BIHARIS WHO MADE IT BIG
Bihari diaspora has many stalwarts in public service, education, media, science and business world
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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).
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.
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.
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.