People
As the education provided to this community is very good and subsidized it tends to have a high concentration of very educated (though mainly academic) population. It claims to have one of the highest concentrations of Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) entrants in any given year. There has been a significant contribution to the International Olympaids by the anushaktinagar'ites.
Even by the standards of Mumbai, which is considered very cosmopolitan, Anushakti Nagar is a melting pot of races, cultures and religions from all over mostly Rural India. The "Colony Junta" comprises people from virtually all parts of India. This results in a diversity seldom seen in other parts of India, and a very social celebration of all the Indian festivals.
People associated with this township are today scattered across the globe and are making Anushaktinagar proud in their own ways. Most still retain some form of 'atomic bond' with the place and its people long after leaving the colony.
It has given many business leaders to the corporates and continues to do so. Many teachers of the AECS schools of A'Nagar have also been awarded with Presidents Gold Medals. H.S.Kamath (Ex CEO Heavy Water Board - a Padmashree awardee), Shreya Ghosal a (lead singer - a national awardee), Anand Ramaswamy (Strategist-Yahoo! India) also happens to be from A'nagar, apart from the numerous known industry personalities.
P. K. Iyengar, R Chidambaram, Anil Kakodkar - All ex-directors of BARC (Chairman Atomic Energy Commission) were associated with Anushaktinagar directly.
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