11 Successful IITians Who Are Making India Proud

Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) is a prestigious institution and major world companies and organizations line up to hire its students. No doubt that there had been a lot of students who went on to become successful in their chosen fields and made India proud.

11 Successful IITians Who Are Making India Proud

Here’s a look at 11 such people who studied at IIT and made India proud.

Arvind Kejriwal graduated from IIT Kharagpur

Born on August 16, 1968, in an upper-middle-class family in Siwani, Haryana, the current Chief Minister Of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal completed his graduation in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

Raghuram Govinda Rajan graduated from IIT Delhi

An Indian economist and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Govinda Rajan Graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi and was awarded the Director’s Gold Medal as the best all-rounder student during his graduation in 1985.

Vinod Khosla graduated from IIT Delhi

An entrepreneur, investor and technologist, Vinod Khosla is co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures.

An Indian-American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi. In 2014 According to Forbes, Khosla was among the 400 richest people in the United States.

Deepinder Goyal graduated from IIT Delhi

Deepinder Goyal founder and CEO of India’s biggest food delivery app Zomato. Deepinder completed his graduation from IIT Delhi back in 2005 with a degree in Mathematics and Computing.

Chetan Bhagat graduated from IIT Delhi

Author of India’s bestselling books 5 point Someone, 3 Mistakes of My Life, and Half Girlfriend, is also an engineer. Chetan studied Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi and completed a Master’s of Business Administration degree at IIM Ahmedabad.

N.R. Narayan Murthy graduated from IIT Kanpur

Padma Shri N.R. Narayan Murthy is the founder and ex-chairman of the Indian multinational information technology company ‘Infosys’. Murthy completed his Master’s degree from IIT Kanpur in 1969.

He was also awarded Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India in 2008 and listed among the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time by Fortune Magazine in 2012.

Sundar Pichai graduated from IIT Kharagpur

Google Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is a name that needs no introduction. From modest beginnings to rich Pichai’s journey shows that hard work pays off. Pichai studied B.Tech in Metallurgy Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

On August 10, 2015, Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Google – the world’s biggest tech company Google, and now he is counted among the world’s most successful professionals.

Sachin Bansal graduated from IIT Delhi

If you greatly enjoy online shopping and buying things then you must know Sachin Bansal who is the co-founder and former CEO of India’s biggest eCommerce giant Flipkart which is now acquired by Walmart in 2018. Sachin graduated in Computer Engineering from IIT Delhi in 2005.

Bhavish Aggarwal graduated from IIT Powai, Mumbai

An Indian entrepreneur and Co-founder of Ola Cabs Bhavish Aggarwal studied Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Bombay. In 2018 Bhavish was listed among the 100 Most Influential People in Time magazine.

Jitendra Kumar graduated from IIT Kharagpur

A ‘Panchayat’ actor who acted in many web series, films, and TV serials studied Civil Engineering at IIT Kharagpur and also held the position of Governor of the Hindi Technology Dramatics Society at IIT KGP.