Nirmal Kumar Bose– was a leading Indian anthropologist, who played a formative role in "building an Indian Tradition in Anthropology". A humanist scholar with a broad range of interests, he was also a leading sociologist, urbanist, Gandhian, and educationist. Also active in the Indian freedom struggle with Mahatma Gandhi, he was imprisoned in 1931 during the Salt Satyagraha.

Gayatri Reddy– Anthropologist, who has also made contributions to queer and gender studies. is known primarily as the face and owner of the now-defunct Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League. She is the daughter of T Venkattram Reddy, owner of the Deccan Chronicle.