IIT Roorkee Notable Alumni: List, Association, Official Portal

IIT Roorkee notable alumni include famous business persons, celebrities, politicians, and many more. IIT Roorkee is a sought-after engineering institute that ranks among the top IITs. Alumni from this institute contributed significantly in several fields. This article provides the list of IIT Roorkee notable alumni and alumni association details.

List of IIT Roorkee Notable Alumni

Candidates aspiring to gain admission into IIT Roorkee must know the backgrounds, career paths, and professions of successful alumni. These IIT Roorkee notable alumni have achieved great heights in their careers which is truly inspiring.

1. Jaiprakash Gaur

Jaiprakash Gaur is the founder of the well-known Jaypee Group and one of the most successful alumni of IIT Roorkee. He pursued a civil engineering course at IIT Roorkee and graduated in 1950. 

In 1979, Gaur established Jaypee Group, a famous infrastructure conglomerate in India. Jaypee Group is engaged in diversified fields, including cement, engineering, hospitality, real estate, construction, and many more.

Profession: Entrepreneur

2. Dinesh Paliwal

An Indian American businessperson, Paliwal was the CEO and president of Harman International from 2007 to 2020. The company provides audio & infotainment systems for consumer, professional, and automotive markets. Currently, Paliwal serves the Harman board along with serving the Nestle Board and the boards of two Fortune 200 companies. 

Profession: Businessperson

3. Harsh Gupta

One of the IIT Roorkee notable alumni, Harsh Gupta, is known for his noteworthy contribution to estimating reservoir-induced earthquakes. He is an Indian earth scientist and seismologist who received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 1983. 

In the past, Harsh was the vice chancellor of CUSAT or the Cochin University of Science and Technology. Gupta was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2006 and Waldo E. Smith Award in 2008. 

Profession: Earth scientist and seismologist

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4. Pradip Baijal

Pradip Baijal is an IAS officer and a retired chief of TRAI- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. In 1999, he was a prominent disinvestment secretary involved in the disinvestment of top companies like Maruti, VSNL, IPCL, and BP. 

At the state level, Pradip worked in various senior administrative roles under the Ministry of Finance. Baijal retired as the TRAI chairman in 2006, and after that, he established Noesis Strategic Consulting Company.

Profession: IAS officer

5. Mohit Saxena

Another famous alumnus of IIT Roorkee is Mohit Saxena, who is the co-founder of InMobi. He graduated from the institute in 1997 after pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering in Material Science. 

In 2007, Saxena co-founded InMobi with Naveen Tiwari, Abhay Singhal, and Amit Gupta. InMobi provides enterprise platforms for marketers globally and is among the first unicorns in India.

Profession: Entrepreneur

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6. Arvind Singhal

Arvind Singhal is the Managing Director of Technopak, which is a management consulting organisation located in Gurgaon. Moreover, Arvind wrote the Marketmind column for the Business Standard newspaper. This column appears every alternate Thursday and concentrates on the pulse of the market in the country. 

Profession: Managing Director, Columnist

7. Utpal Borpujari

Next on the list of IIM Roorkee notable alumni is Utpal Borpujari. He won National Film Awards as a film director and a film critic. At India’s 50th National Film Awards, Utpal was awarded the Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic. Moreover, he received the National Film Award in 2018 and 5 other awards for his debut feature Assam movie Ishu.

Profession: Film director, Film critic

8. Shashank Kumar

Shashank Kumar co-founded Razorpay along with another IIT Roorkee alumnus Harshil Mathur in 2014. Razorpay is among the top providers of payment solutions in India. Shashank completed his BTech in Computer Science from the institute in 2012. At the same time, Harshil graduated in 2013 from the prestigious institute after studying BTech in Mechanical Engineering.

Profession: Entrepreneur

9. Vinita Gupta

Vinita Gupta is known to be the first woman of Indian origin who took her organisation public in 1994. One among the IIT Roorkee notable alumni, she is the founder of Quick Eagle Networks and the only chairman of this company. In 1974, Vinita pursued an MS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, USA.

Profession: Businessperson

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10. Alok Sharma

Alok holds a professional experience of more than 14 years in serving reputable private and public companies. He studied Bachelor of Engineering (EE) at IIT Roorkee, after which he pursued a doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering.

Over the years, Alok has contributed to the computing, semiconductor, and telecom industries. At Juniper Networks, he served as General Manager and Vice President of the Worldwide Cable Business. Alok also founded Pacific Broadband Communications (PBC), which Juniper Networks took over in 2001.

Profession: Founder and CEO

IIT Roorkee Alumni Association

The alumni association at IIT Roorkee strives to connect students with alumni to leverage their careers and provide good opportunities. IIT Roorkee has a vibrant bunch of alumni, and students can reach out to the alumni association for further details.

• Head to the official website of IIT Roorkee.
• Click here to get in touch with the IIT Roorkee Alumni Association. 

Other Prominent Alumni of IIT Roorkee

Besides the successful and famous alumni mentioned above, many other distinguished alumni of IIT Roorkee are well-known for their noteworthy contributions.

S.No	Name of the Alumni	Profession
1	Dr. Roopa Gir	President
2	Shri Desh Raj Singh	Engineer
3	Dr Rakesh Agarwal	Founder
4	Shri Ramesh Mehra	CEO
5	Dr Harpreet Singh	Professor
6	Dr Satyandra Kumar Gupta	Director
7	Shri Manoj Prakash Goel	Entrepreneur
8	Dr Ramachandra Naidu Galla	Founder and Chairman
9	Shri Rajiv Kumar	Managing Director
10	Shri Naveen Jain	Founder and CEO

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