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The following is a list of notable Martinians , former pupils and masters of the three schools established by
Claude Martin .
La Martinière Lyon was divided into three independent colleges in the 1960s :
La Martiniere Monplaisir in Lyon, France.
La Martiniere Duchère in Lyon, France.
La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France.
Notable Martinians - Calcutta
Science
Dr.
Gagandeep Kang , vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother'), first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, London.
[1]
Business
C. K. Birla ('73 batch), industrialist.
Sir
Catchick Paul Chater (1863 batch), father of modern
Hong Kong .
Dr.
Vijay Mallya ('72 batch, Hastings House Captain), billionaire businessman,
chairman of
United Breweries and
Kingfisher Airlines and a
Rajya Sabha
MP .
Harshavardhan Neotia , chairman of Ambuja Neotia Group
Hemant Kanoria , industrialist, chairman and managing director of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited.
Pramod Bhasin , founder and first CEO of Genpact.
Asma Khan ('87 batch), restaurateur
Sports
Nafisa Ali ('75 batch, House Captain), swimming champion, actress, former
Miss India and politician.
Chhanda Gain , first Bengali woman to climb
Mount Everest
[2]
Leander Paes ('92 batch), tennis player, India's only medallist at the
1996 Summer Olympics in
Atlanta , Captain of the Indian
Davis Cup team
Jaideep Mukherjee ('58 batch), tennis player.
Khokhan Sen , India Test cricketer -- 14 Test caps
Anne Lumsden , field hockey player, Arjuna Award winner
Anush Agarwalla , (2017 batch) equestrian sports
Education
John Mason ('62 batch, winner of the Good Conduct Medal), schoolmaster and educationist.
Nirmalya Kumar , professor of marketing and management and art collector
Entertainment
Merle Oberon ('28 batch), Hollywood actress.
Pandit
Bikram Ghosh ('84 batch), tabla player.
Kiran Rao , filmmaker, producer.
Pritish Nandy ('63 batch), film producer.
Rajiv Mehrotra ('69 batch), documentary filmmaker, television anchor.
Anuvab Pal ('95 batch), comedian, author and scriptwriter.
Adrit Roy , actor
Government
Dr
Saiyid Nurul Hasan , historian, Union Minister of Education and former Governor of West Bengal, India.
Journalism
Swapan Dasgupta ('71 batch), journalist, columnist and former managing editor of
India Today .
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray , former editor of
The Statesman .
Jug Suraiya ('62 batch),
associate editor of the
Times of India , author and columnist.
Sanjoy Narayan , journalist,
editor-in-chief of the
Hindustan Times
Suhel Seth ('82 batch), columnist and CEO of Counselage, advertising and TV.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta ('71 batch), journalist.
Prannoy Roy , TV presenter and founder of NDTV
Indrajit Hazra ('90 batch), author and columnist
Politics
Notable Martinians - Lucknow
The list of Old Martinians from the Lucknow School includes.
Art & Architecture
Architect Rudraksha Charan, Principal Architect, 42 mm Architecture.
Business
Defence
Education
Frederick James Rowe , poet, former English teacher at the Lucknow school and composer of the official school song Hail Hail the Name we Own .
Entertainment
Government
Journalism
Musicians
Munni Begum Famous Pakistani Gazal Singer, Now lives in the USA
Literature
Krishna Prakash Bahadur , writer, poet and philosopher.
[13]
Mukul Deva , an
auto didact and well-known
polymath , he is an ex-army officer, best-selling author, keynote speaker, executive coach, mentor, facilitator, consultant and entrepreneur.
[14]
Attia Hosain , journalist and writer.
[15]
Allan Sealy , author of The Trotter-Nama ,
[16] short-listed for the
Booker Prize .
Ruchita Misra , author
[17]
Srijan Pal Singh , author
[18]
Politics
Science and technology
Sports
Others
Notable Martinians - Lyon
Business
Entertainment
Literature
Art and architecture
Tony Garnier , Garnier is considered the forerunner of 20th century French architects. He learnt painting and drafting at the École Technique de la Martinière in Lyon (1883–86). It is his designed building which house the weaving school at La Martiniere Diderot.
Étienne Pagny , noted French sculptor who studied Architecture at La Martiniere Lyon and later practiced as a sculptor.
Gilles Perraudin, noted Architect.
See also
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"Booked for Bollywood - Hindustan Times" . 1 May 2012. Archived from
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