Bangalore, which is officially known as Bengaluru, is the capital of Karnataka. Bangalore has produced many famous personalities in various walks of life. There are successful businessmen, astrologers, beauty queens, educationists, people hailing from the field of movies and entertainment. Bangalore is also popular by the name of Silicon Valley of India because of the city's contribution in the IT industry of India.
Some of the popular personalities from Bangalore
- N.R Narayana Murthy: He is one of the founders of Infosys Technologies. Murthy is one of the popular industrialists of India. Narayana Murthy has won prestigious awards like Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri.
- Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: She is the Managing Director and Chairman of Biocon Limited. She was titled the richest woman of India in 2004. She has held several advisory and honorary positions.
- Azim Premji: Azim Premji is the CEO and Chairman of Wipro, which is one of the largest software companies of the country. Wipro has its headquarters in Bangalore. Azim Premji is one of the members of Prime Minister's Advisory Committee for India's Information Technology.
- Rahul Dravid: Rahul Dravid is the talented Indian cricketer. He has also been the captain
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of Indian cricket team. Though born in Madhya Pradesh, Dravid has made Bangalore his home from his childhood.
People of Bangalore from Medical background
There are some famous personalities from related with medicine and have made Bangalore as well as the country feel proud of them. Some of them are:
- Dr Devi Shetty (Cardiac Surgeon)
- Dr H. Sudarshan
Famous Scientists from Bangalore
- Dr Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan(astrophysicist)
- Dr Vasudev. K Aatre
- Dr. C.N.R. Rao
- Sri M. Visvesvarayya
Some other famous people from Bangalore are:
- Shakuntala Devi
- A.N. Prahlada Rao
- K.Jaisim
- Nataraja Guru
- R.K. Baliga
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