Alumni
- Satinder Sartaaj, Indian Punjabi singer and poet.
- Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development
- Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition (BJP)
- Selja Kumari, MP/Union Minister
- Hargobind Khorana, Nobel Laureate Biotechnologist
- Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS Officer
- Sukhbir Singh Badal, President of SAD
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minister of Haryana
- Swatanter Kumar, former Chief Justice, High Court, Mumbai
- Kalpana Chawla, NASA Astronaut. Died on 1 February 2003 in Space Shuttle Columbia accident
- Manmohan Singh, Prime minister of India
- I. K. Gujral, former Prime minister of India
- Tarun Tejpal, founder-editor Tehelka
- Yash Pal, scientist and educator
- K. K. Aggarwal, engineer, professor and eminent IT expert
- Gul Panag, actress and model
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder, chairman and Group CEO of Bharti Enterprises
- Shankar Dayal Sharma, ninth President of India
- Dr. Aravind Verma: Dean of Department of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He is also R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering.
- Ralph Uwazuruike, Leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra
- Notable Panjab University People
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Shankar Dayal Sharma, ninth President of India
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I. K. Gujral, 12th Prime Minister of India
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Kalpana Chawla, NASA Astronaut
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Manmohan Singh, current Prime Minister of India
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