List of Scindia School alumni
Students of Scindia School are popularly known as Scindians, although the more correct term is ex-Scindians since within Scindia itself current pupils are known as Scindian, and alumni are referred to as ex-Scindia or, more simply, as Old Boys.
Although the total number of Scindians is relatively small (estimated at 9,000 since the school was founded in 1897), they include some of India's most prominent politicians, writers, government officials and business leaders:
Armed forces
Indian Air Force
- Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal
- Chief of the Air staff Om Prakash Mehra
- Air Marshal Dushyant Singh (AOC-in-C Eastern Air Command)
Indian Army
- Lieutenant General Moti Dhar
- Lieutenant General Samer Pal Singh Dhillon
- Lieutenant General Ashok Handoo
- Lieutenant General Sami Khan
- Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar
- Maj. General Jagdish Narain
- Maj. General Surrinder Singh
Indian Navy
- Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan
- Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam
Politicians
Members of Parliament
- K. Natwar Singh, Indian National Congress From Rajasthan
- Madhavrao Scindia, Indian National Congress From Madhya Pradesh
- Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, 2014 to 2018 From Andhra Pradesh
- Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for PMO, 2014 to current From Jammu and Kashmir
- Pavan Varma, Janata Dal (United)
Member of legislative assembly
- Veer Vikram Singh, Bhartiya Janta Party From Uttar Pradesh
- Ch. Mukesh Singh Chaturvedi, Bhartiya Janta Party from Madhya Pradesh
Governors
- George Jivajirao Scindia, Governor of Gwalior State
- Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Governor of Goa (From 2012)
Manufacturing
- Kalyan Banerjee, Chairman United Phosphorus Ltd, President Rotary International[1][2]
Writers
- Anurag Mathur (Inscrutable American)
- Sanjay Singh Yadav
Academics
- Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman of NIIT
Artists
- Ananda Shankar, musician
- Sanjay Singh Yadav, semi-finalist in UK Song Writing Contest 2013[3]
Filmmakers and actors
- Jalal Agha, actor
- Sooraj R. Barjatya, director
- Salman Khan, actor
- Arbaaz Khan, actor
- Anurag Kashyap, director
- Nitin Mukesh, Singer
- Vikas Kalantri, actor
- Ameen Sayani, broadcaster
- Raj Zutshi, actor
- Abhinav Kashyap, director
- Anil Mehta, Cinematographer
- Kushal Tandon, actor
- Shadab Kamal, Actor
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References
- "Kalyan Banerjee Rotary International President-Elect". Show Me Rotary. Missouri District 6040, 6060, 6080. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- "The presidents of Rotary International 1997–98 to 2011–12". Rotary Global History Fellowship (An internet project). Rotary Global HIstory Fellowship. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130821230225/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/The-man-whose-song-won-UK-over/Article1-1110435.aspx
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