Famous People with Name Anand

Anand Kurian            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anand Kurian: a writer and marketing communications professional in Mumbai, India, who has written a best-selling political novel and has conceived and developed three marketing management concepts.He has employed his professional skills to advance social causes, particularly in the struggle against religious fundamentalism.

Anand Yadav            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anand Yadav: a writer in the Marathi language. He was born in a small village Kagal near Kolhapur, Maharastra. His family was very poor. His father, a farmer, was not in favour of educating him. After running away from home, Anand gained an education after great struggle. He completed a Ph.D. at Pune University. His writing began a new era in Marathi literature called Gramin Sahitya i.e. rural literature.

Anand Jain            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anand Jain: an Indian business executive. He is the Chairman of Jai Corp Limited, Navi Mumbai SEZ Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai SEZ Limited, Reliance Haryana SEZ Ltd & Urban Infrastructure Venture Capital Private Limited(UIVCPL). He has 25 years of experience in various businesses, with an expertise in real estate, finance and capital markets.Anand Jain was #19 on the Forbes India's 40 Richest list in 2007.[2] He is regarded as a close associate of Mukesh Ambani.[3][4]

Anand Mahindra            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anand Mahindra: the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of one of India’s largest companies, Mahindra & Mahindra. He now resides in his home town Mumbai.Mahindra returned to India and joined Mahindra Ugine Steel Company (MUSCO) where he became President and Deputy Managing Director in 1989. During this time he initiated the Mahindra Group’s diversification into the new business areas of real estate development and hospitality. In 1991, he was appointed Deputy MD of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He became the Managing Director in 1997 and took on the additional responsibility of Vice Chairman in 2003.

Mulk Raj Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mulk Raj Anand: was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R.K. Narayan, was one of the first India-based writers in English to gain an international readership.Born in Peshawar, he studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar, before moving to England where he attended University College London as an undergraduate and later Cambridge University, graduating with a PhD in 1929. During this time he forged friendships with members of the Bloomsbury Group. He spent some time in Geneva, lecturing at the League of Nations' School of Intellectual Cooperation.

Chetan Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Chetan Anand: was an acclaimed Hindi film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose debut film, Neecha Nagar, bagged the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946.In the early 1940s, while he was teaching History, he wrote a film script on king Ashoka, which he went on to show to director, Phani Majumdar in Bombay, but not before his failed attempt to qualify, the Indian Civil Service (ICS) exams, in London. As luck would have it, Phani Majumdar, instead cast him, as a lead in his Hindi film, Rajkumar, released in 1944. He also became associated with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) in Bombay.

Deepak Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Deepak Anand: a Bollywood film director and film editor.He directed films such as Tum Se Achcha Kaun Hai in 2002.He got primary knowledge in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (Sant Ravi Das Nagar). He got Bachelors degree in Botany honors from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in year 2005. He moved to Goa for Mater in Science in Marine Biotechnology where he was entitled for scholarship form Jawaharlal Neharu University(2005-07). He was interested in biological research and finally he qualified the Indian Institute of Science and get enrolled for Ph.D in July 2007.

Vijay Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vijay Anand: was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor, who is known for acclaimed films like Guide (1965) and Johnny Mera Naam (1970) [1].Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the four Anand siblings, including producer and director Chetan Anand and Dev Anand, a very popular Bollywood actor.Though Vijay Anand has had a career as an actor, screenwriter, editor, and producer, he will primarily be remembered as a director. In 1957, he made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah, which he shot in 40 days [2].

Nikita Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Nikita Anand: was born in the Punjabi-speaking Anand family in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, in 1983. Her dad is Brigadier S.S. Anand, a doctor in the Indian Army; his frequent transfers led to Nikita studying in different schools (St. Mary's Pune, Maharashtra; Bishop Cottons, Ranchi, Jharkhand; Cathedral and John Connon, Bombay; NIFT, Delhi).