# List of National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli people

This list of National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli people is a selected list of notable past staff and students of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

## Notable alumni
### Academics

* Rajkumar Chellaraj, CFO and Associate Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
* V. John Mathews, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
* Nagi Naganathan, President, Oregon Institute of Technology
* Krishna Palem, Professor of Computing, Rice University
* S. K. Ramesh, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, California State University, Northridge
* Nagarajan Ranganathan, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida
* Ramesh R. Rao, Director, Calit2 and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego
* Guruswami Ravichandran, Chair of Engineering Division, California Institute of Technology
* Vallabh Sambamurthy, Dean, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
* Nambirajan Seshadri, Professor of Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego
* Chetan Sankar, Emeritus Professor, Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University
* Venkat Selvamanickam, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Director of Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston
* Madhavan Swaminathan, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
* Baba C. Vemuri, Professor of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida
* Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University
* Suresh Sitaraman, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

### Business

* Jessie Paul, CEO and founder, Paul Writer Strategic Advisory marketing firm
* Mahesh Amalean, Chairman, MAS Holdings
* Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons and Tata Group
* Rajesh Gopinathan, former CEO and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services
* T. V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel
* R. Ravimohan, former Executive Director, Reliance Industries; former Chairman and Managing Director, CRISIL
* K. R. Sridhar, CEO and founder, Bloom Energy
* Shyam Srinivasan, CEO and Managing Director, Federal Bank
* Sidin Vadukut, former Managing Director, Mint

### Arts and entertainment

* Esmayeel Shroff, film director and writer
* Satish Chakravarthy, music composer; produces film scores and soundtracks in the Tamil film industry
* Vanitha Rangaraju, Animator, DreamWorks Animation; Technical Lighting Director for Shrek (winner of Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at 74th Academy Awards)
* Preity Mukhundhan, Dancer, Model and an Actress in the Tamil Film Industry.

### Government, politics and social works

* Palanivel Thiagarajan, Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services, Tamil Nadu

### Scientists

* Balu Balachandran, Distinguished scientist, Argonne National Laboratory

## Notable faculty

* Rajeev Taranath, Classical musician