Vinod ( hi, विनोद , mr, विनोद , gu, વિનોદ) is a male given name used in India and Nepal, meaning "delight", "enjoyment", or "pleasure".

People

* Vinod Agarwal, Indian-American businessman and scientist *

Vinod Aggarwal Vinod K. Aggarwal (born November 26, 1953) is a professor and Travers Family Senior Faculty Fellow of Political Science in the Haas School of Business, and directs the Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley ...

, American economist and political scientist * Vinod Bala Arun, Indian academic *

Vinod Kumar Bansal Vinod Kumar Bansal or VK Bansal (26 October 1949 – 3 May 2021) was an Indian educationist and the founder of Bansal Classes in Kota, Rajasthan. He made Kota famous throughout India for IIT-JEE entrance exam preparation. He was also known as ...

, Indian businessman * Vinod Kumar Baranwal, Indian judge *

Vinod Bharathan Vinod Bharathan is an Indian filmmaker based in Copenhagen. He was educated in filmmaking at film schools in Copenhage. He is behind the cinematography and editing Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographi ...

, film director from Copenhagen * A. Vinod Bharathi, Indian cinematographer * Vinod Bhatia, Indian Air Force officer *

Vinod Bhatt Vinod Bhatt (14 January 1938 – 23 May 2018) was a Gujarati humour essayist and biographer from Gujarat, India. Biography Vinod Bhatt was born on 14 January 1938 at Nandol near Dehgam (now in Gujarat) to Jashvantlal and Jayabahen. He matr ...

, Gujarati-language author *

Vinod Bhayana Vinod Bhayana is an Indian politician who is the MLA of the Hansi constituency in the Hisar District in Harayana, India. He won reelection in 2019 by 22,200 votes. In his previous term, Bhayana served as Chief Parliamentary Secretary in the Ha ...

, Indian politician *

Vinod Kumar Binny Vinod Kumar Binny (born 1973) is an Indian politician and was an MLA from Laxmi Nagar in Delhi. He was member of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from 2013 to 2014. He later joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2015. Political career Before joining ...

, Indian politician * Vinod Kumar Boianapalli, Indian politician * Vinod Chaubey, Indian Police Service officer * Vinod Chohan, Tanzanian engineer at CERN *

Vinod Dham Vinod Dham is an Indian-American engineer, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is known as 'Father of the Pentium Chip' for his contribution to the development of Intel's Pentium micro-processor He is a mentor, advisor and sits on the boa ...

, father of the Pentium chip *

Vinod Dua Vinod Dua (11 March 1954 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian journalist who worked in Doordarshan and NDTV India. In 1996, he became the first electronic media journalist to be bestowed with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award. ...

, Indian television presenter and journalist *

Vinod Kumar Duggal Vinod Kumar Duggal (born 26 November 1944) is a retired Indian civil servant. Duggal served as Home Secretary in the Government of India from 2005 to 2007 in the government of Manmohan Singh. He belongs to the 1968 batch of IAS. On 23 December 201 ...

, Indian civil servant *

Vinod Goenka Vinod Goenka is an Indian real-estate developer. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of DB Realty Ltd, a large real estate development companies in Mumbai, India. His net worth was US$1.18 billion as per ''Forbes'' magazine in 2010. He s ...

, Indian businessman * Vinod Gupta, former CEO of infoGROUP *

Vinod Johri Vinod Johri (10 June 1935 – 10 May 2014) was an Indian astrophysicist. He was an eminent cosmologist, a retired professor of astrophysics at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and an emeritus professor at Lucknow University since 19 ...

, Indian astrophysicist *

Vinod Jose Vinod K. Jose, or Vinod Kizhakkeparambil Joseph, (born 1980) is a journalist, editor, and magazine founder from India. In 2009, Jose was hired by Delhi Press to re-launch the company's 70-year-old title ''The Caravan'', which was discontinued ...

, Indian journalist and editor *

Vinod Joshi Vinod Joshi (born 13 August 1955) is an Indian poet, writer and literary critic in Gujarati language from Gujarat, India. His notable works include ''Parantu'', a collection of Geet (lyric poetry), ''Shikhandi'', a long narrative poem based o ...

, Indian poet *

Vinod K. Singh Vinod K. Singh (Hindi: विनोद कुमार सिंह; born 9 September 1959) is a Rahula and Namita Gautam Chair Professor of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur. He is also Director's Chair Professor at IISER Bhopal & adjunct Professor at NIP ...

, Indian chemist * Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer * Vinod Khanna, Indian film actor *

Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such ...

, co-founder of Sun Microsystems * Vinod Kinariwala, Indian independence student-activist * Vinod Kovoor, Indian film actor * Vinod Krishan, Indian physicist * Vinod Kulkarni, Indian actor * Vinod Kumar, Indian film actor * Vinod Maharaj, Fiji-Indian politician * Vinod Mehra, Indian film actor * Vinod Mehta, Indian journalist and editor * Vinod C. Menon, former Chief of Emergency in UNICEF, India *

Vinod Mishra Vinod Mishra ( hi, विनोद मिश्रा; 24 March 1947 – 18 December 1998) was an Indian communist politician. Mishra served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation between 1975 and ...

, Indian politician * Vinod Nagpal, Indian film and television actor *

Vinod Patel Vinod Patel is a Fiji Indian businessman, soccer administrator and politician. He is the chair of Vinod Patel and Company Limited which owns a chain of hardware shops throughout Fiji. Vinod Patel is a strong supporter of the Ba football team ...

, Fiji-Indian businessman and politician *

Vinod Patney Air Marshal Vinod Patney, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VrC is a retired Indian Air Force officer. He is currently Director General Centre for Air Power Studies. Career Patney was commissioned in Indian Air Force in 1961. He has participated in conflict ...

, Indian Air Force officer * Vinod Phadke, Indian politician * Vinod Prakash Sharma, Indian scientist *

Vinod Rai Vinod Rai (born 23 May 1948) is a former IAS officer who served as the 11th Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He assumed office on 7 January 2008 till 22 May 2013. He is the current chairman of UN Panel of External Auditors and Honorary ...

, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India *

Vinod Raina Vinod Raina (died 12 September 2013) was an Indian educationist. He was a member of drafting of the Right to Education Act. Career Vinod Raina resigned from his job at Delhi University to work on education reforms in India. He was one of the c ...

, Indian educationist * Vinod Raj, Kannada film actor * Vinod Rams, American artist * Vinod Rathod, Bollywood playback singer * Vinod Saroj, Indian politician *

Vinod Scaria Dr. Vinod Scaria FRSB, FRSPH (born 9 March 1981) is an Indian biologist, medical researcher pioneering in Precision Medicine and Clinical Genomics in India. He is best known for sequencing the first Indian genome. He was also instrumental in t ...

, Indian scientist and biochemist *

Vinod Sekhar Dato' (Dr) Vinod Sekhar is the Chairman and Chief Executive of the PETRA Group, which is a global conglomerate involved in sustainable industries, with one common goal of providing solutions for humanity. PETRA Group’s businesses range from ...

, Malaysian businessman and philanthropist *

Vinod Kumar Shukla Vinod ( hi, विनोद , mr, विनोद , gu, વિનોદ) is a male given name used in India and Nepal, meaning "delight", "enjoyment", or "pleasure". People *Vinod Agarwal, Indian-American businessman and scientist * Vinod Agg ...

, Hindi-language author * Vinod Kumar Shukla (politician), Indian businessman and politician *

Vinod Singh (actor) Vinod Kumar Singh is an Indian television actor and model. He played the title role in the show '' Ayushmaan''. Personal life Vinod Singh was born to Malati Devi and Shrinath Singh. He was born in Visakhapatnam, but was brought up in Mumb ...

, Indian television actor * Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Indian politician * Vinod Sukumaran, Indian filmmaker *

Vinod Tawde Vinod Sridhar Tawde (Marathi pronunciation: �inoːd̪ t̪aːʋɖeː born 20 July 1963) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the General Secretary for Maharashtra unit of the ...

, Indian politician

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Mahendra Chand Vinod Mahendra Chandra Vinod (1922 – 2003) was a Fijian civil servant and editor who was also a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji. He was born in Nacokaika, Naitasiri, Fiji and was of Indian descent. After completing his Bachelor of Sc ...

, Fiji-Indian civil servant * P. S. Vinod, Indian cinematographer *

Padmanath Bhattacharya Vidya Vinod Padmanath Bhattacharya ( bn, পদ্মনাথ ভট্টাচার্য; 1868-1938) was an Indian historian. His works generally centred on the ancient Kamrup region.Sabyasachi Bhattacharya (2011), ''Approaches to History: Essays in India ...

, Indian historian

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* Vinod (composer) (1922–1959), Indian film music director

Fictional characters

*title character of ''Agent Vinod'' (1977 film) *title character of ''Agent Vinod'' (2012 film) *Vinod Chanda, from animated series ''Pantheon''

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