Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni

Abhijit Banerjee

Economist

Princeton University, Harvard University

Indian American economist · Batch 1983

Ali Zeidan

Prime Minister of Libya

Libyan politician (born 1950)

Anjali Gopalan

LGBTQ rights activist

Indian LGBT rights activist

Baburam Bhattarai

Member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly

Nepalese politician

Geetanjali Shree

Writer

Indian writer

Jayati Ghosh

Writer

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Indian economist (1955-)

Jyotindra Nath Dixit

National Security Advisor

Indian diplomat (1936–2005)

Kanhaiya Kumar Gandhi

Politician

Galgotia's College of Engineering and Technology, Galgotias University

Indian student activist,

Kavita Krishnan

Politician

Indian politician

Maneka Gandhi

Member of the 16th Lok Sabha

Indian politician and activist

Nirmala Sitharaman

Minister of Corporate Affairs

Indian politician

Nora Fatehi

Actor

Canadian actress (1992-present)

Palagummi Sainath

Writer

Indian journalist

Pankaj Mishra

Writer

Indian writer

Prakash Karat

Writer

Indian politician

Prem Chowdhry

Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly

Indian author