List of alumni of St. Stephen's College Delhi

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An alumnus of [[St Stephen's College, Delhi|St Stephen's College]], [[Delhi]] is also called a Stephanian. Alumni of the college include distinguished economists, CEOs of [[Fortune 500]] companies, scientists, mathematicians, historians, writers, bureaucrats, journalists, lawyers, politicians including several [[Member of Parliament (India)|Members of Parliament]] (MP) in India, as well as the Heads of State of three countries, and sportspersons including a number of olympians and international athletes. The names in this list are presented in alphabetical order of surname/family name. This is not an exhaustive list.

== Politicians ==

* [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] (1905-1977), former [[President of India|President]] of India<ref name="Presidents of India">{{cite book | title=Presidents of India: 1950-2003 | author=Jai, Janak Raj | page=109 | isbn=818749865X| year=2003 }}</ref>
* [[Nuruddin Ahmed]] (1904-1975), barrister, three-time Mayor of Delhi and [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient
* [[Salim Ahmed Salim]], former [[Prime Minister of Tanzania]]
* [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]], MP, former [[Cabinet minister (India)|Cabinet Minister]]<ref name="Mani Shankar Aiyar">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/edit-page/30149927_1_mani-shankar-aiyar-college-tie-stephen-s-college | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021043234/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-14/edit-page/30149927_1_mani-shankar-aiyar-college-tie-stephen-s-college | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 21, 2011 | title=Master bluster | date=September 14, 2011 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ranjib Biswal]], [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Amir Chand Bombwal]], freedom fighter
* [[Prodyut Bora]], BJP IT cell founder
* [[Swapan Dasgupta]], Rajya Sabha MP
* [[Har Dayal]], [[Indian nationalism|Indian nationalist]] revolutionary and freedom fighter
* [[Sandeep Dikshit]], MP<ref>{{cite web|title=Sandeep Dikshit forms new alumni body|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-17/delhi/29784625_1_alumni-association-sandeep-dikshit|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126114525/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-17/delhi/29784625_1_alumni-association-sandeep-dikshit|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Jarbom Gamlin]] (1961-2014), former [[Chief Minister]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
* [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], former [[Governor of West Bengal|Governor]] of [[West Bengal]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0670058637 | title=Tomorrow's India | publisher=Rukhmi Banerji | page=343}}</ref>
* [[Rahul Gandhi]], MP, President [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Indrajit Gupta]] (1919-2001), former MP and [[Home Minister of India|Home Minister]] of India<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopædia Britannica (India)|page=215|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0852298307}}</ref>
* [[Amit Jogi]], member, [[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh]]
* [[Najeeb Jung]], former lieutenant governor of Delhi
* [[Salman Khurshid]], former MP, [[External Affairs Minister]], former [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Law Minister]]
* [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]], former additional solicitor general of India, Rajya Sabha MP[[File:Ashwani Kumar at the India Economic Summit 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]]]]
* [[Atishi Marlena]], member of the Political Affairs Committee of Aam Aadmi Party
* [[Chandan Mitra]], former Rajya Sabha MP
* [[Naveen Patnaik]], [[List of Chief Ministers of Odisha|14th]] [[Chief Minister of Odisha]] (2000–incumbent)<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Sachin Pilot]], Deputy Chief Minister, Rajasthan<ref name="St. Alumni"/>[[File:Sachin Pilot at the India Economic Summit 2010 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Sachin Pilot]]]]
* [[Chhotu Ram]] (1881-1945), pre-partition politician, knighted in 1937<ref name="Chottu Ram">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAkW94DtUMAC | title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India | publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers | author=Jaffrelot, Christophe | year=2003 | page=276 | isbn=9781850656708}}</ref>
* [[Kapil Sibal]], MP, former Law Minister of India<ref>{{cite book|title=India's Changing Innovative System|page=182|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0309179009}}</ref>
* [[Digvijaya Singh]], 14th [[Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] from 1993 to 2003
* [[Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo]], Lok Sabha MP, leader of the [[Biju Janata Dal]]
* [[Natwar Singh]], MP, former Foreign Minister of India<ref name="St Stephens college - St Stephen’s of Tomorrow">{{cite web | url=http://www.ststephens.edu/st-tom.htm | title=St Stephen's of Tomorrow |accessdate=1 April 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224214253/http://ststephens.edu/st-tom.htm | archivedate=24 February 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[R. K. Singh|R.K. Singh]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], former [[Home Secretary of India|Home Secretary]] to the [[Government of India]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4653|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
* [[Virbhadra Singh]], [[Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Shashi Tharoor]], MP, former [[Minister of State#Minor government ranks|Minister of State]], former [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations|Under-Secretary-General]] of the [[United Nations|UN]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
[[File:Shashi Tharoor.jpg|thumb|[[Shashi Tharoor]]]]
*[[Jigme Thinley]], Former Prime Minister of Bhutan
* [[Sitaram Yechuri]], General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] (1924-1988), former [[President of Pakistan]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>

==Law==
* [[Bishwajit Bhattacharyya]], former [[Solicitor General of India|Additional Solicitor General]] of India
* [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]], Judge, [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web | title =Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud Dr. Justice | work =Achievers | publisher =Old Columbans' Association | url =http://www.oldcolumban.net/achievers.html | accessdate =9 April 2012 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20120226125705/http://www.oldcolumban.net/achievers.html | archivedate =26 February 2012 | df =dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Ranjan Gogoi]], [[List of Chief Justices of India|46th]] [[Chief Justice of India]] (2018–2019)<ref>{{cite web|title=All you need to know about the newest Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/ranjan-gogoi-new-chief-justice-of-india-cji/story/283666.html |work=Business Today|accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="St. Alumni"/>[[File:Hon'ble Justice Ranjan Gogoi.jpg|thumb|[[Ranjan Gogoi]]]]
* [[Bhupinder Nath Kirpal]], [[List of Chief Justices of India|31st]] [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Bhupinder Nath Kirpal (B. N. Kirpal), 31st Chief Justice of India |url=https://www.instituteshub.com/Bhupinder-Nath-Kirpal-31st-Chief-Justice-of-India/}}</ref>
* [[Sanjay Kishan Kaul]], Judge, [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Malik|first1=Saurabh|title=Sanjay Kishan Kaul is Punjab & Haryana HC Chief Justice|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130601/main5.htm|accessdate=28 October 2017|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
* [[Hima Kohli]], [[Chief Justice]] of the [[Telangana High Court]]
* [[Madan Lokur]], Judge, [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chief Justice & Judges|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/chief-justice-judges?width=700&inline=true#id-of-content_5|website=supremecourtofindia.nic.in|publisher=[[Supreme Court of India]]|accessdate=28 October 2017|language=en}} Click on "Profile" under #4.</ref>
* [[Karuna Nundy]], lawyer, [[Supreme Court of India]]
* [[Vikramajit Sen]], Judge, [[Supreme Court of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in/Images/judges/hck_formerjudges/details/VSJ.PDF|title = Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Vikramajit Sen|date = |accessdate = 5 May 2015|website = |publisher = Karnataka High Court|last = |first = }}</ref>
* [[Abhishek Singhvi]], Senior Advocate, [[Supreme Court of India]]; MP from West Bengal

==Bureaucrats==
* [[Montek Singh Ahluwalia]], economist; Deputy Chairman of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]]; former [[Finance Secretary]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Planning Commission of India|url=http://planningcommission.nic.in/aboutus/history/index.php?about=msaprobody.htm|accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Javeed Ahmad]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], Director of National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences, and former [[Director general of police|Director General]] of [[Uttar Pradesh Police]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://mha1.nic.in/ipr/ips_ersheet_new/ERSheet1.aspx|title=S Javeed Ahmad - Executive Record Sheet|website=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]], [[Government of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424100743/http://mha1.nic.in/ipr/ips_ersheet_new/ERSheet1.aspx|archive-date=2016-04-24|url-status=dead|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nicfs.nic.in/directorrina.pdf|title=About Director, NICFS|website=National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227013224/http://www.nicfs.nic.in/directorrina.pdf|archive-date=2015-02-27|url-status=dead|access-date=August 22, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Yamini Aiyar]], Chief Executive and President of [[Centre for Policy Research]]
* [[Asaf Ali]] (1888-1953), Indian [[ambassador]] to the US, [[List of Governors of Odisha|Governor]] of [[Odisha]]<ref name="Asaf">{{cite news | url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/03/stories/2003040300610900.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040119025808/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/03/stories/2003040300610900.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 19, 2004 | title=Asaf Ali's Obituary | date=April 3, 1953 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Asaf book">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blhuAAAAMAAJ | title=M. Asaf Ali's memoirs: the emergence of modern India | author=Raghavan, G. N. S. | year=1994 | isbn=9788120203983}}</ref>
* [[Pratyaya Amrit]], IAS, Principal Secretary in [[Government of Bihar]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pratyaya-amrit-the-ias-who-shares-the-same-reputation-as-bihar-cm-nitish-kumar/articleshow/49721349.cms|title=Pratyaya Amrit, the IAS who shares the same reputation as Bihar CM Nitish Kumar|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>
* [[Jaimini Bhagwati]], IFS officer and World bank economist
* [[Sanjay Bhattacharya]], Indian [[ambassador]] to [[Turkey]]
* [[Ajay Bisaria]], IFS, High Commissioner of India to Canada
* [[Pulok Chatterji]], IAS, [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]] (2011-2014)
* [[Navin Chawla]], former chief election commissioner of India
* [[Shaktikanta Das]], [[List of Governors of Reserve Bank of India|25th]] [[Governor of the Reserve Bank of India]]<ref name="St. Alumni">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/did-you-know-these-6-top-office-holders-in-india-went-to-the-same-college-1411307-2018-12-17|title=Did you know these 6 top office holders in India went to the same college? |work=India Today|date=17 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[Parvez Dewan]], IAS officer
* [[Vijay Keshav Gokhale]], [[Foreign Secretary (India)|32nd Foreign Secretary of India]]
* [[Deepak Gupta (civil servant)|Deepak Gupta]], Chairman [[Union Public Service Commission]]
* [[Wajahat Habibullah]], first [[Chief Information Commissioner| Chief Information Commissioner of India]]
* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Syed Ata Hasnain]], high ranking officer of the [[Indian Army]]
* [[Parameswaran Iyer]], IAS, led [[Swachh Bharat Mission]]
* [[S. Jaishankar]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]], Foreign Secretary of India, current External Affairs Minister of India
* [[Ajay Narayan Jha]], former [[Finance Secretary]] and member of [[Fifteenth Finance Commission]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Ashok Kamte]] (1965-2008), officer of [[Indian Police Services]], killed in action during 26/11 attack.
* [[Amitabh Kant]], CEO of [[NITI Aayog]] (2016–incumbent)<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Vijayendra Nath Kaul]], former [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]] (2002-2008)<ref>{{cite web|title=IE photo of Padma Bhushan to CAG|date=31 March 2014|url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/padma-awards-vidya-balan-kamal-haasan-pullela-gopichand-others-receive-honours/#vijendra-2}}</ref>
* [[Amit Khare]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], Principal Secretary (Finance), Government of Jharkhand
* [[Rahul Khullar]], IAS Officer, former Chairman [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]]
* [[Neeraj Kumar (police officer)| Neeraj Kumar]], IPS, Former Delhi Police Commissioner
* [[V. J. Kurian|VJ Kurian]], Former Managing Director of [[Cochin International Airport]] and Addl. Chief Secretary Govt of Kerala
* [[Arun Maira]], member of the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]]
* [[Ved Marwah]], officer of IPS
* [[Rajiv Mehrishi]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]], former [[Secretary to Government of India|Home Secretary]] and [[Finance Secretary]] of India<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Shivshankar Menon]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]], former National Security Adviser of India
* [[Vinay Mittal]], Chairman [[Union Public Service Commission]]
* [[Monika Kapil Mohta]], [[List of ambassadors of India to Switzerland|Ambassador of India to Switzerland]]
* [[Nirmal Kumar Mukarji]], officer of ICS
* [[Vinay Sheel Oberoi]], IAS officer
* [[Armstrong Pame]], IAS officer
* [[S. Y. Quraishi]], former [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]
* [[Aftab Seth]], eminent IFS officer
* [[Ajit Seth]], 30th Cabinet Secretary of India
* [[Kamalesh Sharma]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]], 5th [[Commonwealth Secretary-General|Secretary General]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]
* [[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]], 33rd [[Foreign Secretary of India]]
* [[A P Singh]], former director of CBI
* [[Alwyn Didar Singh]], former secretary general of FCCCI
* [[N. K. Singh]], chairman of [[Fifteenth Finance Commission of India]]
* [[Taranjit Singh Sandhu]], [[Indian Foreign Service|IFS]], current [[List of ambassadors of India to the United States|Indian Ambassador to the United States]]
* [[Pradeep Kumar Sinha]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], [[Cabinet Secretary of India]]<ref name=":400">{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14122&PageId=|title=P.K. Sinha - Executive Sheet|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Department of Personnel and Training]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha]], former [[List of High Commissioners of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom]]
* [[Prajapati Trivedi]], economist and first Secretary, [[Performance Management Division]], Cabinet Secretariat<ref name="Prajapati Trivedi">{{cite web | url=http://ststephens.edu/Vision2050.htm | title=FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE "Vision 2050" - Prajapati Trivedi | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017011122/http://ststephens.edu/Vision2050.htm | archivedate=17 October 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Alok Verma]], Former Director of [[Central Bureau of Investigation]]<ref name="St. Alumni"/>

==Business==

* [[Ashok Alexander]], former Director, [[McKinsey & Company]] & Head, [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]
* [[Rahul Bajaj]], Chairman, [[Bajaj Group]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Rahul Bajaj, Bajaj Auto Ltd: Profile & Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/1643899-rahul-kumar-bajaj|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=9 October 2017|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}}</ref>[[File:Rahulbajaj.jpg|thumb|[[Rahul Bajaj]]]]
* [[Ajaypal Singh Banga]], CEO of [[MasterCard]]
* [[Sarthak Behuria]], former Chairman [[Indian Oil Corporation]]
* [[Sanjeev Bikhchandani]], founder of [[Naukri.com]]
* [[Piyush Gupta]], CEO, [[DBS Bank]]
* [[Deep Kalra]], founder and CEO of [[MakeMyTrip]]
* [[Jagdish Khattar]], [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]], Former Managing Director, [[Maruti Suzuki]]
* [[Siddhartha Lal]], CEO, [[Eicher Motors]]
* [[Ivan Menezes]], CEO of [[Diageo]]<ref name=HT>{{cite web|title=Diageo's Indian-origin CEO Ivan Menezes to get up to Rs. 105-cr pay package|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/diageo-s-indian-origin-ceo-ivan-menezes-to-get-up-to-rs-105-cr-pay-package/article1-1109340.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113061558/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/diageo-s-indian-origin-ceo-ivan-menezes-to-get-up-to-rs-105-cr-pay-package/article1-1109340.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2013|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref>
* [[Piyush Pandey]], Executive Chairman and Creative Director, [[Ogilvy and Mather]] India and South Asia
* [[Vipul Ved Prakash]], Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of [[Topsy Labs|Topsy]] and Cloudmark
* [[Bharat Ram]], industrialist, former Chairman and Managing Director [[Delhi Cloth & General Mills]]
* [[Madan Mohan Sabharwal]], business executive, social worker and [[Padma Shri]] awardee<ref name="Both born in the Summer of 1922">{{cite web | url=http://www.alumni.du.ac.in/pdfs/picture/1.pdf | title=Both born in the Summer of 1922 | publisher=Delhi University Alumni Association | date=2016 | accessdate=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Malvinder Mohan Singh]], Co-founder, Fortis Healthcare<ref>{{cite web|title=Malvinder Singh, Fortis Healthcare Ltd: Profile & Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/6119008-malvinder-mohan-singh|website=Bloomberg|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|accessdate=9 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Shivinder Mohan Singh]], Co-founder, Fortis Healthcare<ref>{{cite web|title=Shivinder Singh, Srl Ltd/Old: Profile & Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/15004182-shivinder-mohan-singh|website=Bloomberg|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|accessdate=9 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Janmejaya Sinha]], Management Consultant, Chairman [[Boston Consulting Group]]
* [[Vikram Talwar]], Founder & CEO [[EXL Service]]
* [[Gautam Thapar]], Chairman [[Avantha Group]]
* [[Ashok Vemuri]], former CEO [[Conduent]] and [[iGATE]]

== Performing arts ==

* [[Niret Alva]], television producer
* [[Siddhartha Basu]], quiz master
* [[Kabir Bedi]], actor<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ai6XVABXdkC | title=The Fiction of St. Stephen |author1=Bhattacharjea, Aditya |author2=Chatterji, Lola |name-list-style=amp| year=2000 | page=65 | isbn=9788175300309}}</ref>[[File:Kabir Bedi 2012 (bust cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Kabir Bedi]]]]
* [[Richa Chadha]], actress
* [[Safdar Hashmi]], founding member of [[Jana Natya Manch]]<ref name="Safdar Hashmi">{{cite web | url=http://www.sahmat.org/aboutsafdar.html | title=Safdar Hashmi | publisher=Sahmat | accessdate=29 Oct 2013 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924093527/http://www.sahmat.org/aboutsafdar.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Shekhar Kapur]], director and producer
* [[Amit Khanna]], triple [[National Film Award]] winning producer, founder chairman of [[Reliance Entertainment]]<ref>{{cite news |author =Shackleton, Liz | date= 6 September 2010 | title= Big's global ambition | url=https://www.screendaily.com/bigs-global-ambition/5017717.article | language=en | work=Screen Daily | access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Arunima Kumar]], kuchipudi dancer
* [[Raam Reddy]], director, ''[[Thithi (film)|Thithi]]''
* [[Parikshit Sahni]], actor
* [[Roshan Seth]], actor
* [[Rajeev Siddhartha]], actor
*[[Chandrachur Singh]], actor
* [[Konkana Sen Sharma]], actor<ref name="Konkana Sen Sharma">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Personal-agenda-Konkona-Sen-Sharma-actress/Article1-1095532.aspx | title=Personal agenda: Konkona Sen Sharma, actress | website=Hindustan Times | date=July 20, 2013 | accessdate=13 Oct 2013 | author=Singh, Veenu | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802170104/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/Personal-agenda-Konkona-Sen-Sharma-actress/Article1-1095532.aspx | archivedate=2 August 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* [[Suraj Sharma]], actor<ref name="Suraj Sharma">{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-22/delhi/35301424_1_suraj-sharma-unmukt-chand-exams | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130701192246/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-22/delhi/35301424_1_suraj-sharma-unmukt-chand-exams | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 1, 2013 | title=Stephen's bars Life of Pi star Suraj Sharma from taking exams | date=November 22, 2012 | accessdate=2 July 2013 | website=[[The Times of India]] | author=Chowdhury, Shreya Roy}}</ref> (did not graduate)

== Writers, poets, artists and critics ==

* [[Saeed Ahmad Akbarabadi]] (1908-1985), Indian Islamic scholar
* [[Upamanyu Chatterjee]], IAS, author
* [[Kanika Dhillon]], author and screenwriter
* [[Yashica Dutt]], writer<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.in/yashica-dutt-/so-you-want-to-meaningful_b_9129308.html</ref>
*[[Mahmood Farooqui]], prominent Urdu poet, performer and director
* [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], [[biographer]], recipient [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Akademi Award]]<ref name="Rajmohan Gandhi">{{cite news | title=Merchandising Gandhi | work=Ramchandran Guha | date=6 October 2009 | agency=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref name="Ramchandra, Rajmohan and Gopalkrishna Gamdhi">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/BigIdea/Hardselling-Gandhi/Article1-461986.aspx|title=Hardselling Gandhi®|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|date=6 October 2009|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|accessdate=13 August 2013|quote=In 20 years of studying Gandhi, I have had as friends and advisers, three brothers who grew up in a flat in Connaught Place owned by the ''Hindustan Times'' (of which paper their father was then the editor). They all went to the same school (Modern) and college (St Stephen’s), and all had a deep scholarly interest in the life and legacy of Gandhi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122103051/http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/bigidea/Hardselling-Gandhi/Article1-461986.aspx|archivedate=22 January 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Amitav Ghosh]], author
* [[Ramachandra Guha]], author[[File:Ram Guha Doon School library.jpg|thumb|[[Ramachandra Guha]]]]
* [[Mukul Kesavan]], historian, novelist and political and social essayist
* [[Rajiv Malhotra]], author, philanthropist, intellectual, writer<ref name="About Rajiv | Rajiv Malhotra | Infinity Foundation">{{Cite web|url=http://rajivmalhotra.com/about-rajiv-4/|title=About Rajiv | Rajiv Malhotra | Infinity Foundation}}</ref>
* [[Harsh Mander]], columnist and human rights activist<ref name=HindustanTimes >{{cite web | title = Stephen's to offer a peek into the 'other India |date= 25 March 2011|publisher= HindustanTimes| url =https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/stephen-s-to-offer-a-peek-into-the-other-india/story-W88bPPJsqmJCnpwh5YG5aI.html}}</ref>
* [[Mammen Mathew]], Chief Editor of the ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'', [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[Anurag Mathur]], author and journalist
* [[Rajiv Mehrotra]], writer, television producer-director, documentary film maker
* [[Satyarth Nayak]], Author of ''[[Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess]]'' and ''[[The Emperor's Riddles]]'' and Screenwriter for [[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]] epic historical series ''[[Porus (TV series)|Porus]]''
* [[Janice Pariat]], author, first [[Sahitya Akademi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] recipient for English literature from [[Meghalaya]]<ref>Bahuguna, Urvashi (September 12, 2012). [http://helterskelter.in/2012/09/a-careful-listener/ "A Careful Listener"]. ''Helter Skelter''. retrieved August 30, 2013.</ref>
* [[Prem Behari Narain Raizada]], calligrapher and writer of the [[Constitution of India]]
* [[Maroof Raza]], Defence analyst, writer, and educationalist
* [[Raam Reddy]], author, filmmaker
* [[Jaideep Saikia]], author
* [[Allan Sealy]], writer, finalist [[Man Booker Prize|Booker prize]]
* [[Khushwant Singh]] (1915-2014), author<ref name="St. Alumni"/>
* [[Parismita Singh]], author, illustrator, graphic novelist<ref name="Stoll 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Stoll |first1=Jeremy |title=Bread and Comics: A History of the Pao Collective |journal=[[International Journal of Comic Art]] |date=2013 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=363–382 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Bread%20and%20Comics%3A%20A%20History%20of%20the%20Pao%20Collective&author=J.%20Stoll&journal=International%20Journal%20of%20Comic%20Art&volume=15&issue=2&pages=363-382&publication_year=2013 |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[Ashok Vajpeyi]], Hindi poet, essayist, and Chairman, [[Lalit Kala Akademi]] India's National Academy of Arts, Govt of India
* [[Nirmal Verma]], writer, novelist, activist and translator
* [[Ramkumar Verma]] (1905-1990), Hindi poet<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ai6XVABXdkC | title=The Fiction of St. Stephen |author1=Bhattacharjea, Aditya |author2=Chatterji, Lola |name-list-style=amp| year=2000 | pages=xviii | isbn=9788175300309}}</ref>

== Art ==

* [[Aditya Arya]], photographer
* [[Shakti Maira]],<ref name="shaktimaira">{{cite web|title=Linked to 'A Way of Life'?|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/04/06/stories/2003040600120200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030717072947/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/04/06/stories/2003040600120200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2003-04-06|accessdate=17 December 2016}}</ref> artist, sculptor, writer
* [[Rajeev Sethi]], art curator, scenographer, designer
* [[Ram Kumar (artist)]], artist, awarded [[Padma Bhushan]]

== Academics ==

=== Social Sciences and Humanities === 
; Economics
* [[Kaushik Basu]], economist; Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the [[World Bank]]; former [[Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India|CEA]] to the Government<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ai6XVABXdkC | title=The Fiction of St. Stephen |author1=Bhattacharjea, Aditya |author2=Chatterji, Lola |name-list-style=amp| year=2000 | page=145 | isbn=9788175300309}}</ref>[[File:Kaushik Basu - Festival Economia 2013.JPG|thumb|[[Kaushik Basu]]]]
* [[Bhaskar Chakravorti]], economist; Dean, [[The Fletcher School at Tufts University]]
* [[Pradeep Dubey]], game theorist and professor at [[Yale University]]
* [[Ranjay Gulati]], organizational behaviour scholar, Professor of Business Administration at the [[Harvard Business School]]
* [[Sanjay Jain]], development economist; Senior Fellow in the Department of Economics at the [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Rajiv Kumar (economist)|Rajiv Kumar]], economist, [[NITI Aayog|vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog]]
* [[Shailendra Raj Mehta]], economist, president and director of [[MICA (institute)|MICA]]
* [[Deepak Nayyar]], economist; former [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India]]
* [[Rohini Pande]], development economist; professor at [[Yale University]]
* [[Manoj Pant]], Director [[Indian Institute of Foreign Trade]]
* [[Abhijit Sen]], former member of [[Planning Commission (India)|planning commission]]
* [[Arunava Sen]], economist; recipient of the [[Infosys Prize]]
* [[Mihir Shah]], former member of [[Planning Commission (India)|planning commission]]
* [[Arvind Subramanian]], economist; former [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India ]]
* [[Arvind Virmani]], economist; former [[Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India ]]
; History
* [[Nayanjot Lahiri]], historian; recipient of the [[Infosys Prize]]
* [[Amrita Narlikar]], Fellow, [[Darwin College, Cambridge]]
* [[Upinder Singh]], historian; recipient of the [[Infosys Prize]]

; Philosophy
* [[Divya Dwivedi]], philosopher
* [[Shaj Mohan]], philosopher

=== Natural and Mathematical Sciences === 

* [[V. Balakrishnan (physicist)|V. Balakrishnan]], [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Feynman Lectures on Physics Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter|last1=Feynman|first1=Richard P.|last2=Balakrishnan|first2=V.|last3=Leighton|first3=Robert B.|last4=Sands|first4=Matthew L.|date=1965|publisher=Addison-Wesley|isbn=9788185015842|location=New Delhi, India|language=English}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2018}}
* [[Charusita Chakravarty]], chemical physicist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Suraj N. Gupta]], theoretical physicist
* [[Deepak Kumar (physicist)|Deepak Kumar]] (1946-2016), physicist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Satish Chandra Maheshwari]] (1933-2019), molecular biologist and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] recipient
* [[Venkatesh Narayanamurti]], physicist, former Dean of the [[Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences|School of Engineering and Applied Sciences]] at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seas.harvard.edu/office-dean/history-office/venkatesh-narayanamurti|title=Venkatesh Narayanamurti|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=26 July 2020}}</ref>
* [[Pran Nath (physicist)|Pran Nath]], particle physicist, recipient [[The Humboldt Prize|Alexander von Humboldt Prize]]
* [[Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash]], the "fastest human calculator in the world"
* [[Ramamurti Rajaraman]], theoretical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate, [[Leo Szilard Lectureship Award|Leo Szilard Awardee]], former [[International Panel on Fissile Materials|Co-Chair International Panel on Fissile Materials]]
* [[Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman]], computer pioneer, [[Padma Bhushan]] recipient and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate
* [[Anupam Saikia]], mathematician, [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|Cambridge Math Wrangler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/Education.htm|title=Education|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref>
* [[Dinesh Singh (academic)|Dinesh Singh]], mathematician, 21st Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Delhi]]
* [[Manik Varma (computer scientist)|Manik Varma]], computer scientist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate

== Media and journalism ==

* [[Shiv Aroor]], editor and anchor at [[India Today (TV channel)]]
* [[Raghav Bahl]], former Director of [[Network 18]], founder of [[The Quint]]
* [[Shereen Bhan]], Managing Editor of [[CNBC|CNBC-TV18]] and [[World Economic Forum]]'s ''[[Young Global Leaders]]'' 2009
* [[Ajit Bhattacharjea]] (1924-2011), newspaper editor, the ''Hindustan Times'', ''The Times of India'' and ''The Indian Express''<ref name=hindu>{{cite news | title = Ajit Bhattacharjea dead |work= The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ajit-bhattacharjea-dead/article1600078.ece |date=April 5, 2011|accessdate = 2014-04-02}}</ref>
* [[Vikram Chandra (journalist)|Vikram Chandra]], former CEO, [[NDTV| NDTV Group]]
* [[Arvind Narayan Das]], Founding Editor, Biblio
* [[Parag Kumar Das]], human rights activist and Assamese journalist assassinated in 1996
* [[David Devadas]], journalist, writer and columnist; expert on [[Kashmir conflict]]
* [[Barkha Dutt]], television journalist, columnist, group editor with [[NDTV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brown.edu/initiatives/india/gandhifellowdutt|title=Barkha Dutt|publisher=Brown University|accessdate=2013-10-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131030110444/http://brown.edu/initiatives/india/gandhifellowdutt|archive-date=30 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/80880624151445505|title=Barkha Dutt twitter status|date=2011-06-15 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}</ref>[[File:Barkha Dutt World Economic Forum Nov 2010.jpg|thumb|[[Barkha Dutt]]]]
* [[Bhaskar Ghose]], former Secretary, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], former Director General of [[Doordarshan]]
* [[Sagarika Ghose]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Sagarika Ghose |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/32718/Sagarika_Ghose/index.aspx |title=Sagarika Ghose from HarperCollins Publishers |publisher=Harper Collins |date=2010-03-24 |accessdate=2013-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401125429/http://harpercollins.com/authors/32718/Sagarika_Ghose/index.aspx |archive-date=1 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> journalist, news anchor and author
* [[Samir Jain]], [[Vice-Chairman]] of [[media group]] [[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]
* [[Siddharth Kak]], documentary filmmaker and creator of TV show ''[[Surabhi (TV Show)|Surabhi]]''<ref name="ex">{{cite news|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=17951 |title=Glorifying India's diverse culture on the celluloid screen |date=May 18, 2002 |work=The Indian Express |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711123950/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=17951 |archivedate=July 11, 2004 }}</ref><ref name="St. Stephen's College: a history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=8174364439 | title=St. Stephen's College: a history | publisher=Lotus Collection, Roli Books | author=Jaitly, Ashok | year=2006 | page=82 | isbn=8174364439}}</ref>
* [[Ritu Kapur]], media entrepreneur<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/ritu-kapur|title=Ritu Kapur {{!}} Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism|website=reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-29}}</ref>
* [[Arun Shourie]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne120909acid_dreams.asp |title=Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine |publisher=Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine |accessdate=2013-09-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908215146/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=Ne120909acid_dreams.asp |archivedate=8 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> journalist, author and politician; winner of the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]
* [[Sonia Singh (journalist)|Sonia Singh]], Editorial Director of [[NDTV]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ststephens.edu/Stephania-2013.pdf | title=Reunion 2011 | publisher=[[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] | accessdate=19 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225005239/http://ststephens.edu/Stephania-2013.pdf | archive-date=25 February 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Sreenath Sreenivasan]], former Dean [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Columbia School of Journalism]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://acaa.alumni.columbia.edu/sree_bio | title= Sree Sreenivasan Bio | publisher= Columbia Alumni Association}}</ref>
* [[Paranjoy Guha Thakurta]], journalist, writer, and documentary maker; former Editor, [[Economic and Political Weekly]]
* [[B. G. Verghese|George Verghese]] (1927–2014), editor of the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' and ''[[The Indian Express]]'', winner of the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]

== Sports ==

* George Abraham, founder of [[World Blind Cricket Council]] (WBC)<ref name="George Abraham">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wY9LP0Na2IAC | title=Handbook of Inclusive Education for Educators, Administrators and Planners |author1=Madhumita Puri |author2=George Abraham | year=2004 | page=301 | isbn=9780761932666}}</ref>
* [[Neha Aggarwal]], Olympian<ref name=guardian >{{cite web | title = How DU excels from sports to academics |date= 5 August 2020|publisher= Daily Guardian| url = https://thedailyguardian.com/how-du-excels-from-academics-to-olympics/}}</ref>
* [[Kirti Azad]], Cricketer, winner of the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Kirti Azad The Constant Rebel|date= 23 December 2015|publisher= Live Mint| url = https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ZBdemaWnT1gmq8OtvOV3QO/Kirti-Azad-The-constant-rebel.html}}</ref>
* [[Ajeet Bajaj]], mountaineer, part of first father-daughter duo to scale [[Mount Everest]]
* [[Ranjit Bhatia]], Olympian<ref>{{cite web | title = Ranjit Bhatia Biographical information|publisher= Olympedia| url = https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71375}}</ref>
* [[Unmukt Chand]], Captain of the Indian U-19 Cricket team; Winner of the [[2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]]<ref name=indiatoday >{{cite web | title = Unmukt Chand debarred by St Stephen's College from appearing in exams |publisher= India Today| url =https://www.indiatoday.in/cricket/story/unmukt-chand-detained-by-st-stephens-college-114780-2012-08-30}}</ref>
* [[Anjum Chopra]], former Captain of Indian Women Cricket Team
* [[Michael Dalvi]], Indian Cricketer
* Piyush Kumar, Represented India in the 2000 Sydney Olympics<ref name=tribune >{{cite web | title = Sydney Olympics|publisher= Tribune| url =https://m.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000827/sports.htm}}</ref><ref name=guardian/>
* [[Arun Lal]], Indian Cricketer
* [[Mirza Masood]], Olympic Gold Medalist<ref name=Twf>{{cite web | title = Mirza Nasiruddin Masud |publisher= Twf| url = https://www.twf.org/bio/MNMasud.html}}</ref>
* [[Akanksha Singh]], Captain, [[India Women's National Basketball Team]]
* [[Karni Singh]], Olympian<ref name=iloveindia>[http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/shooting/shooters/karni-singh.html Profile of Dr Karni Singh] at iloveindia.com</ref>
* [[Mansher Singh]], Olympian
* [[Ranjit Singh (athlete)]], Olympian<ref name=guardian/>
* [[Randhir Singh (sport shooter)]], Olympian; Indian representative to the [[International Olympic Committee]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Raja Randhir SINGH |date= 28 June 2021|publisher= Olympics| url = https://olympics.com/ioc/raja-randhir-singh}}</ref>
* [[Mandip Singh Soin]], mountaineer, explorer, [[Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society]]
* Arun Sondhi, represented India at the 1992 and 1996 Paralympics<ref name=Para>{{cite web | title =Arun Sondhi |publisher= Paralympic| url = https://www.paralympic.org/arun-sondhi}}</ref><ref name=guardian/>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602100106/http://www.ststephens.edu/ststephens/httpdocs/alumni/hof.htm Official alumni list]

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