Shekhar is an Indian male given name (also used as a surname). It may refer to:

People

First name

* Shekhar Chatterjee (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 196 ...

(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 Saturda ...

(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 a ...

(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 (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 Rally ...

(1945–2006), Kenyan rally driver * Shekhar Pathak (born 1949), Indian historian * Shekhar Ravjiani, Indian musician * Shekhar Sen (born 1961), Indian musician and actor * Shekhar Suman (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 (1906–1931), Indian revolutionary * Chandra Shekhar Singh (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 Fo ...

(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 (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 (born 1983), Indian chess grandmaster

Other uses

* ''Shekar'' (film), 2022 Indian film * '' 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 channel in India. It was launched on 2 Octo ...

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