Suresh Heblikar, Kannada cinema actor, director and environmentalist S. R. Hiremath, Indian activist Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane, Indian academic Ramachandra S. Hosmane, chemist, professor, researcher Ramakrishna V. Hosur, biophysical scientist, professor Pankaj Jain, professor of religious studies, film studies, and sustainability Jayanth Kaikini, Indian poet, storyteller and lyricist working in Kannada literature and Kannada cinema Chandrashekhara Kambara, Kannada poet Girish Karnad, Indian actor, film director, Kannada writer, playwright and Rhodes Scholar Vivek Kulkarni, Indian businessman Ananth Kumar, former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Sudha Murty, Indian writer, philanthropist Siddu Nyamagouda, former politician Ramdas Pai, Manipal Education and Medical Group T. M. A. Pai, Indian doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist Ajit Prabhu, Indian entrepreneur A. R. D. Prasad, Indian academic V. C. Sajjanar, Indian Police Service officer (1996 batch) E. Sampathkumar, professor emeritus of graph theory Meka Srikanth, Telugu Actor Varkey Vithayathil, Catholic cardinal