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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

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Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refer to: *

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 ...

(born 1954), Indian electrical engineer and mathematician *

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, ''The ...

, 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) 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 *

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 *

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 offic ...

(born 1974), US Federal CIO * Vivek Lall (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 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 *

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 *

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 *

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 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 *

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 *

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 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 *

Vivek Singh (disambiguation) Vivek Singh may refer to: * Vivek Singh (cricketer) (born 1993), Indian cricketer * Vivek Singh (field hockey) (1967–2007), Indian Olympic hockey player * Vivek Singh (sport shooter), Indian sports shooter * Vivek Singh (chef) Vivek Singh ( ...

, several *

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 *

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

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