After graduating from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1960, Kalam joined the Aeronautical Development Establishment of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (by Press Information Bureau, Government of India) as a scientist after becoming a member of the Defence Research & Development Service (DRDS).

Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11^th president of India from 2002 to 2007.

Verghese Kurien is graduated in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Guindy.

Verghese Kurien known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India.

In 1949, Kurien was sent by the government of India to its run-down, experimental creamery at Anand, Bombay province (later Bombay state and now part of Gujarat state since 1960) to serve five years as an officer in the dairy division

Srikkanth is an Electrical Engineer who graduated from College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai. He is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and former chairman of the selection committee.

Also, he is a commentator for the TV Network Star Sports Tamil. He is also included to the panel of All India Council of Sports (AICS) as a member in January 2020.

MM Murugappan is a fourth-generation member of the Murugappa family and the Executive Chairman of the Murugappa Group Corporate Advisory Board since Feb 2018. He is Chairman of Tube Investments of India Ltd, Carborundum Universal Ltd and Coromandel International Ltd. He is a Trustee of the AMM Foundation and the Correspondent of the Murugappa Polytechnic College.

He has a Bachelor�s in Chemical Engineering from the AC College of Technology, University of Madras, and a Master of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, United States.

Krishnakumar Natarajan is one of the co-founders of IT company Mindtree

KK graduated in 1979 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India.

Kailasavadivoo Sivan (born 14 April 1957) is an Indian space scientist who served as the Secretary of the Department of Space and chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Space Commission. He has previously served as the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center and the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre.

Sivan is son of a mango farmer and studied in a Tamil medium Government school in Mela Sarakkalvilai Village and later in Vallankumaranvilai in Kanyakumari district. He is the first graduate from his family. Later Sivan graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from Madras Institute of Technology in 1980. He then got a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1982, and started working in ISRO. He earned a doctoral degree in aerospace engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2006. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Aeronautical Society of India and the Systems Society of India.

Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is an Indian academic who served as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 2001 to 2011. He was presented with The Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering.

He did his schooling in Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School. Ananth is an alumnus of Alagappa College of Technology, Chennai, where he completed his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with a gold medal.

Narayanaswami Srinivasan (born 3 January 1945) is an Indian industrialist. He is a former Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and former President of the BCCI, the governing body for cricket in India. He is also the managing director of India Cements Limited.

Dabbala Rajagopal "Raj" Reddy (born 13 June 1937) is an Indian-American computer scientist and a winner of the Turing Award. He is the first person of Asian origin to receive the Turing Award, in 1994, known as the Nobel Prize of Computer Science, for his work in the field of artificial intelligence.

Raj Reddy was born in a Telugu family in Katur village of Chittoor district of present-day Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, then affiliated to the University of Madras (now to Anna University, Chennai), India, in 1958, and a MEng degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 1960. He received his PhD degree in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1966.

Sheila Sri Prakash (born 6 July 1955) is an architect and urban designer of Indian origin. She is the founder of Shilpa Architects and is the first woman in India to have started and operated her own architectural practice.

She attended the Rosary Matriculation School in Chennai and attained a pre-university degree from Stella Maris College, Chennai. She enrolled in the Bachelors in Architecture from the Anna University School of Architecture and Planning in 1973, at a time when there was a strong bias against women entering the field, and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Design's Executive Education Program.

S. Rangarajan (3 May 1935 � 27 February 2008), better known by his allonym Sujatha, was an Indian author, novelist and screenwriter who wrote in Tamil. He authored over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular authors in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil periodicals such as Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam and Kalki. He had a wide readership, and served for a brief period as the editor of Kumudam, and has also written screenplays and dialogues for several Tamil films.

Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is an Indian academic and designer noted for his design of the Indian rupee sign. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. According to Kumar, the design is based on the Indian tricolour

Kumar attended La Chatelaine junior college in Chennai. He obtained a bachelor's degree in architecture (B.Arch) from the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) at Anna University, Chennai in 2001. Subsequently he received his master's degree, an MDes in Visual Communication, from the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) of IIT Bombay in 2003. He also did his doctoral studies at the IDC, receiving his PhD in 2010.

Dr Thirumalachari Ramasami Former Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Science of Technology, is a technologist-turned-scientist and a scientist-turned-civil servant. He served as the Director of the Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India. He is a distinguished researcher and leather scientist. He was awarded India's National Civilian Honour the Padma Shri for excellence in Science and Engineering in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, the highest award for science in India, for notable and outstanding research in Chemical Sciences in 1993. He is an elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of India, Indian National Academy of Engineers and Third World Academy of Sciences.

Venu Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist.

He is Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company, one the leading manufacturers of two-wheelers in the world and Sundaram-Clayton Limited, a leading manufacturer of auto components in India.

Nachimuthu Mahalingam (April 9, 1923 – October 2, 2014) was an Indian educationist, industrialist, philanthropist and prominent person in Tamil Nadu

He was the Chairman of the Sakthi Group and Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women between 1972 and 1980.

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan is an Indian former cricketer.

He captained the Indian cricket team at the first two ICC Cricket World Cups, and later became an umpire on the elite International Cricket Council Test panel.

Munirathna Anandakrishnan was born on 12 July 1928 in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

After graduating in civil engineering (BE) from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras University in 1952, he pursued his studies at the University of Minnesota from where he secured a Master's degree (MS) in 1957 and a PhD in civil engineering in 1960.

During his doctoral studies, he was a teaching assistant at the university and was the president of the Indian Students Association and Foreign Students Council at the university. He also worked part-time at Twin City Testing and Engineering Laboratories, a private firm, as a materials engineer

In 1990, Anandakrishnan returned to India to take up the position as the vice chancellor of Anna University.

Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha MIEE (A Lalitha) (27 August 1919 – 12 October 1979) was India's first female engineer.

She completed her practical training with a one year apprenticeship in Jamalpur Railway Workshop, a major repair and overhaul facility.

Captain Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, popularly known as G. Parthasarathy (born 13 May 1940) is a former commissioned officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author.

He has served as the High Commissioner of India, Cyprus (1990–92), Ambassador of India to Myanmar, 1992–95, High Commissioner of India to Australia (1995–99) and the High Commissioner of India to Pakistan (1999-2000)

Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan (born 24 December 1948) is a well known space scientist and rocket technologist of India.

He has served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram.

Annamalai Chidambaram Muthiah (born 1941) is an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator.

He served as the Chairman of Southern Petrochemical Industries Limited (SPIC) and is the chairman of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Sriperumbudur near Chennai.

Upendra Chivukula (born October 8, 1950) is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities after serving more than 12 years in the New Jersey General Assembly, where he had been the Deputy Speaker.

Chivukula received a B.E.E. from College of Engineering, Guindy (now part of Anna University) in Electrical Engineering and an M.E.E. degree from City College of New York in Electrical Engineering.

Mohan Rangachari, famous as Crazy Mohan, is a famous actor, comedian, screen writer.

The artist has several plays, short stories and films to his name.

Padma Bhushan Sri Ram Narain Agarwal was distinguished alumnus of Aeronautical Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology. He was a recipient of various awards such as Padma Shri (1990) Padma Bhushan (2000), Dr. Biren Roy Space Science Award (1990) from Aero Society of India, Scientist of the Year Award (1993),DRDO Technology Leadership Award (1998),Chandrasekhar Saraswati National Eminence Award for Science (2000), Life Time Achievement Award (2004).

He has significantly contributed towards the Agni series of surface-to-surface missiles and is considered the 'father of the Agni series of missiles". Shri Ram Narain Agarwal has worked as Program Director (AGNI) and as Director Advanced Systems Laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Narayanan Sankar (19 November 1945 – 17 April 2022) was an Indian industrialist and chairman of the Sanmar group, a diversified Indian conglomerate.

Sankar had also been the president of the Indian industry organization ASSOCHAM and chairman of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

P. R. Venketrama Raja (PRV) established Ramco Systems with a mission to create a world-class information technology company that is focused on enterprise applications and emerging technologies.

Madhan Karky, a Doctorate in Information Technology, is a song lyricist, film dialogue writer and a software engineer.

Born in 1980, Madhan Karky holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from College of Engineering, Guindy.

Kutral Ramesh, popularly known as Kutraleeswaran, is a famous Indian Swimmer and holds several swimming records.

Kutral was born in 1981 in Erode, Tamil Nadu.

S.Venkataraghavan (CEG Alumni) is an Indian former cricketer.

He captained the Indian cricket team at the first two cricket world cups, and later became an umpire on the elite International Cricket Council Test panel.

Aashish Kapoor (CEG Alumni ) is a former Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches and 17 One Day Internationals from 1994 to 2000.

A right-arm off spinner and right-handed lower-order batsman, he was a member of the 1996 Cricket World Cup squad.

Prof. Mendu Rammohan Rao was the Dean Emeritus of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

He was Provost at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad.

He has a PhD in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.

Bharathi Baskar was born on 25 October, 1969 in Tamil Nadu, India.

She used to participate in various debate and speaking competition during her school days.

Nachimuthu Mahalingam (April 9, 1923 – October 2, 2014) was an Indian educationist, industrialist, philanthropist and prominent person in Tamil Nadu.

He was the Chairman of the Sakthi Group and Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women between 1972 and 1980.

Panda Madhusudana Siva Prasad is an engineer by profession and is the present Executive Director of Reliance Industries.

He is the senior most individual in the Reliance Industries day-to-day operations corporate organizational chart excluding Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

PMS Prasad has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Petroleum Limited.

Kanuru Lakshmana Rao (15 July 1902 – 18 May 1986) was an Indian Civil engineer and a Padma Bhushan awardee who served as the Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and Member of Parliament for Vijayawada from 1962 to 1977.