9 IITians who impressed Entertainment Industry

Rahul ram one of the singer-cum-bass guitarist in India, plays bass guitar for Indian Ocean. He joined this musical band in the year 1991. He studied at St. Stephens College and did his Masters in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. 

Rahul Ram

Nitin Gupta one of the famous standup comedians in India did his graduation in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is popularly known as Rivaldo.  

Nitin Gupta 

Chetan Bhagat is an Indian writer, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker who is known for his bestselling English-language dramedy novels about young urban middle-class Indians. Bhagat did his engineering from IIT Delhi and has an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad

Chetan Bhagat 

Co-founder of RedMat Entertainment, Ashutosh too is a B.Tech graduate in Civil Engineering and completed his degree in the year 2005. He is mainly in the field of direction and choreography. 

Ashutosh Matella 

Ashish is an actor, writer and filmmaker. He is also the founder of RedAsh Films Pvt. Ltd. He did his graduation in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi in the year 2005.He worked for four years in Data Analytics before venturing full time in films. 

Ashish Lal

He is the founder of popular online entertainment network, The Viral Fever. An alumni of IIT Kharagpur, Arunabh started TVF in 2010 after quitting his job as a research consultant with the US Air Force. 

Arunabh Kumar

He comes from a family where IITians are worshipped like god. He recalls how his maternal uncle from IIT Kharagpur was treated as celebrity by the rest of the family at a wedding.  

Biswapati Sarkar

A renowned director Jag Mundhra was an IIT Bombay alumnus. He did his MS in Electrical Engineering before switching to a Phd program in motion pictures at Michigan State University.  

Jag Mundhra

Vipul Goyal hails from the village, Falna, in Rajasthan. After his schooling from a convent in Mt. Abu, he went to IIT Bombay to complete his graduation. He worked as Retail analyst with Adventity Inc. for 6 months before getting laid off and experimenting with standup comedy.  

Vipul Goyal