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BIHARIS WHO MADE IT BIG

Bihari diaspora has many stalwarts in public service, education, media, science and business world

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Prashant Kishor

Political Leader

An Indian political strategist and now a politician. He came into limelight for his crucial role in Narendra Modi’s election campaign in 2014. Kishor has worked as an election strategist for all major parties and has been attributed to multiple victories.

Rajit Gadh

Educationist & Scholar

Gadh is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the UCLA and the founding director of the UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC), the UCLA Wireless Internet for Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC), and the Connected and Autonomous Electric Vehicles Consortium (CAEV).

Rameshwar Thakur

Political Leader

Rameshwar Thakur was a former union minister of India, he was the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2011 and Governor of Odisha from 2004 to 2006, Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007 and Karnataka from 2007 to 2009.

Sanjay Jha

Business & Economy

Jha, born in Bhagalpur, is an Indian American business executive. He was the CEO of GlobalFoundries, Chairman & CEO of Motorola Mobility and COO of Qualcomm. Now he is involved with tech startups and sitting on the board of trustees of UC San Diego and the Salk Institute.

Shilpa Singh

Arts, Music & Culture

Shilpa Singh, model from Bihar, who represented India at the Miss Universe 2012 at Las Vegas and became one of the semi-finalist after topping the interview preliminary competition. Shilpa Singh graduated from Indian School of Business in 2019 and currently works with Google.

Shri Krishna SInha

Political Leader

Shri Krishna Sinha also known as Bihar Kesari was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Bihar from the time of the first Congress Ministry in 1937 until his death in 1961. Shri Babu is regarded among the 'Architects of Modern Bihar'. He was the first in the country to abolish the zamindari system.

Raj Kumar Singh

Political Leader

Singh is a former Indian bureaucrat and a politician. He is famed to arrest Advani in Samastipur in 1990, while Advani's Ram Rath Yatra was en route to Ayodhya. At present he is Minister of State for key portfolios in Govt of India.

Ram Dulari Sinha

Political Leader

Ram Dulari Sinha was a freedom fighter, Indian parliamentarian and a Union Minister. She was elected Vice Chairman of the International Labour Organization, was the first woman in Bihar to gain a master's degrees and also the first woman from Bihar to be appointed as Governor.

Samprada Singh

Business & Economy

Samprada Singh was born in Jehanabad, Bihar. He founded Alkem Laboratories Ltd - the 5th largest pharmaceutical company in India, along with his younger brother Basudeo Narayan Singh, in 1973 and served as its chairman.

Satyendra Narayan Sinha

Political Leader

Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan’s ‘complete revolution’ movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar

Shiv Khera

Educationist & Scholar

Shiv Khera is an Indian author, activist and professional speaker. He founded Country first Foundation, which is a social activist organization whose mission is to ensure freedom through education and justice. "You can win."- is his best seller book.

Shyamanand Jalan

Arts, Music & Culture

Born in Muzaffarpur, Jalan was an influential Indian thespian, theatre director, and actor. He is credited for the renaissance period of modern Indian theatre and especially the Hindi theatre in Kolkata from the 1960-80s. He received the 1972 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Direction.

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