# Shukla

Shukla (Sanskrit: शुक्ल) is a word of Sanskrit origin that means "bright" or "white".
Notable people with the name include:
* Abhay Shukla, Indian TV actor known for his role as Inspector Nikhil in TV series CID
* Abhinav Shukla (producer), Indian film and TV producer
* Abhinav Shukla, Indian actor
* Abhishek Shukla (Indian Geriatrician and Palliative Care Physician)
* Ajai Shukla, Indian army officer, journalist and defense analyst
* Amarjeet Shukla, Indian actor
* Anand Shukla, Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1960 to 1978
* Anand Swaroop Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
* Anjuli Shukla, Indian film director and cinematographer, first and till date the only Indian woman to win the National Film Award for Best Cinematography
* Amitabh Shukla, Indian film editor, most known for his work in Chak De! India, Krrish, Holiday and Chalte Chalte
* Amitesh Shukla, INC Politician, member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly and former Minister of Rural Development in the Government of Chhattisgarh
* Aseem Shukla, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Department of Urology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
* Ashish Shukla, Indian author on geopolitics and terrorism, former editor of Cricket Samrat
* Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla, Indian politician, member of the 10th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament
* Avay Shukla, Indian Administrative Service officer, environmentalist and writer
* Baikuntha Shukla, Indian nationalist and revolutionary
* Balkrishna Khanderao Shukla, Indian politician and Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha (Lower House) of the Indian Parliament from Vadodara
* Balram Shukla, Indian poet and academic
* Bhagwati Prasad Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
* Chakrapani Shukla, Member of Parliament, India
* Champa Devi Shukla, activist from Bhopal, India and recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, 2004
* Chandra Prakash Shukla, Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh state of India
* Chitra Shukla, Indian actress who works in Telugu-Kannada language films
* Daisy Irani (actress) (Daisy Irani Shukla), Indian actress in Hindi and Telugu language films
* Deepak Shukla, American molecular virologist with expertise in herpesviruses
* Haimanti Sukla, Bengali singer
* Jagadish Shukla, Indian meteorologist, professor at George Mason University, Virginia
* Jang Bahadur Shukla, Indian mathematician
* Jhanak Shukla, Indian actress
* Jyoti Kiran (Jyoti Kiran Shukla), Indian politician, activist, educationist, strategist and Chair of Rajasthan's 5th State Finance Commission
* Kamlesh Shukla, Indian politician from the BJP and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India
* Karuna Shukla, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Janjgir constituency of Chhattisgarh
* Krishna Kant Shukla, Indian physicist, musician, poet, ecologist and educator
* Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Indian cricketer and politician
* Mahendra Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer
* Manoj Muntashir, Indian lyricist, poet and screenwriter
* Mukesh Shukla, or Mukesh, businessman and politician in Uganda
* Munna Shukla, Kathak guru and choreographer of Lucknow Gharana
* Narayan Shukla (also known as SN Shukla), judge of the Allahabad High Court
* Nikesh Shukla, British author and screenwriter
* Padma Kant Shukla (1950–2015), Indian physicist, university professor in several countries
* Pratibha Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Akbarpur-Raniya constituency
* Pravina Shukla, professor of folklore at Indiana University Bloomington
* Rahul Shukla, Indian first-class cricketer from Jaunpur district who plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket
* Raj Shukla, Lieutenant General, YSM, SM, currently serving as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Army Training Command (ARTRAC)
* Raj Kumar Shukla, Indian freedom fighter, who convinced Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran for the Champaran Satyagraha
* Rajeev Shukla, Indian politician, journalist, political commentator and the former chairman of Indian Premier League. Presently, VP of BCCI
* Rajendra Shukla (poet), Gujarati poet
* Rajendra Shukla (politician), Indian politician and MLA from Madhya Pradesh
* Rajendra Prasad Shukla, politician from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, who also served as Speaker of both states' Legislative Assembly
* Rajesh Shukla, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Uttarakhand State
* Rajesh Shukla (statistician), Indian researcher, author and applied statistician
* Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist), Indian entrepreneur, motivational speaker and animal welfare activist
* Rakesh Shukla (cricketer), Indian cricketer, cricket consultant and commentator
* Ram Chandra Shukla (1925–2016), Indian painter and art critic
* Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian National Congress leader
* Ramchandra Shukla (1884–1941), known as Acharya Shukla, Indian historian of Hindi literature
* Ravishankar Shukla, premier of CP & Berar and the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
* Ravikant Shukla, Indian first class cricketer, former captain of India U19 national cricket team
* Ravi Kishan, or Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla, Indian actor, politician and TV personality; MP (Lok Sabha) from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
* Richa Moorjani (nee Shukla), Indian-American actress who is best known for her role as Kamala in the series Never Have I Ever
* Rishi Kumar Shukla, Indian Police Service officer and director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
* Rishabh Shukla, Indian film and television actor and a voice-dubbing artist
* Riya Shukla, Indian television actress and model who made her film debut with Nil Battey Sannata
* Rohit Shukla, Major at the Indian Army, Shaurya Chakra awardee
* Samridhii Shukla, Indian TV actress
* Sanyam Shukla, Indian badminton player
* S.N.Shukla, Indian politician
* Sandeep Shukla, Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
* Saurabh Shukla, Indian actor
* Shilpa Shukla, Indian actress
* Shivakant Shukla, Indian cricketer
* Shiv Pratap Shukla, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), former Minister of State for Finance, Government of India
* Shyama Charan Shukla, three-term Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, irrigation visionary and aviator
* Sidharth Shukla, Indian actor and model.
* Shrilal Shukla (1925–2011), Hindi writer, recipient of the Jnanpith Award
* Shri Prakash Shukla, Indian gangster and contract killer
* Supriya Shukla, Indian television and film actress
* Umesh Shukla, Indian movie director, best known for Oh My God
* Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian cabinet minister
* Vidya Dhar Shukla, Chief Hindu Priest of Thailand
* Vijai Shukla, Indian-Danish food scientist
* Vijay Kumar Shukla, or Munna Shukla, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Bihar, India
* Vikramaditya Shukla, Indian film actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films
* Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director, producer of Godmother
* Vinod Kumar Shukla, modern Hindi writer and recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award
* Yogendra Shukla, Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, among the founders of Hindustan Socialist Republican ASSOCIATION
* Dr Ashutosh Shukla, Professor of ManagementSRMS, PARUL UNIVERSITY
* Prof.Shivam Shukla, Gorakhpur hometown Parul University
* Jyotish Shukla, engineer, spiritual personality from Gopalganj Bihar
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