Bhatnagar is a surname native to India, prevalent mainly among the Hindu

Kayastha Kayastha (or Kayasth) denotes a cluster of disparate Indian communities broadly categorised by the regions of the Indian subcontinent in which they were traditionally locatedthe Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas of North India, the Chandraseniya Ka ...

Notable people with the surname

Arun Bhatnagar Arun Bhatnagar (; born 10 June 1944) is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1966 batch of the Madhya Pradesh cadre who has served in various capacities in the State and with the Government of India. Bhatnagar retired from t ...

, former Indian Administrative Service officer * Arvind Bhatnagar (1936–2006), Indian astronomer; founder-director of the Udaipur Solar Observatory and the Nehru Planetarium of Bombay *

Deepti Bhatnagar Deepti Bhatnagar is a former Indian actress and model known for her work primarily in Hindi and Telugu language, Telugu films, along with a few appearances in other languages. She made her film debut in Ram Shastra, ''Ram Shastra'' (1995), direc ...

, Indian model and actor. *

Divya Bhatnagar Divya Bhatnagar (15 September 1986 – 7 December 2020) was an Indian television actress. Career She appeared in serials like ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ''Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai'' (), also known by the initialism ''YRKKH'', is an ...

(1986–2020), Indian television actress * Gopal Bhatnagar, Canadian surgeon * Jitendra Bhatnagar, Indian cricketer * Kanta Kumari Bhatnagar, Indian judge and human rights activist *

Mahendra Bhatnagar Mahendra Bhatnagar (26 June 1926 – 27 April 2020) was an Indian Hindi and English poet. He is seen as one of the significant post-independence voices in his field of poetry, who expressed lyricism and pathos, as well as aspirations and yearn ...

(1926–2020), Indian poet *

Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar (8 August 1912 – 5 October 1976), commonly addressed as P. L. Bhatnagar, was an Indian mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook operator used in Lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM). Ear ...

(1912–1976), Indian mathematician known for Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook operator *

Rahul Bhatnagar Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar is a retired 1983 batch IAS officer belonging to Uttar Pradesh cadre. Education Rahul Bhatnagar has a graduate ( BSc) and postgraduate ( MSc) degrees in Physics. He also has a postgraduate degree in Economics ( MA:Econom ...

, Indian Administrative Service officer *

Ram Ratan Bhatnagar Dr. Ram Ratan Bhatnagar (1914-1992) was a Hindi scholar, professor in the Hindi Department at the University of Sagar, writer and critic of Hindi literature and poetry. Early days Bhatnagar was born on 14 January 1914 in the city of Rampur, B ...

, Indian Hindi-language scholar and professor at University of Sagar * S. K. Bhatnagar, former defence secretary of India *

Samiksha Bhatnagar Samikssha Batnagar (born 12 January 1988) is an Indian actress who was seen in various Hindi serials on Star Plus and Zee TV until 2014 in both supporting as well as lead roles. She did a cameo in Madhur Bhandarkar's '' Calendar Girls'', release ...

, Indian actress *

Seema Bhatnagar Seema Bhatnagar (born: Seema Srivastava) is an Indian scientist, working in the field of anticancer drug discovery. She primarily works on synthetic chemistry approaches for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs in breast cancer. Education S ...

, Indian Women Scientist, working in the field of anticancer drug discovery. *

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhatnagar is revered ...

(1894–1955), Indian scientist *

Shinjini Bhatnagar Shinjini Bhatnagar is an Indian pediatric gastroenterologist. She is elected as Fellow of National Academy of Sciences. Her research was recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO), and at 2nd World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology ...

, Indian pediatric gastroenterologist *

Shivani Bhatnagar Shivani Bhatnagar (assassinated 23 January 1999) was an Indian journalist who worked for the ''Indian Express'' newspaper. She was murdered on 23 January 1999 by an IPS officer, Ravi Kant Sharma, and her death was the subject of widespread se ...

(died 1999), ''Indian Express'' journalist * Shriya Saran Bhatnagar, aka Shriya Indian model and actress *

Veena Bhatnagar Veena Kumar Bhatnagar is a Fijian politician who served as a member of the Parliament of Fiji from 2014 to 2022. She served as the Assistant Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation. She is a member of the FijiFirst party. Bhatnagar ...

, Fijian politician *

Vikram Bhatnagar Vikram Bhatnagar is an Indian sport shooter. He started his career in International Sports Shooting with winning the Silver medal in the Men's Double Trap (Pairs) with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He is an MBA and ...

, Indian shooter

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