List of Osmania University people

This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.

Arts

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Nandamuri Balakrishna				Indian film actor, works predominantly in Telugu cinema	[1]
Diana Hayden				former Miss World and actress
J. D. Chakravarthy			CBIT	actor
Santosh Kumar				Pakistani film actor
Sekhar Kammula			CBIT	film director
Shyam Benegal				director and screenwriter, recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 1991	[1]
Ananda Shankar Jayant				classical dancer and a recipient of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Business

Name		Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Karan Bilimoria		1981	B.Com.		founder of Cobra Beer; Member of the House of Lords; seventh Chancellor of the University of Birmingham	[2]
G. V. K. Reddy					GVK Group Chairman	[3][4]
Sanjiv Sidhu					Chairman and CEO, i2 Technologies
Shantanu Narayen					President and CEO, Adobe
Ramesh Chitor		1998	B. Tech		Business Development and Strategic Alliances leader. Specialties: Databases, Business Analytics, Behavioral Data Science, Data Modeling, IEEE Program Committee Member for Industry and Government

Humanities and social science

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Bhadriraju Krishnamurti				Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university
Mahe Jabeen				social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award
Makhdoom Mohiuddin				Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu
Masud Husain Khan				linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia
Muhammad Hamidullah				scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946)
Pilli Alfred James				Public Administrator

Law

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
B. Subhashan Reddy				Chief Justice of madras and Kerala High Court.
Subodh Markandeya	1956; 1963			Indian Senior Advocate

Politics

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Abid Hasan			University College of Law	former Indian Ambassador to Egypt
Asaduddin Owaisi		BA	Nizam[note 1]	Politician, Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha
Bhaskarrao Bapurao Khatgaonkar		BE	University College of Engineering	MP from Nanded	[5]
C. Vidyasagar Rao				former Governor of Maharashtra
Dharam Singh				17th Chief Minister of Karnataka
Jaipal Reddy				Member of Parliament
K. Chandrashekar Rao				1st Chief Minister of Telangana	[6]
K. T. Rama Rao		B. Sc.	Nizam[note 1]	Minister for Information Technology (IT), Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MAUD), Textiles and NRI Affairs, Telangana
Kadiyam Srihari	1975	M.Sc		Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana
Keshavrao Sonawane					[7]
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy			CBIT	Member of Legislative Assembly
Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy				Member of Parliament
Madhu Yaskhi				Member of Parliament; New York attorney
Muralidhar Rao
N. Kumarayya				retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal
Nadendla Manohar		BA; MBA	Nizam College, University College of Commerce & Business Management	Former Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker, Former Member of Legislative Assembly, PAC Chairman - Jana Sena Party
Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy		B.Com.; LLB	Nizam, University College of Law	16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh	[8]
P. V. Narasimha Rao			University College of Arts	9th Prime Minister of India	[9]
Shankarrao Chavan		LLB		5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Minister of Finance
Shivraj Patil			City College	former Minister for Home Affairs
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy				Politician, General Secretary of Communist Party of India
V. Hanumantha Rao				Politician, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha
Y. S. Chowdary			CBIT	Politician, Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy		B.Com.	Nizam[note 1]	Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh [10]

Science and Technology

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Ali Nawaz Jung				engineer	[11]
B. E. Vijayam				geologist
D. Srinivasa Reddy				chemist
Garikapati Narahari Sastry		BSc; MSc		chemist	[12]
Manju Bansal				molecular biologist
Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui				Pakistani theoretical physicist
Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie				marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
J. N. Reddy				Distinguished and Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University[13]
Patcha Ramachandra Rao				metallurgist
Rafi Ahmed	1968			virologist and immunologist	[14]
Rakesh Sharma				cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space	[1]
Undurti Narasimha Das	1981	MD	Osmania Medical[note 2]	immunologist, endocrinoloist

• Suri Bhagavantam, physicist[15]
• Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, plant breeder, popularly known as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
• Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, organometallic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• G. Naresh Patwari, chemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate[16]

Sports

Name	Class Year	Degree	College	Notability	References
Arshad Ayub			City College	Cricketer
Ashwini Ponnappa		B.Com.	St. Mary's	Badminton player
Asif Iqbal				Cricketer	[17]
Gagan Narang		BCA		Shooter
Harsha Bhogle		B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering		Cricket commentator	[18]
Mohammed Azharuddin		B.Com.	Nizam[note 1]	Cricketer	[1]
Murtuza Baig				Cricketer
Pullela Gopichand			A. V. College	Badminton player	[19]
Samaresh Jung				Shooter	[20]
Sania Mirza			St. Mary's	Tennis player
Syed Abdul Rahim				Football coach	[21]

Others

• Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University
• Kancha Ilaiah, Dalit scholar
• K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University; member of Union Public Service Commission
• G. Ram Reddy, father of Open Learning in India
• George Reddy, student leader
• Ramachandru Tejavath, Retired bureaucrat and Former Principal Secretary Industries Government of Odisha, and Special Representative of Government of Telangana[22]
• Yaga Venugopal Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (PhD)[23]

Notable Faculty

Name	Affiliation	Notability	References
Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah
D. C. Reddy		Vice Chancellor 1999-2002
Manazir Ahsan Gilani	Former Dean of Theology	Islamic scholar and author	[24]
Masud Husain Khan	Head of the Department of Urdu between 1962 and 1968	Urdu linguist
Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy		former Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court
Sardar Ali Khan	Dean of the Faculty of Law between 1984 and 1991	acting Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court
Suri Bhagavantam	Head of the Physics Department between 1949 and 1952; Vice Chancellor between 1952 and 1957	scientist and science administrator
Zubaida Yazdani	Served at various positions in the Women's College and University College of Arts	historian

References

Notes

1. The Nizam College is affiliated to the Osmania University since 1947.
2. The Osmania Medical College was affiliated to the Osmania University between 1918 and 1986.

Citations

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21. "The wonder that was Rahim". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
22. "Osmania University: Distinguished Alumni". www.osmania.ac.in. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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24. Syed Mehboob Rizwi. Tārīkh Dārul Uloom Deoband [History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband]. 2. Translated by Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraish. Dar al-Ulum Deoband: Idara-e-Ehtemam. pp. 85–86.