List of Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda people

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This is a list of alumni and faculty at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Alumni

Arts

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Robert mongare 1993 MFA Artist [1]
Dadasaheb Phalke Film director, producer, and screenwriter. Father of Indian Cinema. [2]
Dhruva Mistry Sculptor
Elisha Kriis BBA Actress [3]
Gulam Mohammed Sheikh painter and writer. [4]
Haku Shah Indian painter [5]
Jay Pinak Oza BFA (Art History

& Aesthetics)

Indian cinematographer [6]
Jayant Parikh 1959; 1961 BA in Fine Art; MA Indian painter, printmaker and mural artist [7]
Jyoti Bhatt Indian painter, photographer
Jyotsna Bhatt 1958 Indian ceramist and potter
Mitali Mukherjee singer [8]
Mrinalini Mukherjee sculptor and textile artist
N. N. Rimzon artist [9]
Nilima Sheikh artist
Ratan Parimoo Painter and art historian
Surendran Nair artist
Tanvi Vyas actress and model [10]
Vivan Sundaram artist

Social Sciences and Law

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Bela Trivedi Judge, Supreme Court of India
Akshay H. Mehta Former Judge of the Gujarat High Court [11]
Chimanbhai Patel Former Chief Minister of Gujarat and Member of Parliament [12]
Mohit Shantilal Shah 1976 LLB Former Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court [13]
Ranjitsinh Pratapsinh Gaekwad Former Maharaja of Baroda and Member of Parliament. [14]
Arvind Shah Sociologist [15]
Sujan R. Chinoy BA (Hons.) in English Literature and Psychology Former Ambassador of India to Japan and the Marshall Islands [16]
Partha Pratim Shil 2003 BA in Political Science Professor at Stanford University Department of History [17]

Science

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
J.S. Bandukwala PhD in Physics Prominent human rights activist and associate professor.[18]
Sandip Pakvasa 1957 BSc and MSc in Physics Physicist. Awarded the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, as a member of the Kamioka Liquid Scintillator Antineutrino Detector Collaboration. American Physical Society Fellow, Humboldt Prize Fellow.[19][20][21]
Sam Pitroda 1964 BSc and Msc in Physics Telecom engineer, entrepreneur and politician. Father of Telecommunications revolution in India.

He served as advisor to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation and as a Cabinet Minister under Rajiv Gandhi and as the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2005 to 2009.

[22][23]
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 1971 BSc in Physics Biologist. Awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for his research in ribosome. President of the Royal Society since November 2015 to November 2020 [24][25]
Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri 1973 BSc in Physics Physicist. Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1994 for doing "pioneering experimental work in the field of low temperature quantum transport in oxides near metal-insulator transition elucidating the interplay of disorder and interaction." Humboldt Prize Fellow. [26]
Karan Jani Physicist. He is a part of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration which detected GW14092015, first such observation of gravitational waves from binary black hole merger. For this pathbreaking discovery, the pioneers of the very collaboration were awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. [27]
Kanury Venkata Subba Rao Immunologist. Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar in 1997 in the field of Biological Sciences for "outstanding contribution in the design of synthetic peptide vaccines based on the regeneration of conformational epitopes and self association of such peptides to give high immunogenicity in humans." [28][29]
Chintan Shah 2011 BSc and MSc in Physics Physicist. He currently works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and is part of the X-ray instrumentation and calibration working groups for future X-ray space observatories such as XRISM, Athena, and LEM.

Technology

Name Class

Year

Degree Notability References
Ajay Bhatt Computer Architect. Co-invented Universal Serial Bus [30]
Paritosh Pandya Computer scientist. Former Dean, School of Technology and Computer Science at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is known for his research in Logics, Automata, Concurrency, Formal Methods, Embedded Systems and Software Engineering. [31]
Vijay P. Bhatkar Computer Scientist. Chancellor of Nalanda University. He is primarily known as the Inventor of PARAM Super computer. [32]
Vishal Sikka Former CEO of Infosys; CTO and Executive Board member of SAP AG [33]
Shankar Subbanarasayya Mantha Indian Academician and Administrator. Former Chairman, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and currently Adjunct Professor of National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He is known for reforms in AICTE that brought transparency and accountability. [34][35][36]

Others

A

B

C

D

E

G

H

K

L

M

P

R

  • Robert mongare (author)|Rajendra Shah]], lyrical Gujarati poet and philosopher.[57]
  • Reetika Khera, economist and teacher.[58]

S

T

V

Notable faculty

Name Affiliation Notability
Geoffrey Wainwright Professor of environmental archaeology between 1961 and 1963 archaeologist
Gunvant Shah Lecturer between 1961 and 1972 Writer
K. G. Subramanyan Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts between 1951 and 1956 Artist
Nasreen Mohamedi Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts between 1972 and 1990 artist [67]
Rajni Kothari Lecturer (joined the university in 1958) Political Scientist [68]
M. N. Srinivas Lecturer (established the Department of Sociology) Sociologist [69]
Arvind Shah Lecturer Sociologist [70]

References

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  3. ↑ An interview with Elisha, founder of "Tigress Picturess". smartindianwomen.com.
  4. ↑ Gulam Mohammed Sheikh. artintaglio.in.
  5. ↑ Tribal art, Haku Shah's exhibition of photographs. The Hindu(10 January 2007).
  6. ↑ #HGAcademy: Recommendations To Help You Create Quality Visuals By Renowned Cinematographer Jay Oza, Shah, Jahnavi. Homegrown(2021-06-08). Retrieved 2025-11-24.
  7. ↑ Jayant's name and photo displayed as fine art student of MSU by Vandana Kalra in(6 November 2016).
  8. ↑ Whenever I visit Bangladesh, I don't feel like leaving – Mitali Mukherjee(30 October 2015).
  9. ↑ The Modernist Sprawl. N. N. Rimzon, Ghoshal, Somak. Talwar Gallery. Live Mint(6 February 2016).
  10. ↑ Vadodara's Tanvi Vyas is Femina Miss India Earth. deshgujarat.com(11 April 2008).
  11. ↑ Hon'ble Mr. Justice Akshay H. Mehta. archive.is.
  12. ↑ Chimanbhai Patel The Gujarat Chief Minister who survived every political battle. thelallantop.com.
  13. ↑ Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah retires. livelaw.in(9 September 2015).
  14. ↑ Maharaja of Baroda Ranjitsinh Gaekwad dies at 74. daily.bhaskar.com.
  15. ↑ In memory of M.N. Srinivas. Contributions to Indian Sociology({Template:Year).
  16. ↑ Sujan Chinoy is India's new envoy to Japan. The Economic Times.
  17. ↑ Partha Pratim Shil | Department of History. history.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  18. ↑ Interview: 'Muslims must stay out of politics as it helps Modi polarise society', Ashraf, Ajaz. Scroll.in(2017-11-26). Retrieved 2026-01-04.
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  24. ↑ The Royal Society : Fellows Directory : Venki Ramakrishnan.
  25. ↑ Venki Ramakrishnan | Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts.
  26. ↑ Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
  27. ↑ This alumnus of a Baroda govt school was part of a team that unlocked a space secret(22 September 2018).
  28. ↑ SOME TOP INDIAN BIOLOGISTS - Indian Express.
  29. ↑ Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
  30. ↑ The inventor of USB is an Indian and he didn't do it for money. indiatoday.in.
  31. ↑ Engineering Experts.Paritosh K. Pandya. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
  32. ↑ The Little Known Story of How India's First Indigenous Supercomputer Amazed the World in 1991. thebetterindia.com(13 January 2017).
  33. ↑ Infosys CEO Sikka rakes in $11 million in total compensation. gadgetsnow.com.
  34. ↑ Former Chairman - All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi & Chairman - National Technical Committee, NCSSS. ncdrc.res.in.
  35. ↑ Atish Dipankar University holds its 3rd convocation. The Daily Star(2022-06-20). Retrieved 2022-10-02.
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  37. ↑ Asha Puthli, an Indian Singer Who Embraces Countless Cultures. The New York Times(12 August 2006).
  38. ↑ Ankur Vikal Actor. IMDb.
  39. ↑ INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail – Professor AK Raychaudhuri. insaindia.res.in.
  40. ↑ Padma Awards 2007, Padma Shri – No : 53. outlookindia.com. Outlook.
  41. ↑ Bharati Mukherjee, Writer of Immigrant Life, Dies at 76. The New York Times(2 February 2017).
  42. ↑ Chintan Upadhyay.Honours and Awards 2004–05 Charles Wallace Foundation Award for Residency in Bristol, UK. saffronart.com.
  43. ↑ SAH School of Arts & Humanities, Deepak Shimkhada.
  44. ↑ Esther David, Ahmedabad in US calendar on Jewish women writers.
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  47. ↑ Condolence message for Hasmukh C. Patel. cept.ac.in.
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  52. ↑ Material Queen, Medium is the message in renowned sculptor Latika Katt's works.
  53. ↑ Mrunalini Devi Puar, Chancellor of M S University of Baroda, passes away. netindian.in.
  54. ↑ Pramod Kale gets Aryabhatta award. oneindia.com(12 August 2009).
  55. ↑ 'Sankat City' director Pankaj Advani passes away(11 November 2010).
  56. ↑ From a tea stall in Amreli to Hollywood, Nalin Pandya (43) who is making Hollywood.
  57. ↑ Third Gujarati to win Jnanpith – Rajendra Keshavlal Shah(2003-07-18).
  58. ↑ Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Prof. Reetika Khera. iima.ac.in.
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  65. ↑ The King of Kindness Vinoba Bhave and His Nonviolent Revolution. markshep.com.
  66. ↑ Vivan Sundaram: A man of all mediums. livemint.com(26 January 2018).
  67. ↑ A life on the lines: Celebrating three decades of Nasreen Mohamedi's work. The Indian Express(22 November 2015). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  68. ↑ CSDS.
  69. ↑ In memory of M.N. Srinivas. Contributions to Indian Sociology({Template:Year).
  70. ↑ Remembering Professor Arvind M. Shah, a Genial Doyen of Sociology.
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