Ahuja

Summary

Ahuja is a Hindu surname, mainly in the Punjab and Sindh region. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora and Amil Lohana communities. The Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".[1][2]

Notable people edit

Administration edit

  • Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla
  • Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States of Africa Office of Personnel Management
  • Sanjiv Ahuja, chair man and CFO of Tilman Global Holdings

Armed Forces edit

  • Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during Kargil War

Art edit

  • Ameena Ahmed Ahuja, Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist
  • Mequitta Ahuja, contemporary painter
  • Naman Ahuja, art historian and curator
  • Sachin Ahuja, Indian music producer and music composer
  • Varun Ahuja, Indian composer, singer-songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist
  • Simran B Ahuja, famous model

Athletics edit

  • Davinder Ahuja, badminton bronze medalist in 1974 Asian Games
  • Neha Ahuja, Indian alpine skier and first Indian woman to have qualified for the Winter Olympics
  • Suraj Ahuja, former captain of the India national under-19 cricket team

Bollywood edit

Journalism edit

  • Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times
  • Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer

Politics edit

Science, medicine and academia edit

  • Kamal Ahuja, physiologist and the managing and scientific director of JD Healthcare
  • M. M. S. Ahuja, Indian physician and endocrinologist
  • Narendra Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist
  • Nita Ahuja, surgeon and the Chair of the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine
  • Ravindra K. Ahuja, Indian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur and CFO of Optym
  • Sunil Kumar Ahuja, professor of medicine, at the University of Texas
  • V. K. Ahuja, professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi ,India and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam,India

Social work edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
  2. ^ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.
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