15 Famous Personalities Who Graduated As Engineers But Are Successful In Different Fields

Brown parents have undeniably the highest preference for engineering among all the professional courses. But, there are a bulk of engineers who land up in an entirely different field, because their destiny had something different planned for them.

Here we have collected a bunch of people who became an engineer but eventually ended up doing something entirely different and earned a huge name in that field.

1. Manohar Parrikar – Politician

He was one among the prominent leader and the ex-Chief Minister of Goa, Parrikar finished his metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay in the year 1978. He was also given with Distinguished Alumnus Award in the year 2001 by IIT Bombay.

2. Sonu Sood – Actor

He is one well-known name in the Bollywood industry and he works towards humanity. He is also an electrical engineer by profession from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering.

3. Anil Kumble- Cricketer

Anil Kumble is the former Indian captain and is also the third-highest wicket-taker in test cricket and is also a legend among leg spinners of all time. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Rashtriya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore.

4. Cindy Crawford – Model

Cindy Crawford is one of the highest-paid model’s in the entire world. However, she wanted a different destiny altogether, she graduated in chemical engineering at Northwestern University, Illinois before pursuing modelling.

5. Rowan Atkinson – Actor

Rowan Atkinson is known among all for his legendary role Mr Bean, Atkinson has studied Electrical Engineering from Newcastle University along with this he also received the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen’s College, Oxford.

6. Chetan Bhagat – Author

A well known Indian author and many Bollywood movies have been produced based on his novels. Chetan graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi and along with it he did MBA from the IIM Ahmedabad. But before working as a writer, he worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong for about a decade.

7. Arvind Kejriwal – Politician

He’s today the Chief Minister of New Delhi and has achieved the degree of Mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in the year 1989. Before being a politician, he was also the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax.

8. Shankar Mahadevan – Musician

One of the top singer and music composer in India, Shankar is an engineer by profession. He graduated in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in the city of Navi Mumbai. He also worked as a software engineer for some period.

9. Kriti Sanon – Actor

Kriti Sanon is quite popular actress in the Bollywood industry and graduated with a B. Tech degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

10. Javagal Srinath – Cricketer

Srinath is amongst one of the best fastest bowlers Indian Cricket Team had. He has a BE degree in Instrumentation Technology from Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, located in Mysuru.

11. Harsha Bhogle – Cricket Commentator

Before being a cricket commentator, Bhogle completed his Chemical Engineering from Osmania University and further achieved a PGDM degree from IIM-Ahmedabad.

12. Taapsee Pannu – Actor

Taapsee is a well-known name in the Bollywood film industry and holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering fromGuru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

13. Akkineni Nagarjuna – Actor

Nagarjuna has acted in various films. He pursued degree in Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy and also holds an M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.

14. Varun Grover – Writer, Comedian

Before being a writer and giving out some massive hits like Masaan, Ankhon Dekhi, and the Gangs of Wasseypur series, Varun pursued Civil Engineering from IIT BHU.

15. Ravichandran Ashwin – Cricketer

Ashwin is among one of the best spinner in Team India. He holds a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from SSN College of Engineering, located in Chennai. He went on further to join a software company post-graduation.