Anand

• Ananda
  Ananda
  Ānanda was one of the principal disciples and a devout attendant of the Buddha. Amongst the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda had the most retentive memory and most of the suttas in the Sutta Pitaka are attributed to his recollection of the Buddha's teachings during the First Buddhist Council...
  
   was one of the principal disciples of the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama

Given name

• Anand Agarawala, Canadian software programmer and creator of BumpTop
  BumpTop
  In computing, BumpTop is a desktop environment that simulates the normal behavior and physical properties of a real world desk, and enhances it with automatic tools to organize its contents. It is aimed at stylus interaction, making it more suitable for tablet computers and handheld PCs. It was...
  
  
• Anand Lal Shimpi
  Anand Lal Shimpi
  Anand Lal Shimpi is an American businessman who was born June 26, 1982 to Indian and Iranian parents. He is currently CEO of the tech website AnandTech, which he started in 1997. He is a graduate of William G. Enloe High School and North Carolina State University with a degree in Computer...
  
  , founder and editor-in-chief of AnandTech
• Anand Panyarachun
  Anand Panyarachun
  Anand Panyarachun was Thailand's Prime Minister twice, between 1991–1992 and once again in 1992. He was effective in initiating economic and political reforms, one of which was the drafting of Thailand's "Peoples' Constitution", which was promulgated in 1997 and abrogated in 2006...
  
  , former Prime Minister of Thailand
• Anand Sahib
  Anand Sahib
  Anand Sahib: This Bani is part of the Nitnem or prayer which are read by Amritdhari Sikhs in the morning. The Bani was written by Guru Amar Das, the third Guru of the Sikhs and form part of the 5 Banis that are recited daily by baptised Sikhs. The Bani appears on pages 917 to 922 of Guru Granth...
  
  , Sikh prayer composed by Guru Amardas Ji
• Anand Satyanand
  Anand Satyanand
  Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, KStJ was the 19th Governor-General of New Zealand. He previously worked as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman.-Early life and family:...
  
  , Governor-General of New Zealand since August 2006
• Anand Sharma
  Anand Sharma
  Anand Sharma is the present Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry of the Government of India. He took charge after outgoing Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi fell into a critical condition due to a cardiac arrest. He was also given the portfolio for Ministry of Textiles on July 12 2011...
  
  , Union Cabinet Minister for Commerce and Industry
• Anand Kumar
  Anand Kumar
  Anand Kumar is an Indian mathematician and a columnist for various national and international mathematical journals and magazines. He is best known for his Super 30 programme, which he started in Patna, Bihar in 2002, and which coaches economically backward students for IIT-JEE, the entrance...
  
  , Mathematician from Bihar and Founder of Super 30

Surname

• Anand (writer), Indian writer; pseudonym of P. Satchidanandan
• B. K. Anand
  B. K. Anand
  Professor Bal Krishan Anand, better known as B. K. Anand was famous Indian Physiologist and Pharmacologist. He was credited for the discovery of feeding center in Hypothalamus in 1951. He is considered as the founder of modern Neurophysiology in India.He was born in Lahore as Bal Krishan Anand in...
  
  , Indian physiologist
• Chetan Anand (badminton)
  Chetan Anand (badminton)
  Chetan Anand Buradagunta is a badminton player from India. He is considered to be one of the best male badminton players in the country after Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi and Pullela Gopichand. Chetan Anand was a four time National Badminton champion in 2003, 2006, 2007 & 2009 but his world ranking...
  
   (born 1980), Indian badminton player
• Chetan Anand (director) (1915–1997), Bollywood personality
• Dev Anand
  Dev Anand
  Dharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...
  
  , Hindi film actor and director; director Chetan Anand's younger brother
• J. Anand
  J. Anand
  J. Anand is former racing driver from Coimbatore, India who was active during the 1980s and 90's. He currently runs a rally car team and provides automobile R&D services to various automobile manufacturers.-Background:...
  
  , Indian former racing car driver
• Mulk Raj Anand
  Mulk Raj Anand
  Mulk Raj Anand was an Indian writer in English, notable for his depiction of the lives of the poorer castes in traditional Indian society. One of the pioneers of Indo-Anglian fiction, he, together with R.K...
  
  , Indian novelist, short-story writer, and art critic writing in English
• Vijay Anand (director), Tamil film director
• Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker), Bollywood filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor; brother of actor Dev Anand
• Vijay Anand (politician)
  Vijay Anand (politician)
  Vijay Anand , is a social reformer and anti-corruption crusader keen on promoting cleanpolitics.He is the co-founder and President of , a citizens coalition against corruption...
  
  , Indian politician
• Viswanathan Anand
  Viswanathan Anand
  V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
  
  , Indian chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion
• Mayank Anand
  Mayank Anand
  Mayank Anand is an Indian actor, artist, author and director. He is best known for playing the character of Dr. Rahul on the television series Dill Mill Gayye.-Career:...
  
  , Indian actor, author, artist, designer. Debut novel: Love from the Sidelines.

Locations

• Anand, Gujarat
  Anand, Gujarat
  ]]Anand is the administrative centre of Anand District in the state of Gujarat, India. It is administered by Anand Municipality. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Anand and Kheda Districts....
  
  , a town in Gujarat, India
• Anand district
  Anand district
  Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India. It was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997. Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounded by Kheda District to the north, Vadodara District to the east, Ahmedabad District to the west,...
  
  , Gujarat State, in western India

Cinema

• Anand (1971 film), a 1971 Bollywood film starring Rajesh Khanna
• Anand (2004 film)
  Anand (2004 film)
  Anand is a 2004 Telugu film that was directed, produced and written by Sekhar Kammula. According to Kammula, the film means ..contentment, happiness. The lead roles are played by Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee. The film was well received by critics and owing to its success at the box office, it was...
  
  , a 2004 Telugu film starring Raja and Kamalinee Mukherjee
• Anand (1987 film), a 1987 Tamil film starring Prabhu Ganesan
  Prabhu Ganesan
  Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
  
   and Radha
• Anand (1986 film)
  Anand (1986 film)
  Anand was a Blockbuster Kannada Movie directed by Singitham Shrinivasarao starring Shivrajkumar, Sudharani in lead roles. Was the debut of Kannada Actor Shivrajkumar & Kannada Actress Sudharani as well. Both were phenomenal actors who made a huge impact to the Kannada Film Industry. The film went...
  
  , a 1986 Kannada film starring Shivarajkumar