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Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan, popularly known by the initials SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer renowned for his work in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 100 films and earned numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and 15 Filmfare Awards. He has been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, as well as the Order of Arts and Letters and Legion of Honour by the Government of France. Khan has a significant following in Asia and among the Indian diaspora worldwide. In terms of audience size and income, several media outlets have described him as one of the most successful film stars in the world. Many of his films thematise Indian national identity and connections with diaspora communities, or gender, racial, social and religious differences and grievances.
Saif Ali Khan
Indian film actor and producer
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is an American author, New Age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. In the 1990s, Chopra, a physician by education, became a popular proponent of a pseudoscientific approach to well-being that includes yoga, meditation, and nutrition, among other New Age therapies.
Akshay Venkatesh
Australian number theorist
Laxmi Agarwal
Indian acid attack survivor and activist
Karan Singh Grover
Indian model, television and film actor
Sarla Thakral
Indian aviator
Jayati Ghosh
Indian economist (1955-)
Gadis Arivia
Indonesian feminist philosopher, lecturer, scholar, and activist
Urvashi Vaid
Indian and American writer, lawyer and LGBTQ+ activist (1958–2022)
Anntonia Porsild
Thai-Danish model and beauty queen
Dayanita Singh
Indian photographer (born 1961)
Arati Prabhakar
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Andrea Wulf
German-British historian and writer
Kamla Bhasin
social scientist
Shilpi Sharma
Indian actress
Neha Kirpal
Social and Cultural Entrepreneur from India
Maya Krishna Rao
Indian Theatre Artist
Yamini Reddy
Indian Classical dancer, a Kuchipudi exponent
Pernia Qureshi
Indian fashion and Costume designer, entrepreneur, stylist, dancer and actor
Aanchal Malhotra
Indian writer and oral historian
Ila Patnaik
Indian economist and journalist
Valmik Thapar
conservationist
Alexandros Tombazis
Greek architect
Martha Farrell
Indian civil society leader
Vivek Kundra
American government official
Manish Arora
Indian fashion designer based in New Delhi (born 1973)
Bhumika Arora
Indian model
Ritu Sarin
Indian film director and producer
Reetika Khera
Indian economist and activist
Krishan Kumar Aggarwal
Indian cardiologist
Pablo Bartholomew
Indian photographer (born 1955)
Princess Salimah Aga Khan
former fashion model and an ex-wife of the 49th Aga Khan, Prince Karim Aga Khan
Aishwarya Tipnis
Indian architect
Sheila Singh Paul
Indian paediatrician
Sandy Gandhi
Australian comedian and journalist
Uma Tuli
Indian social worker
Arundhati Virmani
Indian historian
Aparna Chandra
Indian fashion designer
Munia Ganguli
Indian biochemist, biotechnologist
Alok Verma
former CBI Director
Kalyan Banerjee
Indian homoeopath from New Delhi
Naman Ahuja
Indian historian
Abhijit Sen
Indian economist