chancellor of IGNOU Mahipatsinh Chavda - academic Saju Chackalackal - professor and catholic priest G. Ram Reddy - first vice chancellor of IGNOU Madhavan K. Palat - historian K. Satchidanandan - poet Sarat Kumar Mukhopadhyay - poet and translator V. C. Kulandaiswamy - 2nd vice chancellor of IGNOU V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai - scientist Bibhu Padhi - poet and translator Srikrishna Deva Rao - scholar Jai Chandiram - media personality Jyoti Gogte - entrepreneur and academic Amiya Pujari - computer scientist Mahendra Bhatnagar - poet Notable alumni Osthatheos Issac - Syriac Orthodox bishop Celina Jaitly - Indian actress Vaani Kapoor - Indian actress Deepika Padukone - Indian actress Chethana Ketagoda - Sri Lankan actress Barun Mazumder - Indian journalist Ashok Khemka - Indian bureaucrat K. Vijay Kumar - IPS officer K. H. Hussain - Indian designer Abhay Sopori - Indian musician Gyaneswar Patil - Indian politician Karthika Naïr - Indian poet B. Devendhira Poopathy - Indian poet and writer V. S. R. Murthy - Indian military officer Biswatosh Sengupta - Indian academic Ashraful Hussain - Indian social activist and politician Arjun Munda - former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Aman Raj - Indian golfer Kulwant Singh - former Indian army general Vineet Verma - Indian film director Rehana Fathima - Indian activist Deepak Kapoor - 22nd chief of Indian army Manoj Pande - Indian railway officer A. G. Perarivalan - Indian assassin Yakub Memon - chartered accountant and convicted criminal Pushpa Preeya - Indian social activist Sudipta Chakraborty - Indian actress Aditya Bandopadhyay - LGBT rights activist Swapna Patker - Indian film producer Shiv Kumar Rai - Indian journalist See also List of universities in India Universities and colleges in India Education in India Education in Delhi Distance Education Council University Grants Commission (India) National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) References External links 1985 establishments in Delhi Central universities in India Distance education institutions based in India Educational institutions established in 1985 Monuments and memorials to Indira Gandhi Open educational resources Open universities in India