•
T. R. Govindachari - natural product chemist known for studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Awardee •
B. K. S. Iyengar (1918 - 2014) - Founder of
Iyengar Yoga •
C. N. S. Iyengar - Mathematician, Founder of the department of mathematics at
Karnatak University Dharwad •
Sujatha Rangarajan - screenwriter, novelist, engineer •
Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar - Kannada poet and author •
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar (1908–1999) - Indian writer in English, former vice-chancellor of
Andhra University and winner of the
Sahitya Akademi Award •
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar - Jnanapith Awardee and famous Kannada poet and author •
P. K. Iyengar - Indian nuclear physicist and former director of
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and chairman of
Atomic Energy Commission of India •
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888 - 1989) - Yoga teacher, often referred to as the "Father of modern Yoga" •
M. S. Narasimhan -
Padma Bhushan,
Ordre national du Mérite,
King Faisal International Prize for Science Awardee. Pioneer in the study of
moduli spaces of
holomorphic vector bundles on
projective varieties •
P. T. Narasimhan pioneer of computational chemistry in India and a professor at the
IIT Kanpur •
Shobhana Narasimhan - Computational Nano scientist and
Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow •
Indira Parthasarathy (b 1930) - writer, playwright, scholar •
K. R. Parthasarathy -
TWAS Prize in Mathematics Awardee and pioneer of quantum stochastic calculus •
M. S. Raghunathan - Director of National Centre for Mathematics,
IIT Bombay •
Kavita Ramanan -
Guggenheim Fellowship Awardee and probability theorist •
S. Ramanan - Indian Mathematician and
TWAS Prize in Mathematics and
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Awardee •
Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 - 1920) - mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, number theory, and continued fractions •
C. S. Seshadri - Founder of
Chennai Mathematical Institute •
Krishna Srinivas, poet, founder of World Poetry Society and World Congress of Poets. •
Govindan Sundararajan - Indian American Mathematician •
Raghavan Varadarajan - Indian biophysicist and a professor at the
Indian Institute of Science •
Veeravalli S. Varadarajan -
Onsager Medal Awardee and Professor of Mathematics at
University of California, Los Angeles •
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan -
Padma Vibhushan,
Abel Prize and
Birkhoff Prize awardee known for his contributions to probability theory. 7th Director of
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences •
Usha Vijayaraghavan - Indian microbiologist == Sportspersons ==