List of Jawaharlal Nehru University people


This is a list of people associated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Excluded are those people whose only connection with JNU is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

Alumni

Arts

Politics and Law

Heads of State and Government

Others

Humanities and Social Sciences

Military and police

Science and Technology

Others

NameAffiliationNotabilityReferences
Anvita AbbiProfessor of Linguistics
Ayesha KidwaiProfessor of Linguisticstheoretical linguist and Infosys Prize recipient
Balaji Prakashbiochemist, N-Bios laureate
Birendra Nath Mallick,Neurobiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Brahm Shanker Srivastava,microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Deepak KumarProfessor of Physics between 1988 and 2016physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Franson ManjaliProfessor of linguistics.
Joy PachuauProfessor of Historical studieshistorian
Kapil KapoorProfessor of Linguistics & English, Chairman Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Mahendra P. LamaProfessor, JNUvice chancellor of Sikkim University
Makarand ParanjapeProfessor of English between 1999 and 2018author, poet, and director of Indian Institute of Advanced Study
Muchkund DubeyFormer Professor of International Relations17th Foreign Secretary of India
Nivedita MenonProfessor of Political thought
Prabhat PatnaikFormer Professor of Economics
Pushpesh PantProfessor of International relationsfood critic and writer
Raja Mohan
Robert L. Holmesphilosopher
Sanjay Puriheld various positions since 1987Statistical physicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
Syed Iqbal Hasnainglaciologist, writer, and climate change activist