Famous People with Name Viswanathan

Viswanathan Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Viswanathan Anand: is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000, at a time when the world title was split. He became the undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. With this win, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament, and Match. He will next defend his title in the World Chess Championship 2009 against the winner of the challenger match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky.

Kaavya Viswanathan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kaavya Viswanathan: Viswanathan began writing Opal Mehta while attending Bergen County Academies, a public magnet high school in Hackensack, New Jersey.[1] After receiving an early acceptance to Harvard, she showed her work to Katherine Cohen of IvyWise (a private college admissions consultancy), whom Kaavya's parents had hired to help with admission. Cohen contacted the William Morris Agency, which suggested that Viswanathan work with a division of Alloy Entertainment. Alloy is a media firm responsible for packaging the Gossip Girl book series and Ann Brashares' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Viswanathan eventually signed a two-book deal with Little,

Tanjore Viswanathan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Tanjore Viswanathan: was a Carnatic musician specializing in the Carnatic flute and voice. His brother was the mridangam player T. Ranganathan (1925-1987).He first came to the United States in 1958 on a Fulbright fellowship, studying ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1958 to 1960, and later teaching there. He was Head of the Department of Music at the University of Madras from 1961 to 1965. He also taught at California Institute of the Arts. Following the earning of his Ph.D. from Wesleyan University in 1975, he taught at that university for many years. Among his best known students were T.R. Moorthy, Jon B. Higgins, Douglas Knight and David Nelson.

Shri T.K. Viswanathan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shri T.K. Viswanathan: is the Secretary General of the 15th Lok Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament of India, i.e. the House of the People in the Indian Parliament (similar to the British House of Commons). As Secretary General, he is also the Administrative head of th

Kuwar Sarvesh Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kuwar Sarvesh Kumar: is a candidate from Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) from thakurdwara city for Member of Legislative Assembly election.He won the election 4 times but lost election in 2007.His father name is Rampal singh.