Vivek (or Bibek/Bivek in some regions) (विवेक in Devanagari script) is a

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origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refer to: * Vivek (actor) (1961–2021), Indian Tamil film actor * Vivek Borkar (born 1954), Indian electrical engineer and mathematician * Vivek Chibber, American sociologist and Marxist theorist *

Vivek Dahiya Vivek Dahiya (born 8 November 1984) is an Indian television actor. He is known for portraying the role of Abhishek Singh (a police officer) in ''Yeh Hai Mohabbatein'', Rajbeer Bundela in '' Kavach – Kaali Shaktiyon Se'' and Rajvardhan Suryava ...

(born 1984), Indian television actor * Vivek Gupta (businessman) (born 1960s), Indian-born American businessman * Vivek Harshan (born 1981), Indian Tamil film editor *

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 *

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 offi ...

(born 1974), US Federal CIO *

Vivek Lall Vivek Lall is an American scientist who has been Chief Executive of General Atomics since June 1, 2020. Before joining General Atomics, Dr Lall worked at Lockheed Martin, and held key positions with Boeing and Reliance. Lall previously worked at ...

(born 1969), Famous aerospace leader *

Vivek (lyricist) Vivek Velmurugan known by his stage name Vivek is an Indian lyricist working on Tamil language films. After making his debut in '' Enakkul Oruvan'' (2015), he received critical acclaim for his work in ''36 Vayadhinile'' (2015), '' Jil Jung Juk' ...

(born 1985), Indian Tamil film lyricist * Vivek Mahbubani (born 1982), Hong Kong stand-up comedian * Vivek–Mervin, are an Indian musical duo * Vivek Murthy (born 1977), 19th Surgeon General of the United States *

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 Punjab ...

(born 1976), Bollywood actor * Vivek Ramaswamy (b. 1985), American entrepreneur, author, and pundit * Vivek Ranade (born 1963), Indian chemical engineer, entrepreneur and professor *

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 * Vivek Shraya (born 1981), Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist * Vivek Singh (disambiguation), several * Vivek Tiwary (born 1973), American Broadway theater producer and writer/producer of ''The Fifth Beatle'' graphic novel * Vivek Wadhwa, Indian-American technology entrepreneur and an academic

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