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 Dr. Vinod K. Agarwal was an Indian-American businessman and scientist. He was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1978 to 1992. He then founded LogicVision, which he took public in October, 2001, as the first technol ...

, Indian-American businessman and scientist * Vinod Aggarwal, American economist and political scientist *

Vinod Bala Arun Vinod Bala (Vinoo) Arun is a Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy scholar. She was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Mauritius, sponsored by the Tertiary Education Commission on the topic, "A comparative study of the ethical values in R ...

, 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 of most of his films. Limbo, a short film he shot using an iPhone was awarded Be ...

, 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 mat ...

, Gujarati-language author * Vinod Bhayana, 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 joinin ...

, Indian politician *

Vinod Kumar Boianapalli Boianapalli Vinod Kumar (born 22 July 1959) is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament, presently serving as Vice-chairman of Telangana State Planning Board. He represented the Karimnagar constituency of Telangana State in the 16t ...

, Indian politician * Vinod Chaubey, Indian Police Service officer *

Vinod Chohan Vinod Chandrasinh Chohan (1 May 1949 – 12 June 2017) was a Tanzanian-born accelerator specialist and engineer. He was a Senior Staff Member at CERN for nearly 40 years. He held a leading position at CERN's Antiproton Accumulator, a machine ...

, 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 20 ...

, 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 Vinod Gupta (born July 4, 1946; often mentioned as "Vin Gupta") is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of infoGROUP (previously known as infoUSA). Gupta served as CEO ...

, former CEO of infoGROUP * Vinod Johri, 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, Indian poet * Vinod K. Singh, Indian chemist *

Vinod Kambli Vinod Kambli (; born 18 January 1972) is a former Indian international Cricketer, who played for India as a left-handed middle order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. Kambli became the first cricketer in cricket history ...

, Indian cricketer *

Vinod Khanna Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in Hindi films; while also being a notable spiritual seeker. In Bollywood, he was the recipient of two Filmfare awa ...

, 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 suc ...

, co-founder of Sun Microsystems *

Vinod Kinariwala Vinod Kinariwala (20 September 1924 – 10 August 1942) was an Indian independence activist from Ahmedabad, India. He was shot dead by a British officer while waving the Indian flag in front of Gujarat College on 9 August 1942, the first day of ...

, Indian independence student-activist *

Vinod Kovoor Vinod Kovoor is an Indian actor best known for his work in Malayalam cinema. He gained attention in the comedy show ''Marimayam'', broadcast by Mazhavil Manorama Mazhavil Manorama is an Indian Free-to-air Malayalam general entertainment t ...

, Indian film actor *

Vinod Krishan Vinod Krishan (born 14 October 1946Women Scientists in India'. National Book Trust, India. p. 209.), is an Indian physicist, a Senior Professor and dean of sciences at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. She is involved in teaching ...

, Indian physicist *

Vinod Kulkarni Vinod Kulkarni (''Vinōda Kulakarṇī'') is an Indian actor, director, voicing artiste and voice co-ordinator, who specialises in dubbing International productions into the Hindi language. He can speak English, Hindi and Marathi. He has voice ...

, Indian actor *

Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumar Alva (born 1 April 1963) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Telugu cinema & also appeared in Kannada,Tamil & Malayalam films. Filmography Telugu *''Mayadari Mogudu'' (1984) *''Mouna Poratam'' (1989) *''Adavilo ...

, Indian film actor *

Vinod Maharaj Vinod Chandra Deo Maharaj is a Fiji Indian politician who won the Vuda Indian Communal Constituency, one of the 19 seats reserved for Fiji citizens of Indian origin, for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) during the 1999 elections for the House of Re ...

, Fiji-Indian politician *

Vinod Mehra Vinod Mehra (13 February 1945 – 30 October 1990) was an Indian actor in Bollywood, Indian films. He started out as a child actor in the late 1950s before starting his film career as an adult in 1971. He acted in over 100 films from the 1970s t ...

, Indian film actor *

Vinod Mehta Vinod Mehta (31 May 1942 – 8 March 2015) was an Indian journalist, editor and political commentator. He was also the founder editor-in-chief of ''Outlook (Indian magazine), Outlook'' from 1995 to 2012 and had been editor of publications such a ...

, Indian journalist and editor *

Vinod C. Menon Vinod Chandra Menon was formerly the Chief of Emergency in the UNICEF in India and now he joined as Senior Professor and Head of the School of Compassion, Peace, Humanitarian Action and disaster risk management at MIT - World Peace University ...

, former Chief of Emergency in UNICEF, India * Vinod Mishra, Indian politician *

Vinod Nagpal 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 ...

, Indian film and television actor * Vinod Patel, Fiji-Indian businessman and politician * Vinod Patney, 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 Honorar ...

, former Comptroller and Auditor General of India * Vinod Raina, Indian educationist *

Vinod Raj Vinod Raj is an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada cinema. He worked with actors such as Ambareesh, Arjun Sarja, Ramesh Arvind, Srinivas Murthy. In 2009, he released his album named ''Bhaktanjali'', which cons ...

, Kannada film actor *

Vinod Rams Vinod Rams is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games. Early life and education Vinod Rams attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. He did product design at the Franklin Mint in Philadelphia, Penn ...

, American artist *

Vinod Rathod Vinod Rathod (born 12 September 1962) is an Indian playback singer who primarily sings in Bollywood films. Rathod is the son of late classical musician, Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod. Music career His career started when Usha Khanna after listeni ...

, Bollywood playback singer *

Vinod Saroj Vinod Kumar Saroj (born 1 July 1980) is a politician from Bela Pratapgarh, India. Since 2007, he has been elected on three occasions as an independent Member of the Legislative Assembly, representing the Babaganj assembly constituency of Pratap ...

, Indian politician * Vinod Scaria, 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, Hindi-language author *

Vinod Kumar Shukla (politician) Vinod Kumar Shukla (Hindi: विनोद कुमार शुक्ला) aka Babbu Bhaiya, is an Indian businessman and social worker Shukla is part of the Bhaiya Lal Shukla family of Amahiya Rewa. He was an independent candidate from Mau ...

, 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 Vinod Sukumaran is an Indian film maker and film editor. He won the National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director for the film '' Diary of a Housewife'' in 2001. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of Ind ...

, 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, Fiji-Indian civil servant *

P. S. Vinod P. S. Vinod is Indian cinematographer who works in Telugu cinema, Telugu, Bollywood, Hindi and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. He debuted as an independent cinematographer with the 2000 Tamil film ''Rhythm (2000 film), Rhythm'' and then went to work ...

, 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) Vinod (28 May 1922 – 25 December 1959) was a famous Indian film music director of the 1950s. In 1949, he composed a hit Punjabi film song ''Lara Lappa Lara Lappa Lai Rakhda'' sung by Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, in the film '' Ek Thi ...

(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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