Vivek (or Bibek/Bivek in some regions) (विवेक in
Devanagari script
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) is a
masculine given name
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that is popular in
South Asia
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, particularly in
India
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and
Nepal
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. It is of
Sanskrit
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origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience".
Vivek may refer to:
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Vivek (actor)
Vivekanandan (19 November 1961 – 17 April 2021), known professionally as Vivek,[Vivek Borkar
Vivek Shripad Borkar (born 1954) is an Indian electrical engineer, mathematician and an Institute chair professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is known for introducing analytical paradigm in stochastic optimal control proce ...](_bla ...<br></span></div> (1961–2021), Indian Tamil film actor
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(born 1954), Indian electrical engineer and mathematician
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Vivek Chibber
Vivek Aslam Chibber (born 1965) is an American academic, social theorist, editor, and professor of sociology at New York University, who has published widely on development, social theory, and politics. Chibber is the author of three books, ''Th ...
, American sociologist and Marxist theorist
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Vivek Dahiya (born 1984), Indian television actor
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Vivek Gupta (businessman)
Vivek Gupta (born 1963) is an Indian-born American business leader. He is presently President and Chief executive officer, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), and Director on the Board of Mastech Digital.
Career
After graduating from the Indian I ...
(born 1960s), Indian-born American businessman
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Vivek Harshan
Vivek Harshan (born 28 May 1981) is a National Film Awards winning Indian film editor who works predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has frequently collaborated with Amal Neerad since the beginning of his career. '' Big B'', ''Iyobinte ...
(born 1981), Indian Tamil film editor
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Vivek Kar
Vivek Kar is an Indian bollywood film music director score composer and Record producer, producer.
Career
Working as a Music Composer, music composer, Kar made his debut as a film composer in Bollywood in the film ''Zindagi 50-50'' where he ...
, Bollywood composer
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Vivek Kundra
Vivek Kundra (born October 9, 1974) is a former American administrator who served as the first chief information officer of the United States from March, 2009 to August, 2011 under President Barack Obama. He is currently the chief operating offic ...
(born 1974), US Federal CIO
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Vivek Lall (born 1969), Famous aerospace leader
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Vivek (lyricist) (born 1985), Indian Tamil film lyricist
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Vivek Mahbubani
Vivek Ashok Mahbubani ( sd, وويڪ محبوباڻِي; born 25 September 1982) a.k.a. Ah V (), is a stand-up comedian in Hong Kong, (born 1982), Hong Kong stand-up comedian
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Vivek–Mervin
Vivek–Mervin is an Indian music composer duo consisting of Vivek Siva and Mervin Solomon. They are known for their work in Tamil language films. They worked together on ''Vadacurry'' (2014), ''Pattas'' (2020), '' Sulthan'' (2021) and ''Gulaeba ...
, are an Indian musical duo
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Vivek Murthy
Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born July 10, 1977) is an American physician and a vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who has served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under Presidents Obama ...
(born 1977), 19th Surgeon General of the United States
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Vivek Oberoi
Vivek Anand Oberoi (born 3 September 1976) is an Indian actor who mainly works in Hindi cinema, in addition to working in few Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films.
Early life
Vivek Oberoi was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, to a Pu ...
(born 1976), Bollywood actor
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Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur in the healthcare and technology sectors, a political commentator, and a ''New York Times'' bestselling author. In 2022, he founded Strive Asset Management and currently serves as t ...
(b. 1985), American entrepreneur, author, and pundit
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Vivek Ranade
Vivek Vinayak Ranade (born 1963) is an Indian chemical engineer, entrepreneur and a professor of chemical engineering at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of the Queen's University, Belfast. He is a former chair professor and deput ...
(born 1963), Indian chemical engineer, entrepreneur and professor
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Vivek Ranadivé
Vivek Yeshwant Ranadivé (; born 7 October 1957) is an Indian-American business executive, engineer, author, speaker and philanthropist.D'Agostino, RyanThe Man Who Knows Everything ''Esquire''. 19 January 2012. Ranadivé is the founder and form ...
(born 1957), American CEO
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Vivek Shraya
Vivek Shraya (born February 15, 1981) is a Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist. She currently lives in Calgary, Alberta, where she is an assistant professor in the creative writing program at the University of Calgary. As a trans woman of ...
(born 1981), Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist
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Vivek Singh (disambiguation) Vivek Singh may refer to:
* Vivek Singh (cricketer)
Rohit Vishwakarma (born 1 November 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Railways. He made his first-class debut on 15 November 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy, playing for Railways
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, several
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Vivek Tiwary
Vivek J. Tiwary (born May 15, 1973) is an American author and theater producer.
Early life
Vivek J. Tiwary was born in New York City to immigrant parents from India. He graduated from New York's Collegiate School high school and, in 1996, from ...
(born 1973), American Broadway theater producer and writer/producer of ''The Fifth Beatle'' graphic novel
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Vivek Wadhwa
Vivek Wadhwa is an Indian-American technology entrepreneur and academic. He is Distinguished Fellow & Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley and Distinguished Fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harv ...
, Indian-American technology entrepreneur and an academic
See also
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Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka
The ''Dṛg-Dṛśya-Viveka'' or ''Vâkyasudhâ'' is an Advaita Vedanta text attributed to Bhāratī Tīrtha or Vidyaranya Swami (c. 1350)
Authorship
Although also attributed to Adi Shankara, the text is most commonly attributed to Bharatī Tīr ...
'', an Advaita Vedanta text attributed to Bĥaratī Tīrtha or Vidyaranya Swami
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Swami Vivekananda (disambiguation) Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was a chief disciple of Ramakrishna.
Swami Vivekananda or Vivekanda may also refer to:
* ''Swami Vivekananda'' (1955 film)
* ''Swami Vivekananda'' (1998 film)
*Swami Vivekananda Airport
* Swami Vivekananda Bridge or El ...
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Vivekachudamani
The ''Vivekachudamani'' (; IAST: ) is an introductory treatise within the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism, traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara of the eighth century, though this attribution has been questioned and mostly rejected by ...
'', an eighth-century Sanskrit poem in dialogue form that addresses the development of ''viveka''
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Viveka (disambiguation) Viveka (Sanskrit: विवेक, translit. Viveka) is a Sanskrit and Pali term translated into English as discernment or discrimination
Viveka, Viveca, or Vivica is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin meaning "alive, life, or place of refuge" an ...
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Vivek Nagar
Vivek Nagar or Viveka Nagar is a residential layout in Bangalore, South India. It is situated in between M G Road and Koramangala
Koramangala () is situated in the south-eastern part of Bengaluru, it is one of the largest neighborhoods, an ...
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Vivek Vihar subdivision
Vivek Vihar is one of 3 subdivisions of Delhi's Shahdara district, as well as a small neighbourhood in that subdivision located beside just besides the outer ring road near the Uttar Pradesh border.
Vivek Vihar subdivision
The Vivek Vihar s ...
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Impatient Vivek
''Impatient Vivek'' is a 2011 Hindi language romantic comedy film, directed by Rahat Kazmi and produced by Ashok Chauhan & Malvee S. It released under the Search Film banner. The film was the first Bollywood release of 2011, alongside No One Kil ...
'', a 2011 Bollywood romantic comedy film
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Vivek Express
Vivek Express is a chain of express trains on the Indian Railways network. These trains were announced in the Railway Budget of 2011-12 by the then Railway Minister. These trains were started to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami ...
, a chain of express trains on the Indian Railways network
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Vivek (character of C.I.D.)
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