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Arora (surname)
Notable people with the surname Arora include: * Akanksha Arora (born 1986), Indo-Canadian auditor * Amrita Arora (born 1981), Indian actress * Anjali Arora (born 1999), Social Media Fame * Apoorva Arora, Indian actress and model * Arun Arora (born 1971), British Anglican priest * Bobby Arora (born 1972), British billionaire businessman * Chandan Arora, Indian film editor and director * Damodar Das Arora, Punjabi poet * David Arora (born 1953), American mycologist, naturalist, and writer * Garima Arora (born 1986), Indian chef * Harjit Singh Arora (born 1961), the second-highest-ranking officer of the Indian Air Force * Jagjit Singh Arora (1916–2005), commander of the Indian army on the Eastern front in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 * Jas Arora, model and actor * Kush Arora, American music producer * Malaika Arora, Indian model and actress * Manish Arora, Indian fashion designer * Monish Arora (born 1971), Indian-born Singaporean cricketer * Nikesh Arora, chief busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arora Akanksha
Arora is a community of Punjab, comprising both Hindus and Sikhs. The name is derived from their native place Aror. Historically, the Arora section of the Khatri community had been principally found in West Punjab, in the districts to the south and west of Lahore. Scott Cameron Levi, believes that they are a "sub-caste of the Khatris". Their traditional occupations were shopkeeping and moneylending in late pre-colonial and colonial times and even as of 2009 many were prominent shopkeepers in Punjab. After Partition of India, Punjabis who migrated from erstwhile West Punjab were mostly Khatris and Aroras. Studies reveal that "Arora Khatri, Bedi, Ahluwalia etc. are some of the important castes among the Punjabis". Mughal decline and Afghan Revival On 13 April 1752, Lahore and Multan of Punjab were ceded to Ahmad Shah Durrani after the fall of Kaura Mal in the battlefield and retreat of Adina Beg. Afghanistan was the conduit for the trade between Central Asia and India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monish Arora
Munish Arora (born 10 March 1971) is an Indian born Singaporean cricketer. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2020-11-25. A left-handed and bowler,Munish Arora CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-11-25. he has played for the |
Sanjeev Arora
Sanjeev Arora (born January 1968) is an Indian American theoretical computer scientist. Life He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 2002–03. In 2008 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. In 2011 he was awarded thACM Infosys Foundation Award given to mid-career researchers in Computer Science. Arora has been awarded the Fulkerson Prize for 2012 for his work on improving the approximation ratio for graph separators and related problems (jointly with Satish Rao and Umesh Vazirani). In 2012 he became a Simons Investigator. Arora was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 2, 2018. He is a coauthor (with Boaz Barak Boaz Barak (בועז ברק, born 1974) is an Israeli-American professor of computer science at Harvard University. Early life and education He graduated in 1999 with a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from Tel Aviv University. In 2004, ...) of the book ''Computational Complexity: A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Arora (officer)
Sanjay Arora is an IPS officer of the 1988 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre (IPS 88, TN). He is currently serving as the Police Commissioner of Delhi. He has also served as the Chief of Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Sashastra Seema Bal. Biography Sanjay Arora joined the IPS in 1988 and was allotted the Tamil Nadu cadre. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. In Tamil Nadu, he was part of the STF that carried out operations against Veerappan's gang. Being the first IPS volunteer for the force, he was the head of Tamil Nadu STF under the overall command of Walter Dewaram. He has also served in the Coimbatore and Chennai City Police. He has been part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Apart from his home cadre of Tamil Nadu, as part of the ITBP, BSF and CRPF, he has served in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and J&K. He assumed the charge of DG ITBP on 31 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Arora
Samir Arora (born November 5, 1965) is an Indian-American businessman and CEO of Kyro since September 2021, the former CEO of Sage Digital from 2016 to 2021, and the former CEO of Mode Media (formerly Glam Media) from 2003 to April 2016. He was CEO and chairman of the web design company NetObjects, Inc. from 1995 to 2001 and at Apple Inc. from 1982 to 1991. Arora was selected as one of the 21 Internet Pioneers that shaped the World Wide Web at the 1st Web Innovators Awards by CNET in 1997. Early life and education Samir Arora was born in New Delhi, India. He studied electrical and electronic engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Arora has an EMP from INSEAD, attended Executive Education at Harvard Business School, and holds a diploma in Sales and Marketing from the London Business School. Career Samir Arora worked at Apple in Software and New Media from 1982 to 1991. Arora wrote a white paper called "Information Navigation: The Future of Computing" in la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Arora
Sam Arora (born January 9, 1981) is an American businessman and politician from Montgomery County, Maryland. A Democrat, Arora was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010, representing the state's 19th district. He was sworn into office on January 12, 2011. He announced in 2013 that he would not seek reelection to a second term. Early life and career Arora's parents are Punjabis who immigrated from New Delhi, India to the United States in the 1970s, settling in Montgomery County, Maryland. They moved to New York City for several years, where Arora was born, and they returned to Maryland in 1982. He attended the Barrie School, where he was student body president and graduated salutatorian. He earned a bachelor's degree ''cum laude'' from Columbia University, where he was a founder of the Columbia Political Union, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was president of the student bar association. Arora currently is Vice President for Busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universe (Dota 2 Player)
Saahil Arora, better known as Universe, is an American former professional ''Dota 2'' player. He was a member of the Evil Geniuses team that won The International 2015. History Universe began his ''Dota'' career in 2011. Universe finished 9th at The International 2013 as a member of Team Dignitas. He finished 3rd at The International 2014 and won The International 2015, both as a member of Evil Geniuses (EG), and made the series-clinching play known as the "6 Million Dollar Echo Slam". EG also finished third at the Frankfurt Major 2015. Evil Geniuses took third place at the Shanghai Major 2016. In March 2016, Arteezy Artour Babaev, better known as Arteezy, is a Canadian professional ''Dota 2'' player for Shopify Rebellion. He is also one of the most popular streamers among the community. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Babaev showed much promise as a child, ... and UNiVeRsE left the team to join Team Secret. He would then leave Team Secret to rejoin Evil Geniuses a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Arora
Robin Arora (born January 1985) is a British businessman and director of the retail chain B&M. Early life Born in Manchester in an Indian family, Arora is the youngest of three brothers, Simon Arora and Bobby Arora. Their businessman father had immigrated to the UK from Delhi in the 1960s. Before going into business, he studied business at the University of Reading. His brothers acquired B&M Stores in December 2004 from Phildrew Investments. Career Arora joined the business alongside his brothers in 2008, and was appointed a director at B&M Stores in 2014. Personal life In 2013, Arora become the UK's first billionaire under the age of 30. In 2014, ''Tatler ''Tatler'' is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications focusing on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper-middle class and upper class, and those interes ...'' described Arora as "a Woosterish wag with a strong line in tartan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Behari Arora
Ram Behari Arora (1917–1997) was an Indian pharmacologist, medical academic, and the founding head of the department of pharmacology at Sawai ManSingh Medical College, the first medical college in the Indian state of Rajasthan. He was one of the founder fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences. Born on 31 March 1917, Arora was known for his contributions to the field of cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics. He researched traditional Indian medicine and published several medical papers on the subject; his articles have been cited by many authors. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajat Arora
Rajat Arora (born 23 July 1975) is an independent screenwriter who has worked in the Indian film and television industry for over two decades. His speciality lies in punch-packed dialogues and he has delivered a spate of hit movies like ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010), ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011), ''Kick'' (2014), '' Gabbar Is Back'' (2015) and ''Taxi No. 9211'' (2006). His versatile writing pans most genres including action, comedy-drama, superhero stories, romantic musicals as well as biopics. ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010) is a critically acclaimed gangster movie. This blockbuster gained a cult status, especially for its powerful, motivational and insightful dialogs that have become street-speak for Indian audience. Another cultish movie ''The Dirty Picture'' (2011) is loosely based on the life and times of a South Indian actor. Rajat Aroraa's script for ''The Dirty Picture'' riled up a feminist discourse and shook the conservatives of Indian society. "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachita Arora
Rachita Arora is a singer and music composer in Indian movies. She is best known for her work in the Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France aw ... movie Mukkabaaz. Rachita hails from Delhi and is trained in Hindustani classical music. Career Arora started her career by composing music for theatre plays in Delhi. In Mumbai, she met Makarand Deshpande at Prithvi Theatre who liked her work and asked her to produce music for him. Arora composed the music for his 50th original play, Epic Gadbad. Rachita's first film was the Rajkummar Rao film Newton. Before entering the film industry, Rachita composed music for theatre. She also composed music for ‘Mumbai Paani Mafia’ a documentary telecast on Discovery Channel, India. Deshpande later introduced her to An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punita Arora
Surgeon Vice Admiral (India), Vice Admiral (Lieutenant General (India), Lieutenant General) Punita Arora Param Vishisht Seva Medal, PVSM, Sena Medal, SM, Vishisht Seva Medal, VSM is a former Flag Officer of the Indian Navy and the Indian Army. Arora was the first woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a Three-star rank. She held the ranks of Lieutenant General in the Indian Army and Surgeon Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy. Early life She was born into a Punjabi people, Punjabi family which hails from Lahore. When she was only one-year-old, her family moved to India during partition and got settled in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Education She studied in Sophia School in Saharanpur till 8th grade. After that she moved to Guru Nanak Girls Inter-College. In 11th standard while getting admitted to Government school for boys she decided to take Science as a career. She joined Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in 1963 which was the second batch of the AFMC and she turned ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
