Indian Americans are citizens or residents of theUnited States of America who trace their family descent toIndia.^[1][2] Notable Indian Americans include:

• Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011),Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1968
• Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995),Nobel Prize for Physics, 1983
• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (b. 1952),Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2009; FormerPresident of the Royal Society, (2015–2020)
• Abhijit Banerjee (b. 1961),Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2019; Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics atMassachusetts Institute of Technology^[3]

• Rakesh Khurana (born 1967), dean ofHarvard College^[4]
• Neeli Bendapudi (born 1962), president ofUniversity of Louisville^[5]
• Jamshed Bharucha (born 1956), former president ofCooper Union, (2011–2015); former dean of arts & sciences atDartmouth College and former provost atTufts University
• Vijay K. Dhir (born 1943), former dean of theUCLAHenry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, (2003–2016)
• Ravi V. Bellamkonda (born 1968), Vinik Dean of Engineering atDuke UniversityEdmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering^[6]
• Dinesh D'Souza (born 1961), former president ofThe King's College, New York, (2010–2012)
• Anjli Jain (born 1981), executive director ofCampus Consortium
• Dipak C. Jain (born 1957), former dean ofINSEAD, (2011–2013); former dean of theKellogg School of Management atNorthwestern University, (2001–2009)
• Vistasp Karbhari, former president of theUniversity of Texas at Arlington, (2013–2020)
• Pramod Khargonekar (born 1956), control theorist; vice chancellor of research atUniversity of California, Irvine;^[7] former dean, College of Engineering atUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, (2001–2009)
• Renu Khator (born 1958), chancellor of theUniversity of Houston System and president of theUniversity of Houston;^[8] former provost and senior vice president,University of South Florida
• Pradeep Khosla (born 1957), chancellor of theUniversity of California, San Diego^[9]
• Sunil Kumar (academic administrator), president ofTufts University,^[10]
• Vijay Kumar (born 1962), dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at theUniversity of Pennsylvania^[11]
• Saira Rao, former Colorado congressional candidate and activist^[12]
• Geeta Menon, dean emeritus of the undergraduate college atNew York University Stern School of Business^[13]
• Nitin Nohria (born 1962), former dean ofHarvard Business School,^[14] (2010–2020)
• Sethuraman Panchanathan, director ofNational Science Foundation and former executive vice president and chief research and innovation officer atArizona State University^[15]
• Michael Rao, president ofVirginia Commonwealth University
• S. Narasinga Rao, former dean of Jackson College of Graduate Studies and Research at theUniversity of Central Oklahoma
• Beheruz Sethna, president of theUniversity of West Georgia
• Paul Shrivastava, chief sustainability officer and director, Sustainability Institute,Pennsylvania State University
• Molly Easo Smith, president ofManhattanville College
• Kumble R. Subbaswamy, chancellor of theUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
• Subra Suresh, president ofCarnegie Mellon University
• Satish K. Tripathi, president ofUniversity at Buffalo
• Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar, Ryder Professor of Computer Science and director of the School of Computing and Information Sciences atFlorida International University, Miami
• S. Shankar Sastry, former dean of theUC Berkeley College of Engineering
• Bala V. Balachandran (born 1937), professor emeritus atKellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; founder, dean and chairman ofGreat Lakes Institute of Management and executive professor & strategy adviser to the dean of theBauer College of Business atUniversity of Houston^[16][17]
• Nagi Naganathan, president ofOregon Institute of Technology^[18] and former president and dean of the College of Engineering at theUniversity of Toledo, (2001–2016)
• Sri Zaheer, dean ofCarlson School of Management at theUniversity of Minnesota^[19]
• Vallabh Sambamurthy, Dean of theWisconsin School of Business at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison

• Raj Chandra Bose (1901–1987), mathematician
• Shamit Kachru (b. 1970), Mathematical Physicist, professor atStanford Institute for Theoretical Physics
• Akshay Venkatesh (b. 1981), Fields Medal laureate, mathematician
• Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930–2012), mathematician, singularity theory andAbhyankar's conjecture of finite group theory
• Raghu Raj Bahadur (1924–1997),statistician
• Manjul Bhargava (b. 1974), professor of mathematics atPrinceton University and winner ofFields Medal, 2014
• Rahul Pandharipande (b. 1969), joined as Professor of Mathematics atPrinceton University in 2002, he accepted a Professorship atETH Zürich
• Sarvadaman Chowla (1907–1995), mathematician specializing innumber theory
• Harish-Chandra (1923–1983), mathematician, IBM Von Neumann Professor atInstitute for Advanced Study, Princeton
• Narendra Karmarkar (b. 1955), mathematician, inventor ofKarmarkar algorithm
• Chandrashekhar Khare (b. 1968), professor of mathematics at theUniversity of California Los Angeles
• G. S. Maddala (1933–1999), mathematician and economist best known for work in the field ofeconometrics
• Anil Nerode (b. 1932), mathematician, proved theMyhill-Nerode Theorem
• Ria Persad (b. 1974), mathematician, classical musician, and model
• K. C. Sreedharan Pillai (1920–1985), mathematician
• Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (1920–2023), professor atPenn State University and research professor at the University of Buffalo
• S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan (b. 1940),NYU mathematician who specialised in probability; winner of theAbel Prize andSteele Prize
• DJ Patil (b. 1974), mathematician & Data scientist
• Sucharit Sarkar (b. 1983), mathematician and topologist
• Sourav Chatterjee (b. 1979), statistician, mathematician and professor at Stanford
• Kannan Soundararajan (b. 1973), mathematician, professor at Stanford and IMO medalist.
• Subhash Khot (b. 1978), mathematician, theoretical computer scientist famous forUnique games conjecture.
• Sanjeev Arora (b. 1968), mathematician, theoretical computer scientist andGödel Prize winner.
• Kiran Kedlaya (b. 1974), mathematician

• Abhijit Banerjee (b. 1961),Ford Foundation international professor of economics atMIT, and Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2019.
• Pranab Bardhan (b. 1939), professor emeritus of EconomicsUniversity of California, Berkeley
• Kaushik Basu (b. 1952), C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of EconomicsCornell University
• Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati (b. 1934), professor of economics atColumbia University
• Alok Bhargava (b. 1954), professor of economics at theUniversity of Maryland School of Public Policy
• V. V. Chari (b. 1952), professor of economics at theUniversity of Minnesota
• Raj Chetty (b. 1979), professor of economics atHarvard University
• Srikant Datar, The 11th Dean ofHarvard Business School, took charge from January 1, 2021
• Avinash Kamalakar Dixit (b. 1944), professor of economics atPrinceton University
• Gita Gopinath (b. 1971), chief economist at theInternational Monetary Fund and Economic Adviser to the Chief Minister of Kerala
• Reema Harrysingh-Carmona (b. 1970), economist and the 5thFirst Lady of Trinidad and Tobago
• Sendhil Mullainathan (b. 1973), professor of economics, Harvard University
• Arvind Panagariya (b. 1952), professor of economics at Columbia University
• Debraj Ray (b. 1957), Silver Professor of Economics,New York University
• Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist ofasset management andemerging marketsequity,Morgan Stanley Investment Management
• Arvind Subramanian (b. 1959), Chief Economic Advisor Government of India and formerly an economist at theInternational Monetary Fund

• Amit Sahai (b.1974), professor of computer science atUniversity of California, Los Angeles, fellow ofAssociation for Computing Machinery,
• Amit Sheth, computer scientist at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio^[20]
• Anant Agarwal, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory atMIT
• Aravind Joshi (1929–2017), professor of computer and cognitive science at theUniversity of Pennsylvania
• Arvind, Johnson Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology
• Arogyaswami Paulraj (b. 1944), professor of electrical engineering atStanford University
• Ashwin Ram (b. 1960), head of artificial intelligenceAmazon Alexa
• Avinash Kak (b. 1944), professor of electrical and computer engineering atPurdue University
• B. Jayant Baliga (b. 1948), inventor of theInsulated-gate bipolar transistor
• Bhubaneswar Mishra (b. 1961), professor of computer science, engineering & mathematics atCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences ofNew York University and visiting scholar atCold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
• Chandra Kintala (1948–2009), former Vice PresidentBell Labs
• Gopal H. Gaonkar (b. 1936), a professor of engineering atFlorida Atlantic University
• Hari Balakrishnan, Fujitsu Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science atMassachusetts Institute of Technology
• K. Mani Chandy, professor of computer science at theCalifornia Institute of Technology
• Krishna Saraswat, professor of electrical engineering atStanford University
• Madhu Sudan, professor of computer science atHarvard University
• Prabhat Mishra, professor of computer science and engineering atUniversity of Florida
• Raj Jain, professor of computer science and engineering atWashington University School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Rangasami L. Kashyap (b. 1938), professor of electrical engineering atPurdue University
• Ricky J. Sethi, professor of computer science atFitchburg State University; director of Research atThe Madsci Network
• Saraju Mohanty, professor of computer science and engineering at theUniversity of North Texas
• Shree K. Nayar, professor of computer science atColumbia University
• Shrikanth Narayanan, award-winning researcher, inventor and educator atUniversity of Southern California
• Shwetak Patel, professor of computer science and electrical engineering at theUniversity of Washington
• Supriyo Datta, Thomas Duncan Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at thePurdue University
• Thomas Kailath, professor of engineering atStanford University
• Vijay Vazirani (b. 1957), professor of computer science atUniversity of California, Irvine
• Suman Datta (b. 1973), professor of electrical engineering at theUniversity of Notre Dame, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Stinson Professor of Nanotechnology at the University of Notre Dame

• Avantika Bawa, Professor of Fine Art,Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington.
• Arun Rai, Regents' Professor of the University System of Georgia and Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair,Georgia State University
• Amishi Jha, American neuroscientist and professor of psychology
• Kuzhikalail M. Abraham, professor atNortheastern University, electrochemistry; materials science; lithium, lithium ion, and lithium air batteries
• Mrinal K. Sen, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology at Jackson School of Geosciences,University of Texas at Austin.
• Nita Ahuja, Chief of Surgical Oncology atJohns Hopkins Hospital, surgeon-scientist, first women ever to lead this department at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Pulickel M. Ajayan, professor of material science atRice University
• Salman Akhtar, professor at theJefferson Medical College
• Muzaffar Alam, professor in South Asian Languages & Civilizations at theUniversity of Chicago
• Akhil Amar, professor of law atYale Law School
• Vikram Amar, professor of law at theUniversity of California, Davis School of Law
• Abhay Ashtekar, professor of physics and Director of the Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry atPennsylvania State University
• Satya N. Atluri, Presidential Chair and University Distinguished ProfessorTexas Tech University, Recipient, Padma Bhushan in Science and Engineering in 2013 from the President of India
• P.S. Ayyaswamy, professor of dynamical engineering at theUniversity of Pennsylvania
• Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language, and the Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center atHarvard University
• Mahzarin Banaji, professor atHarvard University, best known for exploring implicit racial and gender biases
• Sugata Bose, professor of history at Harvard University
• Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, professor of microbiology atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
• Arup Chakraborty, Robert T. Haslam Professor focusing in biophysics, computational modeling and infectious disease atMassachusetts Institute of Technology
• Naresh Dalal, Dirac Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry atFlorida State University
• Aswath Damodaran, professor of finance at theStern School of Business at New York University
• Ashok Das, professor of physics at theUniversity of Rochester
• Ashok Gadgil, professor of civil and environmental engineering at theUniversity of California, Berkeley
• Rajit Gadh, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering atUniversity of California, Los Angeles
• Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering atTexas A&M University
• Atul Gawande, professor in the Department of Health Policy & Management atHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Swapan K. Gayen, professor of physics at theCity University of New York
• Anirvan Ghosh, professor at theUniversity of California, San Diego
• Radhika Govindrajan, associate professor of anthropology atUniversity of Washington
• Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor atDartmouth College'sTuck School of Business and the Marvin Bower Fellow atHarvard Business School
• Kausalya Hart, scholar ofTamil language at UC Berkeley
• Narayan Hosmane, professor of chemistry and biochemistry atNorthern Illinois University
• Ashish Jha, Dean ofBrown University School of Public Health
• Ravi Jagannathan, professor at theKellogg School of Management
• Jainendra K. Jain, professor of physics atPennsylvania State University
• Piyare Jain, professor emeritus atUniversity at Buffalo
• Rakesh Jain, professor of tumor biology atMassachusetts General Hospital in theHarvard Medical School
• S. Lochlann Jain, associate professor in the Anthropology Department atStanford University
• Sachin H. Jain, physician and health policy analyst atHarvard Medical School
• Nazir Jairazbhoy, professor of folk and classical music of South Asia atUniversity of California at Los Angeles
• Yogesh Jaluria, Board of Governors Professor and Distinguished Professor atRutgers, the State University of New Jersey, in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
• M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at theUniversity of Delaware
• Ravindra Khattree, professor ofstatistics atOakland University
• Satish Nagarajaiah, professor ofcivil engineering and ofmechanical engineering atRice University.
• Rajeev Kohli, Ira Leon Professor of Business atColumbia Business School
• S. P. Kothari, Gordon Y Billard Professor of Management atMIT Sloan School of Management
• Shrinivas Kulkarni, professor of astrophysics and planetary science atCaltech
• Vijay Mahajan (academic), John P. Harbin Centennial Chair in Business and Professor of Marketing atUniversity of Texas at Austin
• Raj Mittra, electrical engineering professor atPennsylvania State University
• Jagadeesh Moodera, American physicist of Indian origin; senior research scientist atMIT's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
• Bharati Mukherjee, author, professor in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley
• C. M. Naim, scholar ofUrdu language and literature at theUniversity of Chicago
• V. Parmeswaran Nair, Physicist, currently a Distinguished Professor atCity University of New York.
• Shrikanth Narayanan, award-winning researcher, inventor and educator atUniversity of Southern California
• Jaishree Odin, professor, postmodern literary theorist at theUniversity of Hawaii
• C.K. Prahalad, professor of corporate strategy at theStephen M. Ross School of Business in theUniversity of Michigan
• Vijay Prashad, professor of international studies atTrinity College
• Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, behavioral neurologist and psychophysicist; Professor with the Psychology and NeurosciencesUniversity of California, San Diego
• A. Hari Reddi, distinguished professor andLawrence J. Ellison Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Molecular Biology at theUniversity of California, Davis
• J. N. Reddy, professor and holder of theOscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering atTexas A&M University
• Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion atSt. Olaf College,Minnesota,United States
• K. R. Rao, professor atUniversity of Texas at Arlington
• Subrata Roy, professor of aerospace engineering at theUniversity of Florida
• Subir Sachdev, Herchel Smith Professor of Physics atHarvard University;Dirac Medal andNational Academy of Sciences
• Nitin Samarth, Head and Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
• B.S. Sathyaprakash, Bert Elsbach Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
• Jagdish Sheth, professor of marketing atGoizueta Business School of Emory University^[21]
• Jagdish Shukla, professor atGeorge Mason University
• Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, professor atColumbia University
• Marti G. Subrahmanyam, professor of finance at theStern School of Business at New York University
• Sanjay Subrahmanyam, holder of Navin and Pratima Doshi Chair of Indian History and scholar atUCLA
• Mriganka Sur, professor ofneuroscience at theMIT
• Medha Yodh, scholar of classical Indian dance at UCLA
• Venkatesh Shankar, Ford Chair in Marketing and E-Commerce,Texas A&M University

• Rajiv Malhotra, Hindutva activist for promoting Indic cultures, author ofBreaking India and the founder of Infinity Foundation
• Maya Ajmera, founder ofThe Global Fund for Children and author of more than 20 books for children^[22]
• Kala Bagai, immigrant advocate and one of the first South Asian women in the United States
• Vaishno Das Bagai, Ghadar party member, associated with the struggle for U.S. citizenship
• Bhairavi Desai, founding member of the Taxi Workers Alliance in New York
• Kartar Dhillon,Ghadar Party, labor, and civil rights activist
• Mallika Dutt, executive director ofBreakthrough human rights organization
• Vijaya Lakshmi Emani (1958–2009), social activist
• Arun Manilal Gandhi, fifth grandson ofMohandas Gandhi
• Meera Gandhi, founder and CEO of The Giving Back Foundation
• Abraham George, philanthropist humanitarian, founder of The George Foundation (TGF)
• Gitanjali S. Gutierrez, lawyer who is defending Guantanamo prisoners
• Maya Harris, of half Indian descent, executive director of the ACLU of Northern California and sister ofKamala Harris
• Prerna Lal, immigrant rights advocate and attorney
• Hemant Mehta - atheist activist, YouTuber and writer
• Girindra Mukerji, leader of one of the first Indian-American student protests against colonialism in 1908
• Kavita Ramdas, president and CEO of Global Fund for Women
• Dinesh Sharma, leader, CRO and Director at Steam Works Studio and author in human development, human rights and global education, and professor at Fordham, NYU, and Walden University
• Inder Singh, chairman of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO)
• Bhagat Singh Thind, civil rights activist who defended the right of Indian immigrants to gain United States citizenship inUnited States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
• Urvashi Vaid, gay rights activist
• Thomas Abraham (b. 1948), founder president of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) as well as the National Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA)
• Sakharam Ganesh Pandit (1875–1959), lawyer who argued against government efforts to revoke American citizenship for Indian emigrants

• Ashok Amritraj, Hollywoodfilm producer
• Salma Arastu, artist
• San Banarje, independent filmmaker
• Rina Banerjee, artist
• Prashant Bhargava, director
• Niala Boodhoo, journalist, host, and executive producer
• Lesley-Ann Brandt, actress
• Jay Chandrasekhar, director, actor, comedian, and writer
• Shanthi Chandrasekar, visual artist
• Aneesh Chaganty, film director, screenwriter
• Sabu Dastagir, actor
• Nina Davuluri,Miss America 2014
• India de Beaufort, actress
• Sharad Devarajan, superhero creator, producer, writer
• Param Gill, director, screenwriter and producer
• Kovid Gupta, bestselling author and screenwriter
• Reef Karim, actor, director, writer, and producer
• Neeraj Khemlani, producer forCBS News'60 Minutes
• Bharti Kirchner, writer
• Shirish Korde, artist
• Adam Bhala Lough, director, screenwriter
• Tirlok Malik, filmmaker and actor
• Dharminder Mann, entrepreneur, film producer and YouTuber.
• Benny Mathews, film and music video director
• Faris McReynolds, painter and musician
• Mira Nair, director and producer
• Sunil Nayar, TV writer and producer; producer ofCSI: Miami
• Oopali Operajita, choreographer and Odissi and Bharatanatyam artiste; Distinguished Fellow,Carnegie Mellon University
• Yatin Patel, photographer and artist
• Mythili Prakash,Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer
• Asha Puthli, singer-songwriter, producer and actress
• Sarayu Rao, actor and director
• Harish Saluja, filmmaker
• Stephanie Sengupta, producer and writer
• Mehul Shah, actor, director, writer, and producer
• Adi Shankar, producer and actor
• Naren Shankar, TV writer, producer and director; an executive producer ofCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• M. Night Shyamalan, director, filmmaker
• Tarsem Singh, director
• Rohit Gupta, director, producer
• Manick Sorcar, animator, artist, and producer
• Babu Subramaniam, director
• Tina Sugandh, entertainer
• Julie Titus, model, contestant onAmerica's Next Top Model
• Serena Varghese, voice actress
• Prashanth Venkataramanujam, television writer, actor, and producer

• Karan Soni, actor
• Utkarsh Ambudkar, actor
• Simran Judge, actor
• Ravi Patel, actor
• Devika Bhise, actress
• Tatyana Ali, actress
• Waris Ahluwalia, fashion designer
• Aziz Ansari, actor and comedian
• Gabrielle Anwar, actress
• Erick Avari, actor
• Sunkrish Bala, actor
• Firdous Bamji, actor
• Purva Bedi, actress
• Summer Bishil, actress
• Karan Brar, film and TV actor
• Samrat Chakrabarti, actor
• Melanie Chandra, actress
• Michelle Khare, actress, YouTuber, and television host
• Sabu Dastagir, actor
• Sujata Day, actress
• Manish Dayal, actor
• Noureen DeWulf, actress
• Raja Fenske, actor
• Janina Gavankar, actress
• Namrata Singh Gujral, actress
• Sakina Jaffrey, actress
• Anu Emmanuel, actress
• Poorna Jagannathan, actress and producer
• Avan Jogia, actor
• Avantika Vandanapu, actress and dancer. Known for her role in 2021 film,Spin
• Mindy Kaling, actress, writer, producer, comedian
• Ravi Kapoor, actor
• Rahul Kohli, actor
• Deep Katdare, actor
• Nivedita Kulkarni, actress
• Shishir Kurup, actor
• Nakul Dev Mahajan,Bollywood dancer and choreographer
• Sunny Leone, actor and former pornographic actress
• Tirlok Malik, actor
• Shelley Malil, film and TV actor
• Rizwan Manji, actor
• Aasif Mandvi, actor
• Sunita Mani, actress
• Ajay Mehta, TV actor
• Ajay Naidu, actor
• Anjul Nigam, actor
• Maulik Pancholy, actor
• Devika Parikh, actress
• Kal Penn, actor
• Danny Pudi, actor
• Ritesh Rajan, actor
• Sendhil Ramamurthy, actor
• Dileep Rao, actor
• Navi Rawat, actress
• Sonal Shah, actress
• Sheetal Sheth, actress
• Zenobia Shroff, Indian-American actress and comedienne
• Tiya Sircar, actress
• Errol Sitahal, actor
• Kapil Talwalkar, actor
• Omi Vaidya, actor
• Sugith Varughese, Indian-born Canadian actor with American citizenship
• Naren Weiss, actor and playwright
• Annet Mahendru, actress
• Nitya Vidyasagar, actress
• Nandana Sen, actress
• Pooja Batra, actress
• Monica Dogra, actress
• Deepti Naval, actress

• Aziz Ansari
• Aman Ali
• Arj Barker
• Gerry Bednob
• Aasif Mandvi
• Jay Chandrasekhar
• Hari Kondabolu
• Hasan Minhaj
• Nimesh Patel
• Adam Mamawala
• Rajiv Satyal
• Akaash Singh
• Anish Shah
• Paul Varghese, appeared onLast Comic Standing
• Aparna Nancherla
• Zarna Garg, comedian and lawyer

• Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur
• Vishwesh Bhatt, chef
• Maneet Chauhan, celebrity chef, restaurateur, author
• H. Jay Dinshah, founded the AmericanVegan Society
• Raghavan Iyer, chef, author, culinary educator
• Vikas Khanna, Michelin starred celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, filmmaker, and TV host
• Jehangir Mehta, celebrity chef, restaurateur, author
• Rajat Parr, sommelier
• Suvir Saran, Michelin starred chef and author
• Aarti Sequeira (b. 1978), TV host onFood Network
• Vikram Sunderam (b. 1967), chef and author
• Padma Lakshmi

• Naeem Khan
• Vashtie Kola, of half Indian descent
• Bibhu Mohapatra
• Rachel Roy
• Sachin & Babi
• Vinoodh Matadin

• Anchal Joseph, contestant on Cycle 7 ofAmerica's Next Top Model
• Pooja Kumar, model
• Akshay Kapoor, model, actor

• Manu Raju (b. 1980),CNN journalist anchor, reporter
• Deepak Ananthapadmanabha, online journalist
• Sanjay Gupta, journalist, medical correspondent, neurosurgeon
• Rajiv Chandrasekaran, assistant managing editor for continuous news,The Washington Post; author ofImperial Life in the Emerald City
• Syma Chowdhry, television host, reporter, and producer
• Priya David, correspondent forCBS News
• Dinesh D'Souza, political commentator, author and filmmaker. Former president ofThe King's College, New York
• Deepa Fernandes, host of theWBAI radio programWakeup Call
• Deepti Hajela, journalist for theAssociated Press
• Pico Iyer, author and journalist forTime magazine,Harper's Magazine,Condé Nast Traveler, andThe New York Review of Books
• Shibani Joshi, reporter for theFox Business Network
• Sukanya Krishnan, news anchor for CW 11 Morning News onWPIX
• Seema Mody, news reporter/anchor forCNBC
• Mish Michaels, meteorologist for theWBZ-TV Weather Team
• Vinita Nair, anchor ofWorld News Now andAmerica This Morning onABC
• Kevin Negandhi, sports anchor forESPN SportsCenter
• Reena Ninan, Middle East correspondent forFox News Channel
• Asra Nomani, journalist
• Safiya Nygaard,YouTube beauty creator
• Uma Pemmaraju, senior news anchor forFox News Channel
• Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor of theNational Review magazine
• Ash-har Quraishi, correspondent,WTTW Chicago; formerKCTV Chief Investigative Reporter; formerCNN Islamabad Bureau Chief
• Gopal Raju, pioneer of Indian American ethnic media
• Aneesh Raman, first Indian-American presidential speechwriter under PresidentBarack Obama, formerCNN Middle East correspondent
• Alpana Singh, television personality
• Lakshmi Singh,NPR's national midday newscaster
• Hari Sreenivasan, correspondent forCBS News and thePBS NewsHour
• Sreenath Sreenivasan,Columbia University professor;WABC-TV technology reporter
• Ali Velshi, business news anchor forCNN
• Zain Verjee, CNN anchor
• Rohit Vyas, first and longest serving Indian American broadcast journalist
• Fareed Zakaria, columnist forTime magazine and host ofFareed Zakaria GPS on CNN
• Lilly Singh,YouTuber of Indian descent widely known as IISuperwomanII, ranked tenth on theForbes list of the world's highest paid YouTube stars, ranked first on 2017Forbes Top Influencers List in the entertainment category
• Liza Koshy, actress,YouTube comedian and television host
• Ambreen Tariq, author, activist and founder of @BrownPeopleCamping

• Rick Parashar (1963–2014), producer
• Sandeep Das (b. 1971), won the Grammy award for Best World Music Album, at the59th Grammy Awards, 2017
• Sonika Vaid, singer
• Bamboo Shoots, dance-rock band
• 6ix, record producer
• Rajiv Dhall, singer
• Sid Sriram, singer
• Jeff Bhasker, producer
• Nicki Minaj, rapper and singer-songwriter of half Indian descent^[23]
• Sameer Bhattacharya, one of two guitarists in the Texas alternative rock bandFlyleaf
• Das Racist, alternative hip hop group; two of the three members are Indian
• Anoop Desai, finalist on theeighth season ofAmerican Idol
• Falu, singer and songwriter
• Sameer Gadhia, lead vocalist inYoung the Giant
• Terry Vivkeanand Gajraj,chutney-soca singer
• Heems, rapper
• Ravi Hutheesing, singer-songwriter, guitarist
• iLoveMakonnen, rapper
• Daya, singer
• Sandeep Khurana, new age music and world music composer
• Raja Kumari, singer and songwriter
• Vijay Iyer, jazz musician and composer
• Sunny Jain, dhol player, drummer, and composer
• Norah Jones, singer, songwriter and actress; winner of multipleGrammy Awards
• Rajan Somasundaram, Music Composer, Songwriter and multi instrumentalist
• Karsh Kale, producer, composer and musician
• Tony Kanal, two-timeGrammy Award winner, bass player forNo Doubt
• Ashok Kondabolu, rapper (also known as Dapwell)
• Savan Kotecha, songwriter
• KSHMR, electronic musician, record producer
• Arun Luthra, jazz musician
• Sanjaya Malakar, finalist on thesixth season ofAmerican Idol
• Mathai, finalist on season 2 ofThe Voice
• Zarin Mehta, executive director of theNew York Philharmonic Orchestra
• Zubin Mehta, former conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra; receiver of a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame
• Sanjay Mishra, guitarist and composer
• Thara Prashad, R&B singer and model of half Indian descent
• Vidya Vox,YouTube musician
• Vasant Rai, performer of Indian music
• Paul Sabu, producer
• Amar Sandhu, singer
• Shaheen Sheik, songwriter
• Bikram Singh, singer
• Mickey Singh, singer fromDetroit, MI
• Justine Skye, singer
• Ramesh Srivastava, singer
• Ambi Subramaniam, violinist and composer
• Bindu Subramaniam, singer-songwriter
• Kim Thayil, named among 100th greatest guitarists of all time byRolling Stone
• Rozonda Thomas, singer
• Zoya, California-based singer and guitarist
• Sanjay Patel, animator and director and also illustrator ofPixar
• Shirish Korde (b. 1945), composer
• Raveena Aurora, alternative singer and songwriter
• Olivia, singer
• Lisa Mishra, singer and actress

• Parag Agrawal, former CEO of Twitter
• Anu Aiyengar, managing director of North American mergers and acquisitions ofJPMorgan Chase & Co
• Ankur Jain founder ofKairos HQ & VP of Product atTinder (app)
• Nikesh Arora (b. 1968), CEO,Palo Alto Networks, former Google executive and COO,Softbank
• Samir Arora, former CEO ofMode Media
• Ramani Ayer, former chairman and CEO ofThe Hartford Financial Services Group
• Sunny Balwani, former president and Chief Operating Officer ofTheranos
• Prith Banerjee, managing director of Global Technology R&D atAccenture
• Steve Banerjee, co-founder ofChippendales
• Apoorva Mehta, Founder ofInstacart
• Ajay Banga, president and CEO ofMasterCard
• Mahaboob Ben Ali (1927–2009), co-founder ofBen's Chili Bowl
• Manoj Bhargava, founder and CEO of Innovations Ventures LLC; the company is known for producing the5-hour Energy drink
• Aneel Bhusri, co-founder and CEO ofWorkday, Inc.; partner atGreylock Partners; member of the board of directors ofIntel
• Jagjeet (Jeet) S. Bindra, director ofEdison International,Southern California Edison
• Sanjit Biswas, co-founder ofCisco Meraki andSamsara (company)
• Amar Bose, founder and chairman ofBose Corporation
• Vanu Bose, American electrical engineer, founder of Vanu Inc, son ofAmar Bose
• Sant Singh Chatwal, owner of the Bombay Palace chain of restaurants and Hampshire Hotels & Resorts
• Jay Chaudhry, co-founder ofZscaler
• Manu Daftary, money manager
• Bharat Desai, co-founder and chairman ofSyntel
• Gururaj Deshpande, founder ofSycamore Networks
• Francis deSouza, CEO ofIllumina
• Vinod Dham, designed the Intel Pentium Chip Processor; the "father of the Pentium Chip"
• Rono Dutta, former president ofUnited Airlines, chairman ofAir Sahara
• Rhona Fox, founder ofFox Fuse
• Amrapali Gan, marketing executive and former CEO ofOnlyFans
• Rakesh Gangwal, former CEO and chairman ofUS Airways Group
• Asim Ghosh, president and chief executive officer atHusky Energy
• Ajit Gupta, founder and CEO ofSpeedera Networks,Aryaka Networks
• Rajat Gupta, former managing director ofMcKinsey & Company
• Rajiv Gupta, CEO of SkyHigh Networks, former general manager ofHewlett-Packard
• Umang Gupta, former CEO of Keynote Systems, Inc.
• Ajit Jain, president ofBerkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group
• Anjli Jain, founder andManaging Partner of EVC Ventures
• Anshu Jain, President ofCantor Fitzgerald and former co-CEO ofDeutsche Bank
• Sanjay Jha, CEO ofGlobal Foundries and former CEO ofMotorola Mobile Devices
• Vyomesh Joshi, former executive vice president of Imaging and Printing Group,Hewlett-Packard
• John Kapoor, founder and executive chairman ofInsys Therapeutics
• Vinod Khosla, founder ofKhosla Ventures, co-founder ofSun Microsystems
• Jay Vijayan, founder of Tekion Corp., former CIO ofTesla
• Arvind Krishna, CEO ofIBM
• Anil Kumar, former senior partner and chairman, Asia Center ofMcKinsey & Company
• Sanjay Kumar, former CEO of Computer Associates International
• Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, former President of product development atOracle Corporation
• Sachin Lawande, president and CEO ofVisteon
• Krishna Maharaj, businessman convicted of murder
• Sonny Mehta, Chairman/Editor in chief ofAlfred A. Knopf
• Victor Menezes, chairman of Clearing House Association, formerchairman andCEO ofCitibank
• Satya Nadella, CEO ofMicrosoft
• Lakshmi Narayanan, vice chairman and former CEO ofCognizant Corporation
• Shantanu Narayen, CEO ofAdobe Systems
• Indra Nooyi, former chairman and CEO ofPepsiCo
• Dinesh Paliwal, chairman and CEO ofHarman International
• Dev Pragad, President and CEO ofNewsweek
• Vikram Pandit, former CEO ofCitigroup
• Suhas Patil, entrepreneur, venture capitalist & Founder ofCirrus Logic
• Sundar Pichai, CEO ofGoogle,Alphabet Inc
• Stanley Praimnath, bank executive and survivor of theSeptember 11 attacks
• Prakash Puram, president and CEO of iXmatch
• Vivek Ramaswamy, founder ofRoivant Sciences, candidate in the2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• Vivek Ranadivé, former CEO ofTIBCO Software
• Naval Ravikant, co-founder, chairman and former CEO ofAngelList, investor, and entrepreneur
• Sashi Reddi, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, angel investor, technologist, and philanthropist
• Kanwal Rekhi, former EVP and CTO ofNovell
• Ashutosh Saxena, Founder & CEO of Caspar.AI, prolific author in the area ofAI, and former professor of Computer Science at Cornell University.
• Abbas Sadriwala, chairman and CEO of theFort Lauderdale-based Wireless Logix Group
• Arun Sarin, former president ofVodafone
• Arjun Sethi, founder ofTribe Capital and CEO ofKraken
• Niraj Shah, CEO and co-founder of Wayfair
• Deven Sharma, former president ofStandard & Poor's
• Ram Shriram, venture fund capitalist and one of the first investors inGoogle
• Pradeep Sindhu, founder and CTO ofJuniper Networks
• K. R. Sridhar, founder and CEO ofBloom Energy
• Rajeev Suri, CEO ofNokia
• Balaji Srinivasan, co-founder ofCounsyl, former CTO ofCoinbase, and formergeneral partner atAndreessen Horowitz
• Abhi Talwalkar, president and CEO ofLSI Corporation
• Thiru Vikram, CEO ofBuffalo Automation
• Romesh Wadhwani, founder, chairman and CEO ofSymphony Technology Group
• Padmasree Warrior, former CEO ofNio (car company) USA

• Steve Banerjee, convicted arsonist, racketeer, and murderer
• Sant Singh Chatwal, pled guilty to giving illegal campaign contributions for theDemocratic Party
• Gurmeet Singh Dhinsa, convicted murderer, racketeer, and kidnapper
• Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, convicted ofespionage forPakistan
• Rajat Gupta, convicted financial fraudster who participated in theGalleon scandal
• Noshir Gowadia, convicted of espionage forChina
• Anand Jon, convicted rapist
• John Kapoor, convicted financial fraudster
• Subhash Kapoor, convicted ofart theft andgrand larceny
• Anil Kumar, convicted financial fraudster
• Shelley Malil, convicted of attempted premeditated murder and assault
• Nirav Modi, fugitive charged with corruption, fraud, and money laundering
• Jayant Patel, convicted of fraud and manslaughter
• Purvi Patel, convicted and later acquitted offeticide
• Lakireddy Bali Reddy, convicted human trafficker and immigration fraudster
• Prakashanand Saraswati, fugitive and convicted child molester
• Ravi Singh, convicted of four felony counts for illegally influencing theSan Diego mayoral election
• Sabrina De Sousa, convicted kidnapper
• Sneha Anne Philip, missing person
• Dinesh D'Souza Political criminal, campaign finance violations

• Abraham Verghese, doctor and author; wroteIn My Own Country andMy Tennis Partner
• Agha Shahid Ali, poet
• Aimee Nezhukumatathil, poet
• Alka Joshi, author
• Amitav Ghosh,Indo-nostalgic writer and winner ofPrix Médicis étranger
• Anita Desai, novelist; shortlisted for theBooker Prize three times; mother ofKiran Desai
• Anju Hasan, author, of Neti, Neti
• Anu Garg, author, speaker, and computer engineer
• Arnold Rampersad, biographer and literary critic
• Bhaskar Sunkara, political writer, founding editor and publisher ofJacobin and current publisher of London'sTribune
• Bharati Mukherjee, author, professor
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, author
• Davan Maharaj, journalist and formereditor-in-chief andpublisher of theLos Angeles Times
• Dhan Gopal Mukerji, first successful Indianman of letters in the US; winner of theNewbery Medal, 1928
• Gaiutra Bahadur, author
• Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, author
• Gita Mehta, author
• Harischandra Khemraj, writer
• Indira Ganesan, novelist
• Indira Viswanathan Peterson, literary critic
• Indu Sundaresan, author
• Ismat Chughtai, author
• Ismith Khan, author and educator
• Jhumpa Lahiri,Pulitzer Prize-winning author
• Kaavya Viswanathan, novelist
• Kiran Desai, winner of the 2006Man Booker Prize
• Parag Khanna, author
• Paul Kalanithi, author
• Rajiv Joseph, playwright
• Rajiv Mohabir, poet
• Ramya Ramana, poet
• Ravi Batra, bestselling author and economist
• Ravi Shankar, poet
• Rishi Reddi, author
• Roshani Chokshi novelist
• Rupi Kaur, poet
• S. T. Joshi, literary critic
• Salman Rushdie, novelist and essayist
• Saumitra Saxena, Hindi poet,Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhana Award winner
• Shauna Singh Baldwin, novelist, winner of theCommonwealth Writers' Prize
• Siddharth Katragadda, author, filmmaker, artist
• Siddhartha Mukherjee, physician, scientist and writer, 2011 winner of thePulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
• Susham Bedi, author
• Thrity Umrigar, author ofBombay Time
• Tulika Mehrotra, author, journalist
• Usha Haley, author
• Vijay Prashad, Marxist writer, director forTricontinental, Chief editor forLeftWord Books, written 30 books
• Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and essayist
• Vikram Seth, poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist

• Uday Singh Taunque, firstIndian American to die inOperation Iraqi Freedom; posthumously awardedBronze Star andPurple Heart gallantry awards
• Sunita Williams (b. 1965), astronaut and former Navy officer
• Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan,United States Armyspecialist who was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom^[24] and a recipient of theBronze Star andPurple Heart for his service

• Niraj Antani - Ohio state senator (Republican)
• Sara Gideon - former Speaker of theMaine House of Representatives (Democrat)
• Ram Villivalam- State Senator, 8th District- Illinois (Democrat)
• Aftab Pureval, mayor ofCincinnati (Democrat)
• John Abraham, former mayor ofTeaneck, New Jersey (Republican)
• Saqib Ali, former member of theMaryland House of Delegates (Democratic)
• Harvinder "Harry" Anand, mayor ofLaurel Hollow, New York (Republican)
• Sam Arora, former member of theMaryland House of Delegates (Democratic)
• Kumar P. Barve, former member of theMaryland House of Delegates, former (majority leader) (Democratic), the first Indian American elected to a state legislature^[25]
• Ravinder Bhalla,mayor,Hoboken,Hudson County,New Jersey (Democratic), the firstturban-wearingSikh American mayor in the United States to be elected by a municipality's residents, in November 2017^[26]
• Satveer Chaudhary, formerMinnesota State Senator (Democratic)
• Upendra J. Chivukula, member of theNew Jersey General Assembly (Democratic)
• Swati Dandekar (b. 1951),Iowa State Senator (Democratic)
• Mervyn M. Dymally,41st Lieutenant Governor of California (1975–1979); member of theU.S. House of Representatives (1981–1993) (Democratic)
• Kashmir Gill, mayor ofYuba City, California, first Indian-American mayor in CA and first Sikh mayor in the US (Republican)
• Jay Goyal, member of theOhio State Representative (Democratic)
• Raj Goyle, member of theKansas State Representative (Democratic)
• Faz Husain, first native of India to win elected office in Michigan (Democratic)
• Bobby Jindal, 55thgovernor of Louisiana (2008–2016) (Republican)
• Nimi McConigley, first Indian American women to serve in any American State legislature served in theWyoming State Legislature from 1994 until 1996 (Republican)
• Aruna Miller, 10th Lt. Governor ofMaryland and the firstSouth Asian woman elected lieutenant governor in theUnited States,^[27] (Democratic)
• Ameya Pawar, served as thealderman for the 47th Ward of theCity of Chicago
• Jenifer Rajkumar, member of theNew York State Assembly (Democratic), representing the38th district inQueens
• Kshama Sawant, member of theSeattle City Council.
• Balvir Singh, first Indian American member,Board of Chosen Freeholders,Burlington County, New Jersey, first Sikh American to win a countywide election in New Jersey, in November 2017 (Democratic)^[28]
• Kannan Srinivasan, member of theVirginia House of Delegates (Democratic)

• Kamala Harris (b. 1964), 49thVice President of the United States, former and32ndAttorney General ofCalifornia, former U.S. Senator from California
• Ami Bera,U.S. Representative forCalifornia's 6th congressional district
• Shri Thanedar,U.S. Representative forMichigan's 13th congressional district
• Raja Krishnamoorthi,U.S. Representative forIllinois's 8th congressional district
• Ro Khanna,U.S. Representative forCalifornia's 17th congressional district
• Pramila Jayapal,U.S. Representative forWashington's 7th congressional district
• Suhas Subramanyam,U.S. Representative forVirginia's 10th congressional district
• Dalip Singh Saund, firstAsian and Indian American member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia

• Arif Alikhan (b. 1968), former Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the U.S.Department of Homeland Security; former Deputy Mayor for Homeland Security and Public Safety for theCity of Los Angeles; former senior adviser to Attorneys GeneralJohn Ashcroft andAlberto Gonzales
• Preeta D. Bansal (b. 1965), member and past chair of theUnited States Commission on International Religious Freedom; formerSolicitor General of New York
• Cathy Bissoon, judge for theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Democratic)
• Nisha Desai Biswal, formerAssistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs
• Saikat Chakrabarti,chief of staff toAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, theU.S. representative fromNew York's 14th congressional district representing parts ofThe Bronx andQueens inNew York City
• Joy Cherian, first Asian head of theEqual Employment Opportunity Commission
• Aneesh Chopra, former (inaugural) FederalChief Technology Officer of the U.S.
• Har Dayal, founder of theGhadar Party
• Sabrina De Sousa, ex-CIA officer; is suing the US government for diplomatic immunity
• Gurbir Grewal,Bergen County, New Jerseyprosecutor, first Sikh American county prosecutor in the U.S.,^[29]
• Vanita Gupta, Former Lawyer forACLU and formerUnited States Associate Attorney General
• Nikki Haley, formerU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; formerGovernor of South Carolina (Republican)
• Rashad Hussain,U.S. Special Envoy to theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation
• Neel Kashkari, former interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability in theUnited States Department of the Treasury (Republican)
• Neal Katyal, former actingSolicitor General of the United States
• Atul Keshap, former U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives
• Gopal Khanna, chief information officer ofMinnesota
• Narayana Kocherlakota, president ofFederal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
• Kris Kolluri,New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation
• Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer of the US
• Arun Majumdar, director of theU.S. Department of Energy'sAdvanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
• Raj Mukherji (b. 1984), Deputy Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey; candidate for the New Jersey State Legislature
• Ajit Pai, former chairman of theFederal Communications Commission
• Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities for theUnited States Department of State
• Rachel Paulose, formerUnited States Attorney for the District of Minnesota
• Raju ShahCXO and Director of Engineering (DISA)
• Rajiv Shah (b. 1973), formerUnder Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics; former Administrator ofUSAID; President,Rockefeller Foundation
• Sonal Shah, member of theObama-Biden Transition Project advisory board
• Islam A. Siddiqui,Chief Agricultural Negotiator in theOffice of the United States Trade Representative
• Daleep Singh, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor; former Executive Vice President & Head of Markets at New York Fed
• Sabita Singh, first judge of Indian descent in Massachusetts history
• Subra Suresh, director ofNational Science Foundation
• Vinai Thummalapally (b. 1954), served asU.S. Ambassador to Belize
• Usha Vance,Second Lady of the United States
• Richard Verma (b. 1968),Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, at theDepartment of State and Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources at theDepartment of State
• Surya Yalamanchili, 2010 US Congressional candidate
• Lahori Ram - First Indo-American to be appointed as the Economic Development Commissioner of California.^[30]

• Vince Girdhari Chhabria, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of California^[31]
• Nicholas Ranjan, District Judge,United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
• Neomi Rao, judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Manish S. Shah, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[31]
• Indira Talwani, judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Massachusetts^[31]
• Amul Thapar, judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[31]
• Cathy Bissoon, judge of theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania^[32]
• Satnam Rattu - Indian origin judge of theSuperior Court of Sacramento County inCalifornia.^[33]
• Neetu Badhan Smith - First Sikh woman judge in theUnited States.^[34]
• Amit Mehta -United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• Sri Srinivasan,chief United States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

• Bikram Choudhury (b. 1944), yoga guru and founder ofBikram Yoga
• Eknath Easwaran, spiritual teacher, author, and translator of Indian religious texts such as theBhagavad Gita and theUpanishads
• Earl K. Fernandes,Bishop-Elect of theRoman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
• Chitrabhanu Jain, founded the Jain Meditation International Center in Manhattan, New York CityHarbhajan Singh Khalsa, introduced Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism to the US
• Padmanabh Jaini, scholar of Jainism
• Harbhajan Singh Khalsa, introduced Kundalini Yoga and Sikhism to the US
• Sushil Kumarji,JainAcharya
• Dipa Ma, yoga teacher
• Eboo Patel, member of the New Faith Advisory Council
• Anantanand Rambachan, Hindu scholar, author, and professor of religion atSt. Olaf College
• Prem Rawat, also known as Guru Maharaji Ji, head of theDivine Light Mission and later organizations
• Muzammil Siddiqi, Ph.D., chairman,Fiqh Council of North America
• Yasir Nadeem al Wajidi, Chicago-based Muslim scholar, educationist and author
• Paramahansa Yogananda, yoga guru and founder ofSelf-Realization Fellowship
• Ravi Zacharias,Christianevangelist andapologist

• Yellapragada Subbarow (1895–1948), pioneering biochemist who discovered ATP, the human body's energy molecule.
• Ajay Bhatt (b. 1957), co-inventor of the USB; Chief Client Platform Architect atIntel
• Ajit V. Pai, chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Ajit Varki, physician-scientist
• Amar Gopal Bose, PhD in electrical engineering, founder and chairman of Bose Corporation
• A. Hari Reddi, distinguished professor andLawrence J. Ellison Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Molecular Biology at theUniversity of California, Davis
• Bimal Kumar Bose, pioneer in power electronics
• Amit Goyal, scientist and inventor
• Amit Singhal, Google Fellow, the designation the company reserves for its elite master engineers in the area of "ranking algorithm"
• Amitabha Ghosh, the only Asian on NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission
• Anil Dash, blogger and technologist
• Sharat Kumar Roy, geologist and adventurer. A peak onBaffin Island as "Mount Sharat" is named after him byUnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• Anirvan Ghosh, neuroscientist
• Govindjee, biochemist
• Arjun Makhijani, electrical and nuclear engineer; president of theInstitute for Energy and Environmental Research
• Arun Netravali, scientist; former president ofBell Labs; former CTO ofLucent; pioneer of digital technology, includingHDTV andMPEG4
• Arvind Rajaraman, theoretical physicist and string theorist
• Avtar Saini, co-led the development of the Pentium processorIntel; holds seven patents related to microprocessor design
• Bedabrata Pain, co-inventor of theactive pixel sensor
• C. Kumar N. Patel, developed the carbon dioxide laser, used as a cutting tool in surgery and industry
• Deepak Pandya, neuroanatomist
• Arati Prabhakar, director ofDARPA
• Dhairya Dand, inventor and artist
• DJ Patil, Chief Data Scientist of the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy
• George Sudarshan, physicist, author; first to propose the existence of thetachyon
• Jogesh Pati, theoretical physicist at theUniversity of Maryland, College Park
• Kalpana Chawla,NASA Space Shuttle astronaut, who died in theColumbia Space Shuttle disaster
• Khem Shahani,microbiologist who conducted pioneer research onprobiotics; discovered theDDS-1 strain ofLactobacillus acidophilus
• Krishan Sabnani, engineer and senior vice president of the Networking Research Laboratory atAlcatel-LucentBell Labs in New Jersey
• Krishna Bharat, principal scientist atGoogle; createdGoogle News
• Kuzhikalail M. Abraham, pioneer in lithium and lithium-ion battery technologies, professor,Northeastern university, Boston, Massachusetts and president, E-KEM Sciences, Needham, Massachusetts
• Mahadev Satyanarayanan, computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University; pioneer of research in mobile and pervasive computing
• Mani Lal Bhaumik,scientist, contributor toexcimer laser technology,entrepreneur andphilanthropist
• Mathukumalli Vidyasagar, control theorist
• Narinder Singh Kapany, physicist, the "father offiber optics"
• Nalini Nadkarni,ecologist who pioneered the study ofCosta Ricanrain forestcanopies
• Noshir Gowadia, design engineer
• Om Malik, technology journalist and blogger
• Pran Nath, theoretical physicist atNortheastern University
• Pranav Mistry, Sixth Sense Project
• Raj Reddy, founder of the Robotics Institute atCarnegie Mellon University; winner of theTuring Award
• Raja Chari, astronaut chosen for Artemis Moon mission
• Rajeev Motwani, professor, angel investor
• Rajiv Dutta, technology manager
• Rajiv Joshi, Inventor, VP of IEEE
• Ramesh K. Agarwal, aviation pioneer; William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University
• Ramesh Raskar, Femto-camera inventor, MIT Professor
• Rangaswamy Srinivasan, member of the Inventors'Hall of Fame for pioneering work on excimer laser surgery
• Ruchi Sanghvi, first female engineer ofFacebook; former VP of Operations,Dropbox
• Sabeer Bhatia, co-founder ofHotmail
• Samir Mitragotri, professor of chemical engineering and bioengineering atUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
• Sasikanth Manipatruni, Pioneer in the area of Spintronics, Silicon Photonics, Optomechanics and In Memory Computing
• Satya N. Atluri, aerospace and mechanics, Excellence in Aviation Medal,FAA, 1998; Recipient ofPadma Bhushan in 2013 in Science & Engineering from the President of India, elected to membership to National Academies of Engineering, USA (1996) and India (1997)
• Salman Khan, founder ofKhan Academy
• Sharmila Bhattacharya, head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior laboratory atNASA Ames Research Center
• VA Shiva Ayyadurai, inventor, scientist, former guest lecturer atMIT
• Siddhartha Mukherjee, scientist, physician, winner ofPulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
• Siva S. Banda, aerospace engineer and researcher, recipient of a Silver Medal from theRoyal Aeronautical Society, aPresidential Rank Award, and elected to membership in theNational Academy of Engineering
• Subhash Kak, head of the Computer Science department at Oklahoma State University
• Subrah Iyar, co-founder and CEO ofWebex Communications
• Subrata Roy, plasma physicist, professor of aerospace engineering atUniversity of Florida, inventor of theWingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle
• Sunita Williams,NASA astronaut
• Shya Chitaley - Paleo botanist
• Swapan Chattopadhyay, particle accelerator physicist
• Swati Mohan, NASA space engineer
• Thomas Anantharaman, computer statistician specializing inBayesian inference
• Thomas Zacharia, computational scientist
• V. Mohan Reddy, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at Stanford
• Vamsi Mootha, physician-scientist and computational biologist
• Suchir Balaji,computer scientist turnedwhistleblower who worked forOpenAI.^[35]
• Vic Gundotra, former senior vice president, Engineering for Google
• Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist
• Vineeta Rastogi, public health worker
• Sirisha Bandla, space engineer
• Asim Duttaroy, Medical Scientist

• Amit Patel, cardiovascular surgeon and stem cell researcher; first person to inject stem cells directly into the heart
• Anita Goel, Harvard-MIT physicist, physician; expert in nanobiophysics and nanotechnology; chairman and CEO of Nanobiosym; inventor of Gene-RADAR technology
• Ashutosh Tewari, professor of urology atNew York Presbyterian Hospital;prostate cancer surgeon
• Atul Gawande, general and endocrine surgeon, professor, medical author, andNational Book Award finalist
• Balamurali Ambati, world's youngest doctor, at age 17
• Deepak Chopra, alternative medicine advocate, author and public speaker
• E. Premkumar Reddy, oncologist; director of Fels institute of cancer research and molecular biology atTemple University
• Harvinder Sahota, cardiologist; inventor of the FDA-approved perfusion balloon angioplasty; holds patents of 24 other medical inventions
• Inder Verma, Professor of Molecular Biology in the Laboratory of Genetics atSalk Institute for Biological Studies andUniversity of California, San Diego
• Joia Mukherjee, associate professor with the Division of Global Health Equity at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
• Paul Antony, MD, MPH, chief medical officer for thePharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Ragavendra R. Baliga, FACC, FACP, FRCP (Edin), Professor of Medicine at;Ohio State University College of Medicine
• Sangeeta Bhatia, Harvard-MIT doctor and scientist; engineer of artificial liver cells
• Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon; CNN chief medical correspondent;
• Vivek Murthy (b. 1977), 19th and formerSurgeon General of the United States; former vice admiral of U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officer Corps
• Aseem Shukla (b. 1972), Professor of Surgery (Urology) at thePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founder ofHindu American Foundation
• Kiran C Patel (b. 1949), cardiologist, philanthropist, serial entrepreneur, and hotelier
• Asim Duttaroy, Medical Scientist
• Deborah Persaud (b. 1960), virologist
• Alok Kanojia, psychiatrist and mental health coach

• Adeel Alam, professional wrestler best known ring name Mustafa Ali (Indian mother)
• Prakash Amritraj (b. 1983), tennis player (born in the US)
• Stephen Amritraj (b. 1984), tennis player
• Sanjay Beach (b. 1966), formerNFL wide receiver; played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers
• Mohini Bhardwaj, second Indian AmericanOlympic medalist,2004 Summer Olympicssilver medalist in gymnastics
• Vinay Bhat,chess grandmaster
• Raj Bhavsar, third Indian American Olympic medalist,2008 Summer Olympicsbronze medalist in the team gymnastics competition
• Shaun Bridgmohan, jockey
• Unmukt Chand, cricketer
• Ashish Chattha, soccer player
• Brandon Chillar, NFL player, linebacker for the Green Bay Packers (father of Indian descent)
• Carlos Cordeiro, President of theUnited States Soccer Federation
• Sean Desai (b. 1983), NFL coach anddefensive coordinator for theChicago Bears
• Jignesh Desai, cricketer
• Sonjay Dutt,TNA pro wrestler
• The Great Khali,WWE pro wrestler
• Alexi Grewal, first Indian American to win anOlympic medal,gold medalist in1984 Summer Olympics in cycling
• Sunil Gulati, former President of theUnited States Soccer Federation
• Nezam Hafiz, cricketer and victim of theSeptember 11 attacks
• Amjad Khan, cricketer
• Ibrahim Khaleel, cricketer
• Noshtush Kenjige, cricketer
• Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran, cricketer
• Iris Kyle, professional bodybuilder
• Anil Lashkari, cricketer
• Sanjay Lal, wide receivers coach for the Dallas Cowboys
• Manny Malhotra, NHL hockey player
• Rajiv Maragh, jockey
• Aditya Mishra, cricketer
• Mike Mohamed, former NFL player ofPunjabi Mexican American descent
• Sushil Nadkarni,American cricketer
• Arjun Nimmala, baseball player
• Ami Parekh, figure skater
• Japen Patel, cricketer
• Monank Patel, USA cricket captain
• Mrunal Patel, cricketer
• Raj Patel, golfer
• Sagar Patel, cricketer
• Smit Patel, cricketer
• Timil Patel, cricketer
• Laxmi Poruri, tennis player
• Tara Prasad, figure skater
• Abhimanyu Rajp, cricketer
• Rajeev Ram, tennis player
• Annand Mahendra "Victor" Ramdin, professional poker player and philanthropist
• Sunitha Rao, tennis player
• Srini Santhanam, cricketer
• Jessy Singh, cricketer
• Saurabh Netravalkar, USA cricket captain
• Jaskaran Malhotra, cricketer
• Milind Kumar, cricketer
• Harmeet Singh, cricketer
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