Ahuja
Ahuja is a Hindu and Sikh surname, mainly in the Punjab and Sindh region. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora, Amil Lohana and Jat 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 America 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]
- Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor
- Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor
- Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
- Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress
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]
- Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician
- Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician
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]
- Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker
References[edit]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. xcvii, 15.
- ^ Thakur, U.T. (1959). Sindhi Culture. University of Bombay. pp. 85, 87.