List of Osmania University people
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This is a list of notable people related to the Osmania University. Excluded from this list are those people whose only connection with Osmania is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
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Arts
Business
Humanities, social science, and literature
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!Name !Class Year !Degree !College !class="unsortable"|Notability !class="unsortable"|References |
| Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
| | | |Dravidianist and linguist, founded the Department of Linguistics at the university | |
| Bhoopal Reddy
| | | |Telugu writer |
| Mahe Jabeen
| | | |social activist and writer; winner of Rajiv Gandhi Manavaseva award | |
| Makhdoom Mohiuddin
| | | |Urdu poet; Communist activist; recipient of the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu |
| Masud Husain Khan
| | | |linguist; 5th Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia | |
| Muhammad Hamidullah
| | | |scholar on Islamic law (earned his BA, LLB and MA at Osmania, and taught international law at the university between 1936 and 1946) | |
| Pilli Alfred James
| | | |Public Administrator | |
Law
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!Name !Class Year !Degree !College !class="unsortable"|Notability !class="unsortable"|References |
| B. Subhashan Reddy
| | | |Chief Justice of madras and Kerala High Court. |
| B. Sudarshan Reddy
|1971 | | | |
| Gopal Rao Ekbote
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| Ghulam Mohammed
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| M. S. Ramachandra Rao
|1989 | | | |
| N. Kumarayya
| | | |retired Chief Justice of Andhra Pradesh and ex-judge, World Bank Administrative Tribunal |
| Sardar Ali Khan
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| Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri
| |LLB | |Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Subodh Markandeya
|1956; 1963 | | |Indian Senior Advocate | |
| T. Amarnath Goud
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| T. Meena Kumari
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| Venkat Shrinivas Deshpande
| | | |Chief Justice of Bombay High Court. |
Politicians and civil servants
Science and Technology
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!Name !Class Year !Degree !College !class="unsortable"|Notability !class="unsortable"|References |
| Ali Nawaz Jung
| | | |engineer |
| B. E. Vijayam
| | | |geologist | |
| D. Srinivasa Reddy
| | | |chemist | |
| Garikapati Narahari Sastry
| |BSc; MSc | |chemist |
| Manju Bansal
| | | |molecular biologist | |
| Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui
| | | |Pakistani theoretical physicist | |
| Hassan Nasiem Siddiquie
| | | |marine geologist, Padma Shri recipient and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | |
| J. N. Reddy
|1968 | | |Distinguished and Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University |
| Patcha Ramachandra Rao
| | | |metallurgist | |
| Rafi Ahmed
|1968 | | |virologist and immunologist |
| Rakesh Sharma
| | | |cosmonaut, first Indian to travel in space |
| Undurti Narasimha Das
|1981 |MD |Osmania MedicalThe Osmania Medical College was affiliated to the Osmania University between 1918 and 1986. |immunologist, endocrinologist | |
- Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao, plant breeder, popularly known as the Father of Hybrid Sorghum, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient
- Vadapalli Chandrasekhar, organometallic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
- G. Naresh Patwari, chemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate{{Cite web |url=http://www.chem.iitb.ac.in/people/Faculty/prof/gnp.html |title=Biographical Information - Naresh Patwari |date=2017-11-09 |website=Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |access-date=2017-11-09}}
Sports
Others
- Mahzarin Banaji, psychologist and Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University
- Kancha Ilaiah, Dalit scholar
- K. Venkata Ramiah, founder Vice Chancellor of Kakatiya University; member of Union Public Service Commission
- G. Ram Reddy, father of Open Learning in India
- George Reddy, student leader
- Ramachandru Tejavath, Retired bureaucrat and Former Principal Secretary Industries Government of Odisha, and Special Representative of Government of Telangana{{Cite web|title=Osmania University: Distinguished Alumni|url=https://www.osmania.ac.in/ou/Alumni/Public%20Figures.html|last=|first=|date=|website=www.osmania.ac.in|access-date=2020-04-30}}
- Yaga Venugopal Reddy, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (PhD){{cite news|last=Naga Sridhar|first=G|title=Y.V. Reddy starts new innings|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-economy/yv-reddy-starts-new-innings/article1045317.ece|accessdate=31 October 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|date=26 March 2009}}
- Bhukhya Chandarakala Niru, Indian Administrative Service officer{{Cite web |last=Vatsa |first=Aditi |date=2019-01-06 |title=Tough UP IAS officer booked by CBI is known for fighting corruption & good administration |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/tough-up-ias-officer-booked-by-cbi-is-known-for-fighting-corruption-good-administration/173778/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}
- Omar Abedeen Qasmi Madani, Islamic scholar
Notable faculty
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!Name !Affiliation !Notability !References |
| Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah
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| D. C. Reddy
| | Vice Chancellor 1999-2002 | |
| Manazir Ahsan Gilani
| Former Dean of Theology | Islamic scholar and author |{{cite book |author1=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |author-link=Syed Mehboob Rizwi |translator=Prof. Murtaz Husain F. Quraish |title=Tārīkh Dārul Uloom Deoband|trans-title=History of The Dar al-Ulum Deoband|volume=2|publisher=Idara-e-Ehtemam|location= Dar al-Ulum Deoband|pages=85–86}} |
| Masud Husain Khan
|Head of the Department of Urdu between 1962 and 1968 |Urdu linguist | |
| Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy
| |former Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court | |
| Sardar Ali Khan
|Dean of the Faculty of Law between 1984 and 1991 |acting Chief Justice of the Hyderabad High Court | |
| Suri Bhagavantam
|Head of the Physics Department between 1949 and 1952; Vice Chancellor between 1952 and 1957 |scientist and science administrator | |
| Zubaida Yazdani
|Served at various positions in the Women's College and University College of Arts |historian | |
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