Utpal Banerjee, biologist
- Ajay Banga, CEO, MasterCard
- Vivek Bhandari, director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand
- Sonu Bhasin, Group President - Retail Banking, Yes Bank
- Sanjiv Bikhchandani, co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com
- Gunit Chadha, CEO & MD, Deutsche Bank
- Radha Chadha, marketing and consumer insights expert
- Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, jurist
- Vinayak Chatterjee, founder, Feedback Ventures
- Vinod Chowdhury, economist and international relations expert
- Kushal Das, General Secretary, All India Football Federation and former CFO, International Cricket Council
- John Dayal, Dalit rights activist and Head of the All India Christian Council
- Prabhu Guptara, Professor, speaker and writer
- Najib Jung, Current Vice Chancellor, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi
- Deep Kalra, founder, MakeMyTrip
- Ashok Kamte, Ashok Chakra, IPS, Additional Commissioner of Police. Killed in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks
- Jagdish Khattar, former Managing Director, Maruti Suzuki
- Rohit Khosla, pioneer of Indian fashion
- Samir Kuckreja, MD, Nirula's
- Arunima Kumar, Kuchipudi dancer
- Arun Maira, India chairperson, The Boston Consulting Group
- Akash Mohapatra, Legal Head (Asia Pacific), Deutsche Bank
- Deepak Nayyar, Former Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
- Madhavan K. Palat, historian
- Rajendra Prasad, Principal, Ramjas College, Delhi
- Ishtiaq Hussain Qureishi, Historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Lahore University
- Bharat Ram, Chairperson Emeritus, DCM
- Bunker Roy, social activist and educationist
- Rathin Roy, Director, UNDP
- Siddharth Shriram, Chairperson, Honda Siel Power Products
- Pradeep N. Shrivastava, CMO of Idea Cellular
- Dinesh Singh, Current Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
- Gurmeet Singh, Proctor, University of Delhi
- Raja Randhir Singh, Secretary General, Indian Olympics Association and Vice Chairman, 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee
- Upinder Singh, historian
- Ajay Singha, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in India
- Shikha Swaroop, former Miss India
- Tarun Tahiliani, fashion designer
- Vikram Talwar, founder and CEO, EXL Service
- Param Vir, contemporary classical composer
- Mary Catherine Wirth, Senior Legal Counsel, Adobe Systems Incorporated
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