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Who are Some notable Alumni at NIT Raipur?
Posted On - Apr 23, 20212 Answers
Here are some notable alumni of NIT Raipur who have made huge contributions in diverse fields.
Chief Executive Officers and top executives of Fortune India 500 companies:
- Abid Ali Neemuchwala, Former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Wipro
- Sudhir Vasudeva (1974/Che), Former Chairman & Managing Director at ONGC[18]
Bureaucrats :
- Deepak Khandekar (1985/Civil), Personnel Secretary (India). Former Chief Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Deans and chairs of faculties:
- Baldev Raj, Padma Shri recipient and director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR)
- Dharma Agrawal, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computing Systems at the University of Cincinnati
Politicians :
- Gaurishankar Agrawal, former Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
- Abhishek Singh, Member of Parliament from Rajnandgaon
- Shivshankar Painkra, Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
- Zale Neikha, Member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly
Artists :
- Budhaditya Mukherjee, Padma Bhushan recipient and first artist in history to perform in the House of Commons, London.
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and there are many other notable alumni from NIT Raipur.
Sudhir Vasudeva, the former chairman & managing director at ONGC is one of the notable alumni from NIT Raipur. He pursued his B.E. in Chemical engineering at NIT Raipur from 1971 to 1975 and was also a gold medalist.
- As of now, he is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors at NIT Raipur. Mr. Vasudeva is also chairman of ONGC Videsh Limited. This company is operating in over 16 countries.
- Furthermore, he is the President of the Global Compact Network. He is also the first business leader to be a Member of the Board of the United Nations Global Compact from India’s public sector enterprises.
- He has also been awarded a Distinguished fellowship of Institute of Directors, IIChe – Honorary Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, CEPM, and PMA fellowship for excellence in Project management, etc.
- He has won multiple awards and is recently working on heading a Perspective plan 2030 to ensure that ONGC’s leadership remains at the top position in the coming few years.
- Mr. Vasudeva is also a sports enthusiast and is the President of the All India Public sector Sports Promotion Club.
- He has won a number of accolades and awards given by top companies like NDTC, Gujarat Industries Ltd., SCOPE excellence award, and much more.
He is quite the achiever and definitely one of the shining stars of NIT Raipur.
