NIRF - Year and institutiton-wise Alumni that are Founders of Forbes/Fortune 500 companies

This dataset contains the Year and Institution-wise details of alumni that are founders of Forbes/Fortune 500 companies. It includes their year of passing, the program they were enrolled in, Year in which company appeared in Forbes / Fortune 500 among others. Note: The data pertains only to those universities/colleges/institutions whose detailed NIRF submissions is uploaded to the NIRF portal.

Rows: 1050
Columns: 12
Time period: 2024 to 2026
Last Updated: 20 July 2026

ranking_year	institute_id	institute_name	state	city	name_of_alumni	program_passed_from	year_of_passing	founder_of_company	year_appeared_in_forbes_or_fortune	unit
2026	IR-I-U-0467	National Institute of Technology- Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	Mr. Sanjay Khanna	B.Tech Chemical Engineering	1991	Director (Refineries), BPCL	2025	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Dr. Ajay Prabhu	B.Tech (ECE)	1990	Quest Global	2024	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Dr. Guttal Ravi	B.Tech (Mech)	1990	Aequs	2019	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Ambit Design Systems (Cadence)	1997	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Magma Design Automation	2011	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Clear Ventures	2023	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rahm Shastry	B.Tech (ECE)	1988	DriveU	2021	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Arjun Rao	B.Tech (EEE)	2001	Speciale Invest	2025	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Sahil Barua	B.Tech (Mech)	2006	Delhivery	2024	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Ajit Pai	B.tech (Mech)	2004	Delhivery	2022	value in absolute number

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institute_id	String	233	1050
institute_name	String	227	1050
state	String	27	1049
city	String	92	901
name_of_alumni	String	643	843
program_passed_from	String	178	939
year_of_passing	Int64	65	1050
founder_of_company	String	572	945
year_appeared_in_forbes_or_fortune	Float64	32	865
unit	String	1	1050
note	String	1	0

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NIRF - Year and institutiton-wise Alumni that are Founders of Forbes/Fortune 500 companies

Rows: 1050
Columns: 12
Time period: 2024 to 2026
Last Updated: 20 July 2026

ranking_year	institute_id	institute_name	state	city	name_of_alumni	program_passed_from	year_of_passing	founder_of_company	year_appeared_in_forbes_or_fortune	unit
2026	IR-I-U-0467	National Institute of Technology- Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	Mr. Sanjay Khanna	B.Tech Chemical Engineering	1991	Director (Refineries), BPCL	2025	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Dr. Ajay Prabhu	B.Tech (ECE)	1990	Quest Global	2024	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Dr. Guttal Ravi	B.Tech (Mech)	1990	Aequs	2019	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Ambit Design Systems (Cadence)	1997	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Magma Design Automation	2011	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rajeev Madhavan	B.Tech (ECE)	1987	Clear Ventures	2023	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Rahm Shastry	B.Tech (ECE)	1988	DriveU	2021	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Arjun Rao	B.Tech (EEE)	2001	Speciale Invest	2025	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Sahil Barua	B.Tech (Mech)	2006	Delhivery	2024	value in absolute number
2026	IR-I-U-0237	National Institute of Technology- Surathkal	Karnataka	Surathkal	Ajit Pai	B.tech (Mech)	2004	Delhivery	2022	value in absolute number

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