Notable Alumni of the Cotton Fraternity

NOTABLE ALUMNI
There are Old Cottonians all over the world with associations which are active in India, Australia and the UK. St. Peter's Day and Old Cottonians' Day are observed every year on 29 and 30 June respectively when Old Cottonians visit their alma mater.

Armed Forces:

  General K. S. Thimayya, an Army Chief.

  William Leefe Robinson, Victoria Cross awardee.

  General Sir Frank Simpson, former Chief of Army Staff, Great Britain.

  Air Marshall Malcolm Wollen,

  Lieutenant General A C Iyappa,.

  Admiral Vijay Singh Shekhawat, former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy.

  Col. Lalit Rai VrC

  Lieutenant General Jameel Mahmood.

  Major General Sultan Mahmood.
Positions of responsibility

    Dr. Raja Ramanna, Padma Vibhushan, scientist and former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission.
    Gopal Krishna Pillai - Union Home Secretary, Government of India.
    Norman Majoribanks, former Governor of Madras.

Entrepreneurs

    Philip Wollen
    Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI);
    Varun Agarwal

Varun Agarwal,
Author - "How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company"

Other notable alumni

    Lord Colin Cowdrey
    Brijesh Patel
    Sathwik Rai, Captain of the Indian national Racquetball Team
    Makarand Paranjape
    Dr. Ajit Varki
    Kenneth Anderson
    Dr. N. Ahmed, winner of the Pope Medal, 1954. Life Fellow of the IEEE for his “contributions to digital signal processing and education", 1985.