Nitin or Nithin (
Devanagari:नितिन, नीतीन or नीतिन) is a male first name in India and Nepal that means ''one having the 'double art' in
Sanskrit.
Nitin comes from the Sanskrit words 'niti' meaning 'art' and 'gna' or 'gyan' meaning imagination.
Notable people named Nitin
*
Nitin Bose
Nitin Bose (26 April 1897 – 14 April 1986) was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he worked with New Theatre ...
, Indian film director
*
Nitin Chandrakant Desai
Nitin Chandrakant Desai is a noted Indian art director and production designer of Indian cinema turned film and television producer, most known for his work in Marathi and Hindi Films, World Cultural Festival 2016 at Delhi and films like, ''Hum ...
, Bollywood art director and production designer
*
Nitin Gadkari, Indian Transport minister, former President of the Bharatiya Janta party
*
Nitin Ganatra, British actor
*
Nitin Kapoor, Indian producer
*
Nitin Mukesh, Indian singer
*
Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor
*
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria (born February 9, 1962) is an Indian-American academic. He was the tenth dean of Harvard Business School. He is also the George F. Baker Professor of Administration. He is a former non-executive director of Tata Sons.
Early life and ...
, American business writer
*
Nitin Pradhan, former Chief Information Officer for the US Department of Transportation
*
Nitin Rakesh
Nitin Rakesh, an Indian-American businessman, author, and philanthropist, is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mphasis. Prior to that, Rakesh was Syntel's CEO and President, as well as CEO and Managing Director of Motilal ...
, businessman
*
Nitin Raut
Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry, Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress part ...
, Indian politician
*
Nitin Saini
Nitin Saini (born 28 October 1988) is a cricketer who plays for Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He has also played for the Indian Premier League franchise team Kings XI Punjab. Saini is a right-hand wicket-keeper batsman who usually opens ...
, Cricket batsman
*
Nitin Sahrawat
Nitin Sahrawat (Born 13 August 1981), is an Indian actor, a social activist, and the Editor in Chief of ''Atal Indians Magazine''. Sahrawat is the creator of Atal Indian Project, which aims at creating multiple Urban forest named Atal Vatika, in ...
, actor
*
Nitin Sathya, Indian actor
*
Nitin Sawhney, Indian-British composer and musician
*
Nitin Gadkari. Indian minister of road and transport
See also
*
Nithiin (born 1983), Indian film actor and producer predominantly in Telugu cinema
References
{{given name
Indian masculine given names