Wadhwa
{{Short description|Indian surname}}
Wadhwa is a surname of Indian origin and the Khatri caste of Punjab.{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=2003-05-08 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |pages=572 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Kumar Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KhIwAQAAIAAJ |title=People of India: Haryana |date=1992 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-81-7304-091-7 |pages=23 |language=en}}
Notable people
Notable people with the name include:
- Ambika Soni, born Ambika Wadhwa, Indian politician.
- Anil Wadhwa, Indian bureaucrat.
- Anubhav Wadhwa, Indian entrepreneur.
- Deepak Wadhwa, Indian actor.
- Gaurav Wadhwa, Indian actor.
- Hitendra Wadhwa, Indian-American entrepreneur.
- Inderpreet Wadhwa, Indian-American renewable energy entrepreneur.
- Mahendra Lal Wadhwa, Indian revolutionary.
- Manish Wadhwa, Indian actor.
- Meenakshi Wadhwa, American scientist.
- Mridul Wadhwa, Indian born Scottish social activist.
- Nirbhay Wadhwa, Indian actor.
- Rajindar Pal Wadhwa, Indian scientist.
- Shashi Wadhwa, Indian neuroscientist, dean of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Delhi.
- Silvia Wadhwa, German financial journalist.
- Vivek Wadhwa, Indian-American entrepreneur and academic.
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