Vikas
| Vikas | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | cheerful, expanding, progress or development |
| Region of origin | Greater India |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Vikasa |
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Vikas means blowing, expanding, progress or development in Sanskrit.[1][2] It is often used as a male name in Greater India.[3]
People
- Vikas Amte (born 1947), doctor, social worker-activist, son of Baba Amte
- Vikas Bhalla Indian actor and singer
- Vikas Gowda discus thrower
- Vikas Kalantri Hindi actor
- Vikas Kashalkar Hindustani classical vocalist and musicologist
- Vikas Khanna Indian chef, restaurateur, food writer, and humanitarian based in New York City.
- Vikas Kohli musician and producer, founder of Fatlabs recording studio Ontario
- Vikas Mahatme eye surgeon
- Vikas Sethi actor on the Indian soap opera Kasautii Zindagii Kay
- Vikas Swarup Indian novelist and diplomat who has served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia
- Vikas Uppal said to be India's tallest man until his death in 2007
- Vikas Yadav
Education
- Grama Vikas Kendra extension centre of the Mahatma Gandhi University
- Netraheen Vikas Sansthan a residential school for the blind at Jodhpur in Rajasthan state of India
- Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya system of schools in Delhi, India
- Vikas Vidyalaya boarding school in Kolkata, India
- Vikas Ramisetti Andhra PradesP, India
Commercial enterprises
- Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam electrical services umbrella company in the state of Gujarat, India
- Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation subsidiary of the Indian Railways
- Rail Vikas Nigam Limited builder of engineering works required by Indian Railways
Political
- Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi political party in Maharashtra, India
- Bharat Vikas Party Indian political party
- Bharatiya Manavata Vikas Party political party in India
- Bihar Vikas Party political party in the Indian state of Bihar
- Chhattisgarh Vikas Party a short-lived split from the Bhartiya Janata Party
- Haryana Vikas Party former political party in the Indian state of Haryana
- Himachal Vikas Congress former political party in Himachal Pradesh, India
- Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) political party in India formed by former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi.
- Karnataka Vikas Party a regional political party in Karnataka, India
- Kisan Vikas Party political party in the Indian state of Bihar
- Maharashtra Vikas Party a political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra
- Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress former political party in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
- Purvanchal Vikas Party is a political party founded ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha election in the India
- Rajasthan Vikas Party a political party in the Indian state of Rajasthan
- Sampurna Vikas Dal political party in the Indian state of Bihar
- Shahar Vikas Aghadi several local political parties in Greater India
- Vidarbha Vikas Party political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra
Technology
- Vikas engine The Vikas Engine is a liquid-fueled rocket engine made by India
Non-governmental aid organizations
- Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti serving the poor in Rajasthan, India.