Shekhar is a Hindu name that may be used as the first or given male name or as the surname.

People

First name

Shekhar Chatterjee Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Career Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including ...

(born 1924), Indian actor and director *

Shekhar Chaudhuri Shekhar Chaudhuri is an Indian academic and management professor. He is a former director of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Currently, Chaudhari is thdirectorwitCalcutta Business School a fully residential premium Management Inst ...

, Indian management professor *

Shekhar Dutt Shekhar Dutt was the governor of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Earlier he had served on various bureaucratic posts including, as an IAS officer, as Secretary in the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. Career Dutt belongs to the 19 ...

(born 1951), Indian politician *

Shekhar Gawli Shekhar Gawli (6 August 1975 – 1 September 2020) was an Indian cricketer who played in two first-class matches for Maharashtra. He died in September 2020, after falling into a gorge. See also * List of Maharashtra cricketers This is a ...

(1975–2020), Indian cricketer *

Shekhar Gupta Shekhar Gupta (born 26 August 1957) is an Indian journalist and author. He is the founder and the current editor-in-chief of '' ThePrint''. He is also a columnist for the '' Business Standard'' and pens a weekly column which appears every Satur ...

(born 1957), Indian journalist *

Shekhar Gurera Lalit Kala Academy Shekhar Gurera, or Chander Shekhar Gurera, is an Indian editorial cartoonist, illustrator, and graphic designer. He publishes regular cartoons with comments about India's political and social trends. His daily pocket cartoons ...

(born 1965), Indian cartoonist *

Shekhar Joshi Shekhar Joshi (10 September 1932 – 4 October 2022) was an Indian Hindi author, who was also known for his insight into the culture, traditions and lifestyles of people of Uttarakhand. With Shailesh Matiyani, he created a composite image of e ...

(born 1939), Indian author *

Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Awar ...

(born 1945), Indian film director, producer and actor *

Shekhar C. Mande Shekhar C. Mande is Structural and Computational Biologist. He was the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, and the Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Minist ...

(born 1962), Indian scientist *

Shekhar Mehta Chandra Shekhar Mehta (20 June 1945 – 12 April 2006) was a Kenyan rally driver. He was born in Uganda and won the Safari Rally a record five times (1973, 1979–82), including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rall ...

(1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver *

Shekhar Pathak Dr. Shekhar Pathak is a historian, editor, publisher, activist, and traveller from Uttarakhand, India. He is known for his extensive knowledge of the history of colonial and postcolonial social movements and contemporary environmental and social ...

(born 1949), Indian historian *

Shekhar Ravjiani Shekhar Ravjiani is an Indian singer, music director, record producer and actor. He is one half of the Bollywood composing/producing duo Vishal–Shekhar, since 1999. Personal life Ravjiani was born in a Kutchi family. He lives in South Mumba ...

, Indian musician * Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor *

Shekhar Suman Shekhar Suman (born 7 December 1962) is an Indian actor, anchor, producer, director, and singer. Personal life Shekhar Suman married Alka Suman on 4 May 1983, and has a son Adhyayan Suman, a Bollywood film actor. An older son, Aayush, died ...

(born 1962), Indian actor and television host

Surname

Arjun Shekhar Arjun Shekhar (born 20 April 1965) is an Indian entrepreneur and writer. An XLRI alumni, he is the founder of the Vyaktitva. He is also the writer of the books, ''A Flawed God'' and ''End of Story?''. Life and education Early life Arjun ...

(born 1965), Indian entrepreneur and writer *

B. C. Shekhar Balachandra Chakkingal Sekhar (17 November 1929 – 6 September 2006 ) modernised Malaysia's natural rubber industry. He was also involved in the development of the nation's palm oil industry. Personal history Sekhar was born on 17 November 19 ...

(1929–2007), Malaysian businessman *

Chandra Shekhar Azad Chandra Shekhar Tiwari ( (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican ...

(1906–1931), Indian revolutionary *

Chandra Shekhar Singh Chandra Shekhar ( 17 April 1927 – 9 August 2015) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991. He headed a minority government of a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal with ...

(1927–2007), Indian politician and Prime Minister *

Mayank Shekhar Mayank Shekhar is an Indian film critic, journalist and author. He has been a film critic and a national cultural editor with ''Hindustan Times''. He previously worked under ''Mumbai Mirror'' and '' MiD DAY''. He also used to write a blog, ''Fad F ...

(born 1980), Indian journalist *

Neeraj Shekhar Neeraj Shekhar Singh (born 10 November 1968) is an Indian politician belonging from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life He was born in Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. He belong to a Rajput family and he is the son of the ...

(born 1968), Indian politician *

R. K. Shekhar Rajagopala Kulashekharan or R. K. Shekhar (21 June 1933 – 09 September 1976) was an Indian music composer who worked mainly for Malayalam movies. He composed music for 52 films (23 in Malayalam with 127 songs), and was the music conductor for ...

(1933–1976), Indian composer *

Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (born 1947) is an Indian politician who was the Governor of Meghalaya, a state in northeast India, from 2008 to 2013 (1 July 2008 to 6 July 2013). Previously he was an IPS officer, director-general of National Securit ...

(born 1946), Indian politician *

S. Ve. Shekher Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...

(born 1950), Indian playwright and actor *

Surya Shekhar Ganguly Surya Sekhar Ganguly (born 24 February 1983), is an Indian chess grandmaster. His peak ELO rating was 2676 (July, 2016). Ganguly became an International Master at the age of 16 and a grandmaster at the age of 19. He has won 40 individual go ...

(born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster *

Shekhar Khatiwara Shekhar is a Hindu name that may be used as the first or given male name or as the surname. People First name *Shekhar Chatterjee (born 1924), Indian actor and director *Shekhar Chaudhuri, Indian management professor * Shekhar Dutt (born 1951), ...

(born 1994), Bhutanese Electrical Engineer

Other uses

* '' Shekhar: Ek Jivani'', Hindi language novel by Indian writer Agyeya *''

Simply Shekhar ''Simply Shekhar'' is an Indian late-night talk show that was hosted by popular comedy-actor Shekhar Suman, on Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television Pay television, also known as subscripti ...

'', Indian late-night talk show hosted by Shekhar Suman