List of Banaras Hindu University people
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The list of Banaras Hindu University people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi. For a list of Vice-Chancellors, see List of Vice-Chancellors of Banaras Hindu University.
Nobel laureates
- C. V. Raman, the Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1930 and Bharat Ratna laureate in 1954 (permanent visiting professor at BHU){{cite book|last1=Prakash|first1=Satya|title=Vision for Science Education|date=20 May 2014|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-8184249088|page=45}}
Heads of state and government
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, 11th President of India, 2002–2007;Bharat Ratna laureate in 1997 (visiting professor, taught technology at BHU){{cite book|last1=Kalam|first1=A. P. J. Abdul|title=Turning Points|date=5 September 2012|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-9350295434|page=139}}
- Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (B.A. 1934), former Prime Minister of Nepal{{Cite web |title=Banaras Hindu University, [BHU], Varanasi-221005, U.P., India. |url=https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/Alumni/1_0 |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=new.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=7 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207053424/https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/Alumni/1_0 |url-status=dead }}
- Krishan Kant (M.Sc.), former Vice President of India{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/chairman/kant.asp|title=Shri Krishan Kant|publisher=Rajya Sabha|access-date=2012-06-06|archive-date=4 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504044420/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/chairman/kant.asp|url-status=live}}
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, first Vice President of India, 1952–1962; second President of India, 1962–1967; Bharat Ratna laureate in 1954 (the Vice Chancellor of BHU from 17 September 1939 to 16 January 1948){{Cite web |date=2021-09-05 |title=Teacher's Day: 9 साल तक BHU के वीसी रहे सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन, नहीं लिया था वेतन |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-sarvepalli-radhakrishnan-who-was-vc-of-bhu-for-9-years-did-not-take-salary-3727152.html |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129095036/https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-sarvepalli-radhakrishnan-who-was-vc-of-bhu-for-9-years-did-not-take-salary-3727152.html |url-status=live }}
Notable alumni
=Arts, humanities and social sciences=
File:Manu Bhandari bharat-s-tiwari-photography-IMG 7163 December 27, 2015.jpg|Mannu Bhandari
File:M S Golwalkar.jpg|M. S. Golwalkar
File:Radha burnier.jpg|Radha Burnier
File:Vibhuti Narayan Singh.jpg|Vibhuti Narayan Singh
File:Pirsig2005 (cropped).jpg|alt=|Robert M. Pirsig
== Social sciences ==
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!Name !Class Year !Degree !Notability !References |
| Ahmad Hasan Dani
|1944 |M.A. |Pakistani archaeologist and historian |
| Awadh Kishore Narain
|1947 |M.A. |archaeologist, historian, academic |
| Bellikoth Raghunath Shenoy
|1929 |M.A. |classical liberal economist |
| Bindeshwar Pathak
|1964 |B.A. Sociology |Padma Bhushan awardee Founder, Sulabh International |
| Colin Turnbull
| |MA |British-American anthropologist |
| Ram Raj Pant
|1941; 1943 |LLB; MA |founder of Nepal Law College; pioneering linguist of Nepali language |Major life events, Handwritten notes by Raj Ram Pant (Nepali) |
== Literature ==
- Sitaram Chaturvedi (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), playwright, academic
- Janki Ballabh Shastri, Indian Hindi poet, writer and critic, Padma Shri (2010)
- Atul Kumar Rai (B.Mus. Tabla) (M.P.A. Musicology) Sahitya Academy Award winner {{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=बलिया : अतुल राय के उपन्यास 'चांदपुर की चंदा' को युवा साहित्य अकादमी युवा पुरस्कार |url=https://livevns.news/uttar-pradesh/ballia-youth-sahitya-academy-youth-award-for-atul-rai-sphp/cid11408296.htm |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=livevns.news |language=hi}}
== Politicians ==
- Ved Prakash Goyal, politician{{Cite web |date=2007-09-27 |title=GOYAL, SHRI VEDPRAKASH P |url=http://rajyasabha.gov.in/kiosk/rsfinal3/whoswho/alpha_g8.htm |access-date=2023-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182228/http://rajyasabha.gov.in/kiosk/rsfinal3/whoswho/alpha_g8.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}
- Rajesh Kumar Mishra, politician{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107005216/https://sansad.in/ls |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Rajesh Kumar Mishra(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- VARANASI CANTT.(VARANASI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=4448 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=myneta.info |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108040629/https://myneta.info/Uttarpradesh2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=4448 |url-status=live }}
- Yadunandan Sharma (B.A. 1929), Indian independence activist, farmers' rights activist
- Shyama Charan Shukla, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Veena Pandey, (B.A., M.A., B.Ed., LLB, Ph.D.), Former M.L.C., National Executive Member, B.J.P. Former Vice President Student Union B.H.U.{{Cite web |title=वाराणसी: BJP की पूर्व MLC पर बहू ने लगाया दहेज उत्पीड़न का आरोप, वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/bjp-former-mlc-veena-pandey-accused-by-daughter-in-law-for-dowry-harassment-rsup/804119 |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Zee News |language=hi |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108040627/https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/bjp-former-mlc-veena-pandey-accused-by-daughter-in-law-for-dowry-harassment-rsup/804119 |url-status=live }}
=Science and technology=
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- Prem Saran Satsangi Sahab, Leader of Radhasoami Faith,{{cite web | url=http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm | title=Sant Satguru in Radhasoami Faith | access-date=21 June 2017 | archive-date=7 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707230949/http://www.dayalbagh.org.in/radhasoami-faith/sant-satguru.htm | url-status=live }} Dayalbagh. System Scientist and Physicist. (Ex Dean IIT Delhi,{{cite web |url=http://www.iitd.ac.in/ |title=Home |website=iitd.ac.in |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930060652/http://www.iitd.ac.in/ |url-status=live }} EX-Vice chancellor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute{{Cite web |url=http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/ |title=Home |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626225437/http://www.dei.ac.in/dei/ |archive-date=26 June 2017 |url-status=dead }})
- Ashok Agarwal (B.Sc. 1975, M.Sc. 1977, Ph.D. 1983), pioneer in reproductive biology
- Girish Saran Agarwal (M.Sc.), physicist specialising in quantum optics; Regents Professor in the Department of Physics of Oklahoma State University; winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Physics) in 1982; elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2008{{cite journal|title=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize: an inspiration for international recognitions|journal=Current Science|date=25 July 2014|volume=107|issue=2|page=164|url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/02/0163.pdf|access-date=28 July 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923222843/http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/107/02/0163.pdf|url-status=live}}
- Pulickel Ajayan (B.Tech. 1985), pioneer in nanotechnology
- Nikesh Arora (B.Tech. 1989), senior vice president and chief business officer at Google
- Meenakshi Banerjee, scientist
- Bir Bhanu, (B.Tech. 1972), Electronics Engineering, Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering{{cite web |url=http://www.engr.ucr.edu/news/2015/2016-06-14.html |title=Bourns College of Engineering: Distinguished Professor Dr. Bir Bhanu Named Inaugural Marlan and Rosemary Bourns Presidential Chair in Engineering |access-date=2016-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001210737/http://www.engr.ucr.edu/news/2015/2016-06-14.html |archive-date=1 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }} University of California, Riverside, California
- Alok Bhattacharya, Parasitologist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Nishith Gupta (M.Sc. 1999), molecular biologist
- Achal Das Bohra (B.Sc. 1941), government administrator, engineer
- S. Ganesh (PhD 1996), molecular geneticist, N-Bios laureate {{Cite web |url=http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html |title=About the PI |date=2018-01-16 |website=home.iitk.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-16 |archive-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709190830/http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sganesh/ganesh.html |url-status=dead }}
- Vinod Kumar Gaur, seismologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Kota Harinarayana (B.Tech. 1965), scientist, academic
- Aldas Janaiah (Ph.D. 1995), agricultural scientist
- Arvind Mohan Kayastha (B.Sc. 1979, M.Sc. 1982, Ph.D. 1988), scientist, academic
- Akhlesh Lakhtakia (B.Tech. 1979, D.Sc. 2006), pioneered sculptured thin films
- Subhash Chandra Lakhotia, cytogeneticist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Devendra Lal, geophysicist; winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Physics) in 1967; elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979
- Shrikant Lele, metallurgical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Anand Mohan (B.Sc. 1976, Ph.D. 1983), geologist
- Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri (B.Sc. 1936), physicist{{cite web|url=http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/dr_b_d_nagchaudhuri.html|title=Dr B D Nagchaudhuri passes away|publisher=ITC Sangeet Research Academy|access-date=2012-06-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022000850/http://www.itcsra.org/sra_news_views/obituary/dr_b_d_nagchaudhuri.html|archive-date=22 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}
- Nishtala Appala Narasimham (M.Sc. 1945, Ph.D. 1952), physicist
- Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (B.Sc. 1957), theoretical physicist, Padma Vibhushan (1965)
- Paramasivam Natarajan, photochemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Sri Niwas, geophysicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Ganesh Prasad Pandey, organic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Virendra Nath Pandey, Molecular virologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- T. V. Ramakrishnan (B.Sc. 1959, M.Sc. 1961), theoretical physicist; winner of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (Physics) in 1982; elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2000
- Shyam Sundar Rai, seismologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Madisetti Anant Ramlu, founder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
- Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao, founder of ECIL
- C. N. R. Rao (M.Sc. 1953), chemist; scientific advisor to the Prime Minister of India; Bharat Ratna laureate in 2014{{cite news|title=Bharat Ratna C N R Rao: I expect great things to happen under Modi|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/bharat-ratna-c-n-r-rao-i-expect-great-things-for-science-under-modi/20141107.htm|access-date=14 June 2015|publisher=Rediff News|date=9 November 2014|archive-date=28 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150728212709/http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/bharat-ratna-c-n-r-rao-i-expect-great-things-for-science-under-modi/20141107.htm?|url-status=live}}
- Ram Harsh Singh, Padmashri awardee 2016, ABMS 1961(BHU), MD(Hons), Ph.D. 1969 (BHU), D.Litt. FNA IM, Life-time Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Ayurveda BHU, First Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan Ayurved University, Jodhpur (2003–2006).
- Narla Tata Rao, former chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|url= http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/08/stories/2007040808370400.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070427194146/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/08/stories/2007040808370400.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 27 April 2007 |title= Narla Tata Rao passes away |access-date=5 June 2011 |location=Chennai, India |date=8 April 2007}}
- Palle Rama Rao (Ph.D.), metallurgist and Padma Vibhushan awardee
- Patcha Ramachandra Rao (M.Sc. 1965, Ph.D. 1968), metallurgist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, Vice Chancellor of BHU
- Udipi Ramachandra Rao (M.Sc. 1952), space scientist, Chairman of ISRO
- N. A. Ramaiah physical chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Gangadhar J. Sanjayan, bioorganic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Mushi Santappa, polymer chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Debi Prasad Sarkar, Immunologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Jagdish Shukla (B.Sc. 1962, M.Sc. 1964, Ph.D. 1971), meteorologist{{cite web |url=http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/shukla_en.html |title=Interview with Prof. Shukla |work=wmo.int |access-date=19 August 2011 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805232641/http://www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/shukla_en.html |url-status=live}}
- Lalji Singh, molecular biologist, Vice Chancellor of BHU{{cite web|url=http://bhu.ac.in/aboutbhu/administration.html|title=Vice Chancellor Padmashri Dr. Lalji Singh|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=2012-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328191749/http://www.bhu.ac.in/aboutbhu/administration.html|archive-date=28 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
- Nagendra Kumar Singh (B.Sc. 1978, M.Sc. 1980), agricultural scientist; pioneer in mapping plant genomes
- Rishi Narain Singh, geophysicist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Manick Sorcar (B.Tech.), artist, engineer, entrepreneur
- Brahm Shanker Srivastava, microbiologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Onkar Nath Srivastava (MSc 1961 and PhD 1966), material physicist and a recipient of Padma Shri and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
- M. J. Thirumalachar, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Satish K. Tripathi (B.Sc., M.Sc.), President of University at Buffalo, The State University of New York{{cite web |url=http://www.buffalo.edu/president/biography.html |title=About Satish K. Tripathi - UB Office of the President |publisher=Buffalo.edu |date=2011-04-18 |access-date=2013-06-17 |archive-date=21 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121154940/http://www.buffalo.edu/president/biography.html |url-status=live }}
- Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya, physicist and mathematician; proponent of Vaidya Metric for gravitational fields; Vice Chancellor of Gujarat University
- A. N. Rai ex vc NEHU
- Sandeep Verma, bioorganic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Kameshwar C. Wali (M.Sc.), research physicist and science writer
- Saket Kushwaha (B.Sc. 1983, M.Sc. 1986, Ph.D. 1992), agricultural economist, VC Rajiv Gandhi University{{Cite web|url=http://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_9?FA000572|title=Prof. Saket Kushwaha at Banaras Hindu University|website=new.bhu.ac.in|access-date=12 September 2020|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|archive-date=16 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216025224/http://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_9?FA000572|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Prof Saket Kushwaha appointed new VC of RGU |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/prof-saket-kushwaha-appointed-new-vc-of-rgu-118100200532_1.html |access-date=12 September 2020 |work=Business Standard India |date=2 October 2018 |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604212114/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/prof-saket-kushwaha-appointed-new-vc-of-rgu-118100200532_1.html |url-status=live }}
- Jay Chaudhry{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/iit-bhu-alumnus-jay-choudhry-donates-1-million-towards-institutes-entrepreneurship-centre-8004801.html|title=IIT BHU alumnus Jay Choudhry donates $1 million towards institute's Entrepreneurship Centre|date=30 January 2022|access-date=30 January 2022|archive-date=30 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130180016/https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/iit-bhu-alumnus-jay-choudhry-donates-1-million-towards-institutes-entrepreneurship-centre-8004801.html|url-status=live}} (B.Tech. 1980) Founder & CEO, Zscaler
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=Sports=
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!Name !Class Year !Degree !College !Notability !References |
| Divya Singh
| |BA | |Captain of Indian Women's Basketball team | |
Notable faculty
=Arts, humanities and social sciences=
- Adya Prasad Pandey, Professor in Economics and Former Head Department of Economics, Vice Chancellor Manipur University
- Anant Sadashiv Altekar, Manindra Chandra Nandi Chair of Ancient History & Culture; led archaeological excavation of Mauryan era structures
- V. Balaji, Professor of Violin
- Chandrakala Padia, professor, political science, noted political scientist{{Cite web |date=2015-07-31 |title=Who's Who: Chandrakala Padia |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/chandrakala-padia-chairperson-indian-institute-of-advanced-study-shimla/article7485403.ece |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=BusinessLine |language=en |archive-date=29 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129045618/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/chandrakala-padia-chairperson-indian-institute-of-advanced-study-shimla/article7485403.ece |url-status=live }}
- C. V. Chandrasekhar, Professor of Performing Arts; Bharata Natyam dancer; Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winner; Kalidas Samman and Padma Bhushan awardee
- A.K. Chatterjee, Professor of philosophy, Indian philosopher and Buddhist scholar
- Sitaram Chaturvedi, Professor of Literature, playwright
- Amiya Kumar Dasgupta, Professor of Economics (1947–1958); pioneer of economics in Independent India
- Girija Devi, Professor of Performing Arts; Hindustani classical vocalist
- Julius Getman, Visiting professor of Law
- Chandradhar Sharma Guleri, former Manindra Chandra Nandi Chair in Ancient History and Religion
- Latika Katt, Professor of Visual Arts; sculptor
- Sucheta Kripalani, Professor of Constitutional History{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/804.htm|title=Kripalani, Shrimati Sucheta|publisher=Lok Sabha|access-date=2012-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610192517/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/804.htm|archive-date=10 June 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://indiancoastguard.nic.in/indiancoastguard/history/morehistory.html|title=Indian Coast Guard History|publisher=Indian Coast Guard|access-date=2012-06-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502201216/http://indiancoastguard.nic.in/indiancoastguard/history/morehistory.html|archive-date=2 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}
- Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania, Jain scholar, writer and Padma Bhushan awardee
- Lalmani Misra, Professor of Music; Hindustani classical musician
- Ram Shankar Misra, Professor of Comparative Religion
- Awadh Kishore Narain, Professor of History (1947–1960); Manindra Chandra Nandi Chair of Ancient History & Culture (1960–1971)
- B.C. Nirmal, Professor of Law
- N. Rajam, Professor of Performing Arts
- S. R. Ranganathan, Professor of Library Science (1945–1947); inventor of colon classification and five laws of library science
- Ritwik Sanyal, Professor of Performing Arts; Hindustani classical musician
- Ram Chandra Shukla, Professor of Visual Arts; painter
- Ramchandra Shukla, Professor of Literature
- Gurbachan Singh Talib, Professor of Sikh Studies
- Omkarnath Thakur, Professor of Performing Arts; Hindustani classical musician
- Koushal Kishor Mishra, Professor of Political Sciences, and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Alok Kumar Rai, Professor of Management Studies
=Science and technology=
- Prem Saran Satsangi Sahab, Leader of Radhasoami Faith, Dayalbagh. System Scientist and Physicist. (Ex Dean IIT Delhi, EX-Vice chancellor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute)
- Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Professor of Chemistry (1921–1924); co-inventor of Bhatnagar-Mathur Magnetic Interference Balance; founding chairman of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Patcha Ramachandra Rao, former Vice Chancellor and Professor of Metallurgy and Material Science
- Prafulla Kumar Jena, former professor of Metallurgical Engineering{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile | publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062121/http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | url-status=live }}
- Prakash Chandra Sood, Padma Shri, Nuclear scientist, researcher, and Professor
- Madhu Sudan Kanungo, Professor of Biology (1962–2011); pioneer of gerontology; Padma Shri awardee
- Arvind Mohan Kayastha, Professor of Biotechnology
- Shrikant Lele, metallurgical engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- Veer Bhadra Mishra, former professor of Civil Engineering; environmentalist; founder of Swatcha Ganga Campaign{{cite web|url=http://www.bhu.ac.in/alumni/birbhadra.html|title=Distinguished Alumnus Awards, "BHU Alumni Meet 9th March 2008"|publisher=Banaras Hindu University|access-date=2012-06-10|archive-date=1 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701110220/http://www.bhu.ac.in/alumni/birbhadra.html|url-status=dead}}
- Ganesh Prasad, Professor of Mathematics (1917–1923); mathematician
- Palle Rama Rao, Professor of Metallurgy (1962–1982); scientist; Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee
- Birbal Sahni, Professor of Botany (1920); authority on plant fossils of Gondwana and Jurassic age
- Ram Harsh Singh Padmashri awardee 2016, ABMS 1961(BHU), MD(Hons), Ph.D. 1969 (BHU), D.Litt. FNA IM, Life-time Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Ayurveda BHU, First Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan Ayurved University, Jodhpur (2003–2006).
- Onkar Nath Srivastava Professor of the department of physics, material physicist and a recipient of Padma Shri and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
- Birendra Bijoy Biswas, lecturer (1952–54); department of botany, recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
- Jamuna Sharan Singh, ecologist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Kamanio Chattopadhyay, materials engineer, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Sunit Kumar Singh,{{Cite web |title=Faculty Profile - Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |url=https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_2246?FA000946#faculty-product-tab1 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=new.bhu.ac.in |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811174140/https://new.bhu.ac.in/Site/FacultyProfile/1_2246?FA000946#faculty-product-tab1 |url-status=dead }} molecular biologist, Fellow of Indian Academy of Neuroscience (FIANS)
- Anil Kumar Tripathi (BSc, MSc, PhD; director Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=IISER Mohali appoints BHU professor Anil Kumar Tripathi as new Director |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/iiser-mohali-appoints-bhu-professor-anil-kumar-tripathi-as-new-director-9277847/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
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