Ahuja is a surname, mainly in the Punjab region. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of the Arora Khatri communities. It means "descendant of Ahu". Notable people Administration Deepak Ahuja, former CFO at Tesla Kiran Ahuja, American attorney serving as the director of the United States Office of Personnel Management Sudhir Ahuja, vice president of joint ventures at Alcatel-Lucent Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and CEO of Tillman Global Holdings Armed Forces Ajay Ahuja, Indian fighter pilot martyred during Kargil War Art Ameena Ahmad 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 Athletics 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 Arun Kumar Ahuja, Indian actor Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Indian actress Journalism Anjana Ahuja, British Indian science journalist and a former columnist for The Times Maneet Ahuja, American author, journalist, television news producer Politics Gyan Dev Ahuja, BJP politician Hargun Das Ahuja, Pakistani politician Science, medicine and academia 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 CEO 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 and is presently serving as the Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Assam Social work Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Indian social worker References Indian surnames Punjabi-language surnames Arora clans Surnames of Indian origin Hindu surnames Khatri clans Khatri surnames