Gupta (/upt/; Devanagari:

) is a common surname of Indian origin.

According to some academicians, the name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit goptri, meaning
'protector' or 'governor'.[1]According to prominent historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was
adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.[2]
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1 Communities
2 List of people with the name Gupta
o 2.1 Monarchs
o 2.2 Academics
o 2.3 In business and management
o 2.4 In entertainment
o 2.5 In journalism
o 2.6 In literature
o 2.7 In politics
o 2.8 In sports
3 See also
4 References

Communities[edit]
Unlike other Indian surnames, the surname Gupta has been adopted by various different
communities across India irrespective of their caste.
In northern India, the surname Gupta is used mainly by the Vaishya communities, particularly those
belonging to Rauniyar, Agarwal, Mahur, Tailik(Teli), Barnwal, Kanu, Khandelwal, Jaishwal, Mahajan,
Mahawar, Maheshwari, Patwa, Kasuadhan, Lashkari and Mathur Vaishya sub castes.[3]
Additionally, the surname Gupta is adopted by some other communities in other parts of the Indian
subcontinent:

The Guptas from the West Bengal belong to the Vaidya/Baidya (physician) community, and are
related to the Senguptaand Dasgupta communities of Bengal who are also Vaidyas.

Tailik Vaish (Teli) also use the Gupta surname.[4]

Gomathis and Chettys (Andhra Pradesh) also use Guptha added along with a surname

Like Gomathis, who are of Dravidian descent, Kayasthas also use the title Guptha.

List of people with the name Gupta[edit]

Monarchs[edit]

Maharaja Sri-Gupta, founder of the Gupta Empire

Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler), father of Chandragupta I

Chandragupta I, first Gupta emperor

Samudragupta

Chandragupta II, also known as Chandragupta Vikramaditya

Kumaragupta I

Skandagupta, last Gupta emperor

Vishnugupta (Gupta Empire)

Academics[edit]

Devendra Prasad Gupta, Indian academician and a former vice chancellor of Ranchi University.

Akhil Gupta, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the field of social and
cultural anthropology

Amar Gupta, professor and scientist

Amlan Das Gupta, Indian professor of English in Jadavpur University, Kolkata

M K Das Gupta, Indian professor and scientist

Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Indian biologist

Prabhakar Ramachandra Gupta, Indian computer scientist and mechanical engineering

professor

S. P. Gupta, Indian archaeologist and art historian

Suraj N. Gupta, Indian-American physicist

M. G. Gupta, Urdu poet and research scholar

In business and management[edit]

Mahendra Mohan Gupta, owner of the Dainik Jagran group of Hindi newspapers

N. C. Sen Gupta, eleventh Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

Raj Gupta, CEO and president of Rohm and Haas

Rajat Gupta, United Nations special advisor on management reforms, former director of
Goldman Sachs and former head of McKinsey Consulting

Rajiv Gupta, general manager of Hewlett Packard's E-speak project

S. K. Gupta, vice president of Lockheed Martin Corporation

Vinod Gupta, chairman and CEO of infoUSA

Sanjay Gupta (director), Alstom Grid

Subodh Gupta, chairman and CEO of HemtroN Lightings,www.rouniyar.com,Rouniyar Sewa

Sansthan Delhi

Vikas Gupta, head of consumer payments division of Google

In entertainment[edit]

Aditi Gupta, Indian television actress

Anil Gupta, British writer and producer (radio and television)

Buddhadev Das Gupta, Indian classical sarod musician and teacher

Neena Gupta, Indian film and television actress

Rajendra Gupta, actor in cinema for good character roles.

Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian film director and script writer

Puja Gupta, winner of Miss India Universe in 2007

Tanika Gupta, British playwright of Indian origin

Sanjay Gupta (director), Bollywood director

Yana Gupta, Indian model-actress of Czech origin

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, American teleneurosurgeon and CNN senior medical correspondent

Rohit Gupta, Film director, producer

Esha Gupta, Femina Miss India International title in 2007, Indian film actress

Akshat Gupta, Indian television actor

In journalism[edit]

Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of Indian Express

In literature[edit]

Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian Hindi poet

Baldev Raj Gupta, Indian writer

Ishwar Chandra Gupta, Indian Bengali poet and writer

Jagadish Gupta, Bengali poet and writer

Mahendranath Gupta, Indian spiritual writer and disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

Shashibhusan Dasgupta, Bengali scholar in philosophy, languages and literature

In politics[edit]

Banarsi Das Gupta, former chief minister of Haryana

Indrajit Gupta, Indian Communist leader, Union Minister for Home Affairs during 1996-98

Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian politician; former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and governor of
Madhya Pradesh

Shyama Charan Gupta, Indian politician

Badal Gupta, Indian revolutionary

Dinesh Gupta, Indian revolutionary

Ram Prakash Gupta, Indian social worker and participant in the Indian Independence movement
and Bhoodan movement

Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian revolutionary and author of autobiographical, historical and
fictional books in Hindi, English and Bengali

Niranjan Sen Gupta, Indian revolutionary

Nolini Kanta Gupta, Indian revolutionary, linguist, scholar, critic, poet, philosopher and mystic

Chaman Lal Gupta, Minister in Vajpayee Government (BJP)