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Template:Pp-extended Ahuja is an Indian (Punjabi and Sindhi) surname, held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".[1][2]Template:Cn

Notable people

Administration

  • Deepak Ahuja (born 1963), former CFO at Tesla
  • Kiran Ahuja (born 1971), American attorney and activist serving as the director of the United States of America Office of Personnel Management
  • Ravi Ahuja (born 1971), American business executive

Armed Forces

  • Ajay Ahuja (1963–1999), Indian fighter pilot martyred during the Kargil War

Art

Athletics

  • Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist at the 1974 Asian Games
  • Kanika Ahuja (born 2002), Indian cricketer
  • Neha Ahuja (born 1981), Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to qualify for the Winter Olympics
  • Suraj Ahuja (born 1999), Indian cricketer, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team

Bollywood

Journalism

  • Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
  • Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer and hedge fund specialist

Politics

Science, medicine and academia

  • Kamal Ahuja (born 1954), physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
  • M. M. S. Ahuja (1929–1998), Indian physician and endocrinologist
  • Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
  • Nita Ahuja, American surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
  • Ravindra K. Ahuja (born 1956), Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
  • Sunil Kumar Ahuja (born 1961), professor of medicine at the University of Texas
  • V. K. Ahuja (born 1967), professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam, India

Social work

See also

References

  1. Dictionary of American Family Names{{#if:Hanks|, Hanks}. Oxford University Press(2003)
  2. Sindhi Culture{{#if:Thakur|, Thakur}. University of Bombay(1959)

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