# List of Delhi University people

This is a list of notable people related to the University of Delhi. This page excludes those people whose only connection with Delhi University is that they were awarded an honorary degree.
Nine heads of state and government, and two Nobel laureates have been associated with the university.

## Nobel laureates

Two Nobel laureates have been associated with Delhi University.
| Name | Affiliation | Prize | Year | References |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | B.A. in Political Science (1964) | Nobel Peace Prize | 1991 | |
| Amartya Sen | Professor of Economics (1963–1971) | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences | 1998 | |

## Activists

| Name | Class year | College | Notability |
| Aruna Roy | | Indraprastha | founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan |
| Bunker Roy | 1967 | St. Stephen's | social activist and educator |
| Rahul Verma | | Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | social worker, columnist and founder of Uday Foundation |
| Sunita Narain | 1983 | School of Open Learning | environmentalist, director of Centre for Science and Environment |
| Urvashi Butalia | | Reader at College of Vocational Studies | founder of Zubaan, a feminist publishing house |

## Arts, entertainment and television

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Aarti Bajaj | | | Hansraj College | film editor |
| Abish Mathew | | | Ram Lal Anand College | Indian comedian and YouTuber |
| Abhinav Kashyap | 1995 | B.A. (English) | Hansraj College | film director and screenwriter |
| Abhishek Chaubey | 1998 | | Hindu College | film director |
| Aditi Arya | | | Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies | model and actress |
| Aditi Rao Hydari | | | Lady Shri Ram | actress |
| Alankrita Sahai | | | Gargi College | model |
| Ali Abbas Zafar | | | Kirori Mal College | film director |
| Amba Sanyal | | | Delhi College of Art | stage actor and costume designer |
| Amitabh Bachchan | | | Sri Aurobindo College | actor |
| Anjolie Ela Menon | | | Miranda House | artist |
| Ankita Shorey | 2013 | B.A. (History) | Jesus and Mary | model, Femina Miss India International (2011) |
| Anu Aggarwal | | | | actress |
| Anurag Kashyap | | | Hansraj College | filmmaker |
| Arjun Rampal | 1993 | | Hindu College | actor |
| Ashvin Kumar | | | St Stephen's | independent filmmaker |
| Baisali Mohanty | | | Lady Shri Ram | Odissi dancer |
| Benjamin Gilani | | M.A. (English) | St Stephen's | actor |
| Chitrangada Singh | | BSc (Home Science) | Lady Irwin College | actress |
| Deepa Mehta | | | Lady Shri Ram | director |
| Devika Vaid | | BCom | | model and beauty queen |
| Dipannita Sharma | | | Indraprastha | actress |
| Ekta Chowdhry | | | | model |
| Gauri Khan | | | Sri Aurobindo College | film producer and co-owner of Red Chillies Entertainment |
| Geeta Chandran | | | Lady Shri Ram | Bharatanatyam dancer |
| Gulshan Grover | | | Shri Ram College of Commerce | actor |
| Hasleen Kaur | | | Jesus and Mary | model |
| Huma Qureshi | 2007 | B.A. (History) | Sri Aurobindo College | film actress and model |
| Indrani Dasgupta | | B.A. (Economics) | Miranda House | model |
| Imtiaz Ali | 1993 | | Hindu College | film director |
| Imran Zahid | | BCom | Hindu College | theatre and film actor |
| Jaspinder Narula | | B.A. (Music) PhD (Hindustani Music) | Indraprastha Faculty of Music and Fine Arts | playback singer |
| Kabir Bedi | | | St Stephen's | film actor |
| Kabir Khan | | | Kirori Mal College | film director and screenwriter |
| Kahlil Joseph | | B.A. (English) | Ramjas College | American actor and director |
| Karan Oberoi | | BCom (Hons) | | fitness model |
| Konkona Sen Sharma | 2001 | | St Stephen's | actor |
| Koyal Rana | 2014 | | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya | model |
| Krishnakumar Kunnath | | BCom | Kirori Mal College | singer |
| Kulbhushan Kharbanda | | | Kirori Mal College | film actor |
| Madhumita Raut | | | Indraprastha | Odissi dancer |
| Madhur Jaffrey | 1953 | B.A. (English) | Miranda House | actress and food critic |
| Mallika Sherawat | | B.A. (Philosophy) | Miranda House | actress |
| Maneesh Sharma | | B.A. (English Literature) | Hansraj College | film director |
| Manish Paul | | B.A. (Tourism) | College of Vocational Studies | television host and stand-up comedian |
| Manish Jha | | B.A. (English) | Ramjas College | director |
| Manoj Bajpayee | 1989 | B.A. (History) | Ramjas College | Bollywood actor |
| Manpreet Brar | | | Lady Irwin | model |
| Manushi Chhillar | did not graduate | | Miranda House | actress and model |
| Marc Robinson | | M.A. (Economics) | Delhi School of Economics | supermodel, fashion director and fashion choreographer |
| Mini Mathur | | B.A. (English Literature) | Lady Shri Ram | television host and actress |
| Minissha Lamba | | | Miranda House | film actor |
| Mira Nair | | B.A. (Sociology) | Miranda House | director |
| Mohit Marwah | did not graduate | | Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | |
| Mrinalini Sharma | | | Jesus and Mary | actress |
| Nandita Das | | | Miranda House; Delhi School of Social Work | actress |
| Nandita Chandra | | | Lady Shri Ram | theatre actor |
| Naveen Kasturia | | BTech (MPAE) | NSIT | film actor and assistant director |
| Neetu Chandra | | | Indraprastha | model and actress |
| Neeraj Pandey | | | Sri Aurobindo College | director, writer and producer |
| Neha Dhupia | | B.A. (History) | Jesus and Mary | actress |
| Nimrat Kaur | | BCom | Shri Ram College of Commerce | actress |
| Nivedita Tiwari | 2006 | B.A. (English) | Ramjas College | actress |
| Palash Sen | | MBBS | University College of Medical Sciences | founder of rock band Euphoria |
| Pamella Bordes | | | Lady Shri Ram | model and photographer |
| Parikshit Sahni | | | St. Stephen's | actor |
| Parvin Dabas | | | Hansraj College | actor |
| Pathik Vats | | | Ramjas College | dialogue-writer |
| Pavan Malhotra | | | Hansraj College | actor |
| Prakash Jha | did not graduate | BSc (Physics) | Ramjas College | director |
| Priyanka Kothari | | | Dyal Singh | actress |
| Priyanshu Chatterjee | | | Ram Lal Anand | film actor |
| Rabbi Shergill | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | singer, musician |
| Radhika Madan | | | Jesus and Mary | actress |
| Rahul Roy | | | Ramjas College | actor |
| Rajesh Hamal | | M.A. (English Literature) | | |
| Rajkumar Gupta | | | Ramjas College | Bollywood director |
| Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | | | Shri Ram College of Commerce | director |
| Rakul Preet Singh | 2012 | BSc (Maths) | Jesus and Mary | actress |
| Rannvijay Singh | | | Hansraj College | VJ with MTV India; current host and director of MTV Roadies |
| Rati Pandey | | B.A. (Economics) | Miranda House | actress |
| Rekha Bhardwaj | | B.A. (Music) | Hindu College | singer |
| Richa Chadda | | | St. Stephen's | actress |
| Ritu Kumar | | | Lady Irwin | fashion designer |
| Ritu Beri | | | Lady Shri Ram | fashion designer |
| Rohit Bal | | B.A. (History) | St Stephen's | fashion designer |
| Roshan Seth | | | St Stephen's | actor |
| Saakshi Tanwar | | | Lady Shri Ram | TV actor, star of Star Plus daily Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii |
| Sandali Sinha | | | Lady Shri Ram | actress and model |
| Sanya Malhotra | | | Gargi | actress |
| Satish Kaushik | | | Kirori Mal College | actor and film director |
| Saurabh Shukla | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | actor, director |
| Shah Rukh Khan | 1988 | | Hansraj College | Bollywood actor |
| Shakti Kapoor | | | Kirori Mal College | actor |
| Shanky Singh | 2010 | | Maharaja Agrasen | CWE wrestler |
| Sharan Rani Backliwal | | | Indraprastha | sarod player; recipient of Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan |
| Shekhar Kapur | | B.A. (Economics) | St Stephen's | film director |
| Shekhar Suman | | B.A. (History) | Ramjas College | Bollywood actor; TV personality |
| Shikha Swaroop | | | St Stephen's | Miss India |
| Shonali Nagrani | | | Lady Shri Ram | model and actress |
| Shriya Saran | | B.A. | Lady Shri Ram | actress |
| Siddharth | | | Kirori Mal College | actor |
| Siddharth Malhotra | | BCom | Shaheed Bhagat Singh | actor |
| Siddhartha Basu | | | Hindu College | television producer and quizmaster |
| Sonal Chauhan | | | Gargi | model and actress |
| Sriti Jha | | | Sri Venkateswara College | actress |
| Sushant Singh Rajput | did not graduate | | Delhi College of Engineering | actor |
| Swara Bhaskar | | | Miranda | actress |
| Tahir Raj Bhasin | | | Hindu College | actor |
| Tisca Chopra | | | Hindu College | actress |
| Vikas Bahl | | | Ramjas College | director |
| Vipin Patwa | | | Ramjas College | music composer; singer |
| Vishal Bhardwaj | | | Hindu College | director |

## Business

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Aditya Jha | | | | philanthropist and global entrepreneur |
| Ajaypal Singh Banga | | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | CEO and President, MasterCard |
| Anshu Jain | 1983 | B.A. (Economics) | Shri Ram College of Commerce | co-CEO, Deutsche Bank |
| Geeta Aiyer | | B.A., M.A. | | founder and President, Boston Common Asset Management |
| Ivan Menezes | | | St. Stephen's | CEO of Diageo |
| Naina Lal Kidwai | 1977 | | Lady Shri Ram | Chief Executive Officer, HSBC India |
| Piyush Gupta | | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | CEO and Director of DBS Group |
| Rahul Bajaj | 1958 | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | billionaire businessman and chairman of the Bajaj Group |
| Samir Jain | | | St. Stephen's | Vice-chairman and publisher, The Times Group |
| Sanjeev Bikhchandani | 1984 | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | billionaire businessman; co-founder and CEO, Naukri.com |
| Shikha Sharma | | | Lady Shri Ram | Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank |
| Siddhartha Lal | 1994 | | St. Stephen's | CEO, Eicher Motors |
| Vinita Bali | 1975 | | Lady Shri Ram | Former Managing Director of Britannia Industries |
| Vijay Shekhar Sharma | | | Delhi College of Engineering | billionaire businessman and founder of Paytm |
| Viresh Oberoi | | | Hansraj College | Former CEO of Mjunction |
| Vivek Chaand Sehgal | | | | billionaire businessman and chairman of Motherson Sumi Systems |

## Educationists

| Name | Degree | College | Notability |
| Paranjoy Guha Thakurta | | St. Stephen's; Delhi School of Economics | Director, School of Convergence |
| Sanjay Kumar | B.A. (Political Science) | Ramjas College | Former Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies |
| Vivek Bhandari | | St. Stephen's | director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand |

## Humanities and social sciences

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Arundhati Virmani | | | Indraprashtha | historian |
| Gita Gopinath | 1992; 1994 | B.A.; M.A. (Economics) | Lady Shri Ram; Delhi School of Economics | Economic Counsellor of the International Monetary Fund |
| Gauri Viswanathan | | B.A.; M.A. | | literary scholar; Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University |
| Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi | | | St. Stephen's | historian |
| Jasleen Dhamija | | | Miranda House | art historian |
| Kapila Vatsyayan | | | | art scholar; chairperson of IGNCA; recipient of the Padma Vibhushan |
| Kaushik Basu | | | St. Stephen's | Former Chief Economist of the World Bank and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India |
| Omkar Goswami | 1978 | | Delhi School of Economics | Chairman and founder, CERG Advisor |
| Partha Dasgupta | 1962 | | Hansraj College | Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge |
| Reenee Singh | 1984;1990 | B.A: M.A.(Psychology) | Lady Shri Ram College | Former Editor Journal of Family Therapy |
| Ramnarayan Rawat | | | | historian of South Asia |
| Sanjay Jain | 1986 | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | Lecturer of Economics at the University of Oxford |
| Upinder Singh | | | St. Stephen's | historian |
| Usha Sanyal | | | | historian |
| Utsa Patnaik | | | Indraprashtha | Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Veena Das | | | Indraprashtha | Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University |

## Law
### Supreme Court judges

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Arjan Kumar Sikri | | | Faculty of Law | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court |
| Hima Kohli | | B.A. (History); LLB | St. Stephen's; Faculty of Law | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court |
| Hrishikesh Roy | 1982 | B.A. LLB | Faculty of Law | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Indu Malhotra | 1982 | B.A. (Political Science); M.A. (Political Science); LLB | Lady Shri Ram; Faculty of Law | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| N. Kotiswar Singh | 1983; 1986 | | Kirori Mal College; Faculty of Law | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Madan Lokur | 1974; 1977 | B.A.; LLB | St. Stephen's; Faculty of Law | former Judge of Supreme Court of India; former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court |
| Madan Mohan Punchhi | | | Faculty of Law | 28th Chief Justice of India |
| Qadeeruddin Ahmed | | | St. Stephen's | former Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan |
| Ranjan Gogoi | | B.A. (History); LLB | St. Stephen's; Faculty of Law | 46th Chief Justice of India |
| Rohinton Fali Nariman | | BCom; LLB | Shri Ram College of Commerce; Faculty of Law | former judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Sanjay Kishan Kaul | 1982 | LLB | Faculty of Law | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana |
| P. S. Narasimha | 1988 | LLB | Faculty of Law | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| P. V. Sanjay Kumar | 1988 | LLB | Faculty of Law | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Sanjiv Khanna | 1980; 1982 | LLB | Faculty of Law | 51st Chief Justice of India |
| Vikramajit Sen | | | St. Stephen's; Faculty of Law | former Judge of the Supreme Court of India, former Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka |
| Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal | | | Ramjas College; Faculty of Law | 36th Chief Justice of India |
| Yogeshwar Dayal | 1953 | LLB | Faculty of Law | former Judge of Supreme Court of India; former Chief Justice of Hyderabad High Court |
| B. V. Nagarathna | 1984 | B.A. (History); LLB | Jesus and Mary College; Faculty of Law | former Judge of Supreme Court of India; former Judge of Karnataka High Court |

### Others

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Abhilasha Kumari | | | Indraprashtha | Chief Justice on the Manipur High Court |
| Ajit Prakash Shah | | | Ramjas College | Former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court; Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India |
| Ashutosh Mohunta | 1973; 1976 | B.A. (History); LLB | Kirori Mal College; Faculty of Law | |
| Bishwajit Bhattacharyya | | | Faculty of Law | |
| Gopal Subramanium | | | Faculty of Law | |
| Gita Mittal | | | Lady Shri Ram | Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court |
| Pinky Anand | | | Lady Shri Ram; Faculty of Law | |
| Sidharth Luthra | 1987; 1990 | | Hindu College; Faculty of Law | Former Additional Solicitor General of India |
| T. Vaiphei | | | Faculty of Law | Chief Justice of Tripura High Court |

## Literature

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Ali Sardar Jafri | | | Zakir Hussain Delhi College | Urdu author and poet |
| Alka Pande | 1976 | B.A. (Economics) | Jesus and Mary | author and museum curator |
| Amitav Ghosh | | | St. Stephen's; Delhi School of Economics | English language author |
| Anita Desai | | | Miranda House | writer |
| Khushwant Singh | | | St. Stephen's | author best known for his novel Train to Pakistan; Padma Vibhushan recipient |
| Kunzang Choden | | B.A. (Psychology) | | writer |
| Mukul Kesavan | | | St. Stephen's | historian, novelist and political and social essayist |
| Mohan Rana | | | | Hindi poet |
| Nabila Jamshed | | | | writer |
| Namita Gokhale | | B.A. (English) | | co-founder of Jaipur Literature Festival |
| Narendra Kohli | | | Ramjas College | Hindi author |
| Shauna Singh Baldwin | 1982 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | novelist |
| Shiv Khera | | | | writer |
| Upamanyu Chatterjee | | | St. Stephen's | writer |

## Military

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | | | Kirori Mal College | air marshal in the Indian Air Force |
| Sonam Wangchuk | | | Sri Venkateswara | colonel in the Indian Army; Kargil War veteran; Maha Vir Chakra recipient |
| Sourendra Nath Kohli | | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Former Chief of the Naval Staff in the Indian Navy |
| Surinder Mehra | | | | Former Chief of Air Staff in the Indian Air Force |
| Syed Ata Hasnain | 1972 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | retired lieutenant general in the Indian Army |

## Media

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Anna M. M. Vetticad | 1994 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | Former entertainment editor at India Today |
| Pallavi Aiyar | | B.A. (Psychology) | St. Stephen's | author and China correspondent of The Hindu College |
| Rajat Sharma | | | Shri Ram College of Commerce | editor in chief of India TV, founder of Independence News Services, host of Aap Ki Adalat |
| Swaminathan Aiyar | | | St. Stephen's | economist and Former editor of The Economic Times |
| Niret J. Alva | | | | television producer and CEO, Miditech |
| Ambika Anand | 2001 | B.A. (Economics) | Jesus and Mary | Editor-in-Chief, fashion at NDTV Good Times |
| Shereen Bhan | | | | Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Editor, CNBC-TV18 |
| Satinder Bindra | | | | India Bureau Chief, CNN |
| Romola Butalia | | | | writer, author, website editor |
| Shoma Chaudhury | | | | ex-Managing Editor, Tehelka |
| Prabhu Chawla | | | | editor of India Today; host of Seedhi Baat on Aaj Tak |
| Swapan Dasgupta | 1975 | B.A. | St. Stephen's | political analyst and journalist |
| Vinod Dua | | | Hansraj College | journalist |
| Bahar Dutt | | | | columnist for CNN-IBN |
| Barkha Dutt | | | | television anchor and journalist |
| Sagarika Ghose | | | | news editor and columnist, CNN-IBN |
| Arnab Goswami | | | Hindu College | editor-in-chief, Times Now, Republic tv |
| Ramachandra Guha | | | | writer and columnist |
| Prem Shankar Jha | | | | columnist; Former editor, The Hindu Collegestan Times |
| Manoj Joshi | | | | journalist, deputy editor, Mail Today |
| Rini Simon Khanna | | | | news anchor |
| Mammen Mathew | | | | editor and managing director, Malayala Manorama |
| Rajiv Mehrotra | | | | writer; television producer-director; documentary filmmaker |
| Chandan Mitra | | | | editor of The Pioneer |
| Aroon Purie | | | | editor-in-chief, India Today |
| Nidhi Razdan | | | Lady Shri Ram | NDTV anchor |
| Radhika Roy | | | | co-founder of NDTV |
| Nalini Singh | | | | journalist, Doordarshan, known for her programme Aankhon Dekhi |
| Chitra Subramaniam, | | | | journalist who broke the Bofors scandal story |
| Salma Sultan | | | | news anchor of Doordarshan |
| Dibang | | | Rajdhani | anchor of ABP News, previously worked at Aaj Tak and NDTV |
| Rahul Kanwal | | | | news anchor, India Today, Aaj Tak and Business Today |
| Sudhir Chaudhary | | B.A. | | consultant editor, Aaj Tak; Formerly worked at Zee News, WION and hosted DNA |
| Ravish Kumar | | | | Former senior executive editor at NDTV, Ramon Magsaysay Award and Red Ink Award winner |
| Tanvir Gill | 2012 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | news anchor at CNBC |

## Politics and government
### Heads of state and government

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Aung San Suu Kyi | 1964 | | | 1st State Counsellor of Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize (1991) |
| Bingu wa Mutharika | 1961 1963 | BCom M.A. (Economics) | Shri Ram College of Commerce; Delhi School of Economics | 3rd President of Malawi |
| G.P. Koirala | | | | 30th Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Khandu Wangchuk | | | | Former Prime Minister of Bhutan |
| Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq | 1943 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 6th President of Pakistan |
| Narendra Modi | 1978 | B.A. (Political Science) | School of Open Learning | 14th Prime Minister of India |
| Salim Ahmed Salim | 1968 | | St. Stephen's | 4th Prime Minister of Tanzania |
| Sangay Ngedup | | | St. Stephen's | Former Prime Minister of Bhutan |
| Harini Amarasuriya | 1991-94 | Bachelor of Arts in Sociology | Hindu College, Delhi | Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |

### Other politicians and royalty

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Ajay Maken | | | | Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation |
| Alka Lamba | | | Dyal Singh; St. Stephen's | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Ambika Soni | | | Indraprastha | Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting |
| Amrita Meghwal | | | | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Arun Jaitley | 1973; 1977 | BCom; LLB | Shri Ram College of Commerce; Faculty of Law | Former Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance |
| Arun Shourie | | | St. Stephen's | Former Minister for Communications & Information Technology and Member of Parliament |
| Arvinder Singh Lovely | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | Former Minister for Urban Development & Revenue, Education, Transport, Tourism, Languages, Gurudwara Election, Local Bodies & Gurudwara Administration |
| Brahm Prakash | | | Ramjas College | first Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Brinda Karat | | | Miranda House | Member of Parliament |
| Chirag Paswan | | | | Member of Parliament |
| Devyani Rana | | | | member of the Nepalese royal family |
| Emmanuel Blayo Wakhweya | 1960 | | | Ugandan Minister of Finance |
| Gopalkrishna Gandhi | | | St. Stephen's | Former Governor of Bihar and Governor of West Bengal |
| Gurmukh Nihal Singh | | | Ramjas College | fourth Principal of Ramjas College; second Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Dr. Harsh Vardhan | | | Zakir Husain Delhi College | Minister of Health and Family Welfare since 2014, Chairman of the WHO Executive Board |
| Holkhomang Haokip | | | Ramjas College | Member of Parliament |
| Jai Parkash Aggarwal | | | | Member of Parliament |
| Jarbom Gamlin | | | | Former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Kapil Sibal | | LLB | Faculty of Law | Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India |
| Karni Singh | | | St. Stephen's | last titular maharaja of Bikaner |
| Kiren Rijju | | B.A.; LLB | Hansraj College; Faculty of Law | Member of Parliament |
| Laxmi Narayan Yadav | | | | Member of Parliament |
| Madanlal Khurana | | | Kirori Mal College | Former Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Mahesh Sharma | | | University College of Medical Sciences | |
| Manjinder Singh Sirsa | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | President of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee |
| Mani Shankar Aiyar | | B.A. (Economics) | St. Stephen's | Member of Parliament |
| Maneka Gandhi | | | Lady Shri Ram | Minister of Women and Child Development |
| Mayawati | 1975 | B.A.; LLB | Kalindi; Faculty of Law | Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh |
| Mazel Ampareen Lyngdoh | 2008 | B.A. (English) | Jesus and Mary | Cabinet Minister, Government of Meghalaya |
| Meenakshi Lekhi | | BSc (Botany); LLB | Hindu College; Faculty of Law | Member of Parliament |
| Meira Kumar | | | Indraprashta; Miranda House | Former Minister of Water Resources, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and Indian presidential candidate in 2017 |
| Montek Singh Ahluwalia | | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission |
| Murtaza Ali Khan | | | St. Stephen's | last titular nawab of Rampur |
| Naresh Gujral | | | | Member of Parliament |
| Naveen Jindal | 1990 | | Hansraj College | Member of Parliament |
| Naveen Patnaik | | B.A. | Kirori Mal College | Former Chief Minister of Odisha |
| Pratap Keshari Deb | 1992 | B.A. | Ramjas College | Former Member of the Rajya Sabha |
| Priyanka Gandhi | 2010 | B.A. (Psychology); M.A. (Buddhist Studies) | Jesus and Mary; Department of Buddhist Studies | general secretary of Indian National Congress |
| Rahul Gandhi | did not graduate | | St. Stephen's | Indian National Congress Member of Parliament (from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Rangarajan Kumaramangalam | 1977 | | Kirori Mal College | Former Minister of Power |
| Ranbir Singh Hooda | 1937 | | Ramjas College | eminent politician from Rohtak; member of multiple Lok Sabhas |
| Raninder Singh | | | St. Stephen's | |
| Ranjib Biswal | | | St. Stephen's | Member of Parliament |
| Sachin Pilot | | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan |
| Salman Khurshid | | | St. Stephen's | Former Minister of External Affairs |
| Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo | 1981 | B.A. (Political Science) | Jesus and Mary | Member of Parliament |
| Sarup Singh | | | Ramjas College | Former Governor of Gujarat and Governor of Kerala |
| Satish Upadhyay | | B.A. (Political Science) | | Vice Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Council |
| Shashi Tharoor | | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | Minister of State for External Affairs; Former U.N. Under Secretary General |
| Sheila Dikshit | | M.A. (History) | Miranda House | Former Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Smriti Irani | | | School of Open Learning | Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Human Resource Development |
| Somnath Bharti | | BSc Mathematics | Ramjas College | Former Law Minister of Delhi |
| Subramanian Swamy | | | Hindu College | |
| Sucheta Kripalani | | | Indraprastha | Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, India's first woman Chief Minister |
| Thupstan Chhewang | 1967 | B.A.; LLB | Ramjas College; Faculty of Law | Member of Parliament |
| Tulsi Agarwal | | | | Bharatiya Janata Party politician |
| Virbhadra Singh | | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh |
| Vijay Goel | | MCom. | Shri Ram College of Commerce | Member of Parliament |
| Vijay Jolly | | BCom; MCom. | Shri Ram College of Commerce | MLA |
| Syed Zafar Islam | | Ph.D. | | investment banker and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, Former Director at Deutsche Bank and spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Civil servants and diplomats

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Ajai Malhotra | | B.A. (Economics); M.A. (Economics) | Hindu College; Delhi School of Economics | Ambassador of India to Russia |
| Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta | | B.A. (Political Science) | Ramjas College | Director General of Police of Assam |
| Hardeep Singh Puri | | | Hindu College | Former Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations |
| Ira Singhal | | | NSIT | Indian Administrative Service officer |
| Javeed Ahmad | | | St. Stephen's | Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh Police |
| Lala Hardayal | | | St. Stephen's | |
| Kiran Bedi | 1988 | LLB | Faculty of Law | first woman to become an Indian Police Service officer |
| Montek Singh Ahluwalia | | B.A. | St. Stephen's | Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission |
| Najeeb Jung | | B.A. (History); M.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 20th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi |
| Navin Chawla | 1966 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | Chief Election Commissioner of India; author of Mother Teresa's biography |
| P. N. Dhar | | | Hindu College | principal secretary to Indira Gandhi's Prime Minister's office |
| Pankaj Saran | | B.A. (Economics); M.A. (Economics) | Hindu College; Delhi School of Economics | Deputy National Security Advisor of India; Former Ambassador of India to Russia |
| Pooja Kapur | | | | Ambassador of India to Bulgaria and Macedonia |
| Pradeep Kumar Sinha | | | St. Stephen's; Delhi School of Economics | 31st Cabinet Secretary of India |
| Preeti Saran | | | Lady Shri Ram | Former Ambassador of India to Vietnam |
| S. Y. Quraishi | | | St. Stephen's | 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India |
| Shaktikanta Das | | B.A. (History); M.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 25th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India |
| Shivshankar Menon | | M.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 4th National Security Advisor of India; 27th Foreign Secretary of India |
| Sujatha Singh | | | Lady Shri Ram; Delhi School of Economics | 30th Foreign Secretary of India |
| Syeda Saiyidain Hameed | 1963 | B.A. | Miranda House | Former member of the Planning Commission of India |
| Vijay Keshav Gokhale | | B.A. (History) M.A. (History) | | 32nd Foreign Secretary of India |
| Vikram Misri | | B.A. (History) | Hindu College | deputy National Security Advisor of India |
| Vinod Rai | | | Delhi School of Economics | 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| Vivekanand Sinha | | B.A. in History | Ramjas College | Additional Director General of Police of Chhattisgarh |
| Wajahat Habibullah | 1965; 1967 | B.A. (History); M.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | 1st Chief Information Commissioner of India |

## Science and engineering

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Notability |
| Ajai K. Singh | 1977 | MSc; Ph.D. (chemistry) | | Professor of chemistry; fellow Royal Society of Chemistry; member of American Chemical Society |
| Ajoy Ghatak | | MSc (Physics) | | physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Amolak Chand Jain | 1948; 1950 | BSc (Chemistry) | | chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Amit Dutt | 1994; 1995 | BSc (Botany); Diploma in Biochemical Technology | | geneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Amitabh Joshi | | BSc (Botany); MSc (1988) | | evolutionary biologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Amitava Raychaudhuri | 1973 | MSc (Physics) | | particle physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Anil Grover | 1977; 1979 | BSc; MSc | | plant molecular biologist, N-Bios laureate |
| Anil Kumar Tyagi | | | | biochemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Apurva Sarin | | | | cell biologist, N-Bios laureate |
| Archana Bhattacharyya | | BSc (Physics); MSc (Physics) | | physicist; Director of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism |
| Asoke Nath Mitra | 1947; 1949 | BSc (Mathematics) | Ramjas College | physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| B. K. Misra | 1980 | M.S. (General Surgery) | | neurosurgeon; recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest medical honour in India |
| Charusita Chakravarty | | BSc (Chemistry) | St. Stephen's | Professor of chemistry at IIT Delhi; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Deepak Kumar | | | St. Stephen's | physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Eknath Prabhakar Ghate | | | St. Stephen's | mathematician; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Gaiti Hasan | 1976 | BSc (Zoology) | Miranda House | molecular biologist |
| Hirdaya Behari Mathur | 1948 | | | chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Jogesh Pati | 1957 | MSc | | physicist at the University of Maryland, College Park, recipient of the Dirac Medal |
| Kasturi Lal Chopra | 1952; 1954 | | | |
| Meena Upadhyaya | | | | medical geneticist |
| N. A. Ramaiah | | | | physical chemist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Pran Nath | 1958 | | | physicist at Northeastern University |
| Raj Rewal | 1954 | | Department of Architecture | architect |
| Rajinder Kumar | | | Delhi College of Engineering | chemical engineer, Former Professor at the Indian Institute of Science |
| Ravi Grover | 1970 | | Delhi College of Engineering | nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer; Padma Shri recipient |
| S. C. Jain | | | | physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Sampat Kumar Tandon | 1972 | PhD | | geologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Sangeeta Malhotra | 1988 | BSc | Hansraj College | astrophysicist; Fellow of the American Astronomical Society |
| Satish Chandra Maheshwari | | | St. Stephen's | molecular biologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Satish Kumar Gupta | | BSc | | immunologist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Shasanka Mohan Roy | 1960; 1962 | BSc; MSc | | quantum physicist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Srinivasan Varadarajan | 1952 | PhD | | chemist and Padma Bhushan awardee |
| Subhash Chandra Lakhotia | 1971 | | | cytogeneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Sushil Kumar | 1960 | | Hansraj College | geneticist; recipient of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Usha Kehar Luthra | | | Lady Hardinge Medical College | pathologist and cytologist |
| V. Balakrishnan | | | St. Stephen's | Professor of Physics at IIT Madras |
| Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman | 1952 | BSc (Physics) | St. Stephen's | engineer, academic and writer, known for his pioneering efforts in the field of computer science education in India |
| Vinod Dham | | B.E. (Electrical Engineering) | Delhi College of Engineering | inventor of the Pentium chip |
| V. K. Dadhwal | | BSc (Botany) | Hansraj College | Director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology |

## Sports

| Name | Class year | Degree | College | Sport |
| Aditi Chauhan | | | Jesus and Mary | Football |
| Ajay Jadeja | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Akash Chopra | | | Rajdhani | Cricket |
| Amoj Jacob | 2019 | BCom | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa | Athletics |
| Anjum Chopra | | | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Ankita Bhambri | 2010 | B.A. Programme | Jesus and Mary | Tennis |
| Apurvi Chandela | 2014 | B.A. (Sociology) | Jesus and Mary | Shooting |
| Arun Lal | | BCom | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Ashok Gandotra | | M.A. | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Ashish Nehra | | | Rajdhani | Cricket |
| Dalima Chhibber | | | Jesus and Mary | Football |
| Deep Dasgupta | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Gautam Gambhir | did not graduate | B.A. Programme | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Gaurav Bidhuri | 2012 | | Kirori Mal College | Boxing |
| Hari Gidwani | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Jaspal Rana | | | St. Stephen's; Sri Aurobindo College | Shooting |
| Kirti Azad | 1981 | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Manika Batra | did not graduate | B.A. (Sociology) | Jesus and Mary | Table Tennis |
| Maninder Singh | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa | Cricket |
| Mansher Singh | | | St. Stephen's | Shooting |
| Manu Bhaker | 2022 | B.A. (Political Science) | Lady Shri Ram | Shooting |
| Manvinder Bisla | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Maheshwari Chauhan | 2017 | B.A. (Philosophy) | Lady Shri Ram | Shooting |
| Mohinder Amarnath | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa | Cricket |
| Murali Kartik | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Navdeep Singh | | | Sri Venkateswara | Javelin Throw |
| Prachi Tehlan | 2007 | BCom | Jesus and Mary | Netball |
| Prakash Bhandari | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Pranav Soorma | | | Delhi School of Economics | Club Throw |
| Prashanti Singh | | | School of Open Learning | Basketball |
| Praveen Kumar | | | Ramjas College | Cricket |
| Praveen Kumar | | | Motilal Nehru | Athletics |
| Pratima Singh | 2010 | | Jesus and Mary | Basketball |
| Raghbir Singh Bhola | | B.E. (Electrical Engineering) | Delhi College of Engineering | Hockey |
| Rajeshwari Kumari | | | Sri Venkateswara | Shooting |
| Ramita Jindal | | BCom (Hons) | Hansraj College | Shooting |
| Randhir Singh | | B.A. (History) | St. Stephen's | Shooting |
| Rishabh Pant | | BCom | Sri Venkateswara | Cricket |
| Rhythm Sangwan | | B.A. (English) | Lady Shri Ram | Shooting |
| Saba Karim | 1988 | BCom (Hons) | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Sanaa Bhambri | | | Jesus and Mary | Tennis |
| Sandeep Sejwal | | | St. Stephen's | Swimming |
| Sharad Kumar | | B.A. (Political Science) | Kirori Mal College | High Jump |
| Shreyasi Singh | 2012 | | Hansraj College | Shooting |
| Shyam Lal Meena | | | Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa | Archery |
| Sumit Antil | | BCom | Ramjas College | Javelin Throw |
| Sunil Valson | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Tania Sachdev | | | Sri Venkateswara | Chess |
| Unmukt Chand | | | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Vijay Mehra | | | St. Stephen's | Cricket |
| Vinay Lamba | | | Hindu College | Cricket |
| Yogesh Kathuniya | | BCom | Kirori Mal College | Discus Throw |

## Notable faculty

| Name | Affiliation | College | Notability |
| Amartya Sen | Professor of Economics (1963–1971) | Delhi School of Economics | Recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 |
| Anil Kumari Malhotra | Principal | Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital | Padma Shri recipient (2016) |
| Andre Beteille | Professor Emeritus of Sociology | Delhi School of Economics | Padma Bhushan recipient (2005) |
| Ashok Mitra | | | Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Member of Parliament |
| Autar Singh Paintal | Principal | University College of Medical Sciences | Pioneered discoveries in the area of neurosciences and respiratory sciences |
| Bhisham Sahni | Former Lecturer in English | Zakir Husain Delhi College | Author and playwright |
| Debi Prasad Sarkar | Head of Biochemistry department | South Campus | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient |
| Govind Singh | Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Management | Cluster Innovation Centre; Indraprastha | Founder of Delhi Greens |
| Indu Malhotra | Lecturer of Political Science | Miranda House | Judge of the Supreme Court of India |
| Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi | Lecturer in History (1928–1944) | St. Stephen's | Pakistani historian |
| Jagdish N. Bhagwati | Professor of International Trade (1962–1968) | Delhi School of Economics | |
| Kamal Kumar Sethi | Former Professor of Cardiology | | Padma Shri recipient |
| Manmohan Singh | Professor of International Trade (1969–1971) | Delhi School of Economics | 13th Prime Minister of India |
| M. N. Srinivas | Founder of the sociology department | Delhi School of Economics | Sociologist |
| Padma Desai | Associate Professor of Economics (1959–1968) | Delhi School of Economics | Professor of comparative economic systems, Columbia University |
| Percival Spear | Lecturer in History (1924–1948) | St. Stephen's | Historian |
| Pradip Krishen | Lecturer in History | Ramjas College | Eminent film-maker |
| Pranab Bardhan | Professor (1973–1977) | Delhi School of Economics | Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley |
| Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan | Professor of Economics | Indraprastha | Wife of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan |
| Raj Krishna | Professor | Delhi School of Economics | |
| Ram Babu Gupta | | Rajdhani College | first Indian umpire to umpire a World Cup final |
| Rama Kant Shukla | Former reader | Rajdhani College | Padma Shri Awardee, Hindi and Sanskrit scholar |
| Saleem Kidwai | Former Professor of History | Ramjas College | eminent gay rights activist |
| Sampat Kumar Tandon | Former Pro-Vice Chancellor | | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate |
| Santosh Kumar Sen | Head of Postgraduate Studies | Maulana Azad Medical College | Indian surgeon and Padma Bhushan recipient |
| Surendra Sheodas Barlingay | Chair of the Department of Philosophy | | Logician and Marathi writer |
| Sushil Kumar Saxena | Professor of Philosophy | | Indian author, music critic, and exponent |
| Tista Bagchi | Professor of Linguistics | | |
| Tapan Raychaudhuri | Director of DSE, Head of the history department | Delhi School of Economics | Indian historian |
| T. A. Venkitasubramanian | Head of the Department of Biochemistry | Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient |
| Asoke Nath Mitra | Professor at Department of Physics and Astrophysics | Renowned Theoretical Physicist | Recipient Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
| Daulat Singh Kothari | Professor and Head of Department of physics and Astrophysics | Theoretical physicist, educationist | Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan |
| Samarendra Nath Biswas | Professor at Department of Physics and Astrophysics | Theoretical Physicist | fellow of Indian National Science Academy,Indian Academy of Sciences,NASI |
| Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (physicist) | Professor and Head of Department of Physics, University Of Delhi | Physicist | fellow of Indian National Science Academy |