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that is popular in

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and

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. It is of

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origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refer to:

People

Vivek (actor) Vivekanandan (19 November 1961 – 17 April 2021), known professionally as Vivek,Vivek Borkar (born 1954), Indian electrical engineer and mathematician *

Vivek Chibber Vivek Aslam Chibber (born 1965) is an American academic, social theorist, editor, and professor of sociology at New York University, who has published widely on development, social theory, and politics. Chibber is the author of three books, ''Th ...

, American sociologist and Marxist theorist *

Vivek Dahiya Vivek Dahiya (born 8 November 1984) is an Indian television actor. He has been seen in shows like ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'' and ''Qayamat Ki Raat''. He emerged as winner of the reality series ''Nach Baliye 8'' in 2017. Early life Dahiya was born ...

(born 1984), Indian television actor * Vivek Gupta (businessman) (born 1960s), Indian-born American businessman * Vivek Harshan (born 1981), Indian Tamil film editor * Vivek Kar, Bollywood composer *

Vivek Kundra Vivek Kundra (born October 9, 1974) is a former United States, American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March, 2009 to August, 2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the chief o ...

(born 1974), US Federal CIO * Vivek Lall (born 1969), Famous aerospace leader *

Vivek (lyricist) Vivek Velmurugan, known by his stage name Vivek, is an Indian lyricist working on Tamil language films. After making his debut in '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015), he received critical acclaim for his work in '' 36 Vayadhinile'' (2015), '' Jil Jung J ...

(born 1985), Indian Tamil film lyricist * Vivek Mahbubani (born 1982), Hong Kong stand-up comedian *

Vivek–Mervin Vivek–Mervin is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Vivek Siva and Mervin Solomon. They are known for their work in Tamil language films. They worked together on '' Vadacurry'' (2014), Dora (2016), '' Pattas'' (2020), '' Sulthan'' (202 ...

, are an Indian musical duo *

Vivek Murthy Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born July 10, 1977) is an American physician and a former vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, who served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States from 2015 to 2017 a ...

(born 1977), 19th Surgeon General of the United States * Vivek Oberoi (born 1976), Bollywood actor *

Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a Biotechnology, biotech Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical company in 2014 and was its Chief executive officer, CEO ...

(b. 1985), American entrepreneur, author, pundit and 2024 Presidential candidate *

Vivek Ranade Vivek Vinayak Ranade (born 1963) is an Indian chemical engineer, entrepreneur, professor of chemical engineering at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the Queen's University, Belfast and chair professor of process engineering at ...

(born 1963), Indian chemical engineer, entrepreneur and professor *

Vivek Ranadivé Vivek Yeshwant Ranadivé ( ; born 7 October 1957) is an Indian-American business executive, engineer, author, speaker and philanthropist.D'Agostino, RyanThe Man Who Knows Everything ''Esquire''. 19 January 2012. Ranadivé is the founder and for ...

(born 1957), American CEO *

Vivek Shraya Vivek Shraya (born February 15, 1981) is a Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist. She is a seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and is considered a Great Canadian Filmmaker of the Future by CBC Arts. Shraya is dedicated to bringing cr ...

(born 1981), Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist *

Vivek Singh (disambiguation) Vivek Singh may refer to: * Vivek Singh (cricketer) (born 1993), Indian cricketer * Vivek Singh (field hockey) (1967–2007), Indian Olympic hockey player * Vivek Singh (sport shooter), Indian sports shooter * Vivek Singh (chef) (born 1971) ...

, several *

Vivek Tiwary Vivek J. Tiwary (born May 15, 1973) is an American author and theater producer. Early life and education Vivek J. Tiwary was born in New York City to immigrant parents from India. He graduated from New York's Collegiate School high school and, ...

(born 1973), American Broadway theater producer and writer/producer of ''The Fifth Beatle'' graphic novel *

Vivek Wadhwa Vivek Wadhwa is an Indian-American technology entrepreneur and academic. He is Distinguished Fellow & Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley and Distinguished Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Har ...

, Indian-American technology entrepreneur and an academic

Characters

* Vivek (character of C.I.D.)

People

Characters

See also