Nayar
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Nayar, Nayyar or Nair can refer to:
Groups of people:
People:
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Groups of people:
- Naga People from North Eastern IndiaNaga peopleThe term Naga people refers to a conglomeration of several tribes inhabiting the North Eastern part of India and north-western Burma. The tribes have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority ethnic group in the Indian state of Nagaland...
- The successors of Nāga traditionNagaNaga or NAGA may refer to:* Nāga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.-People:* Nayan / Nayar/Nair people of Kerala Society* Naga people, a diverse ethnic identity in Northeast India...
- NayarNairNair , also known as Nayar , refers to "not a unitary group but a named category of castes", which historically embody several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom bore the Nair title. These people historically live in the present-day Indian state of Kerala...
– a caste from the South IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of KeralaKeralaor Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions.... - Nayar (Khatri)Nayar (Khatri)Nayyar/Nayar is a surname from the region of Punjab, India. The people who bear the name are Khatris belonging to the Sareen sub-group. The surname Nayyar drives basic origin from Kunjah in Gujrat district of Western Punjab abutting to River Chenab area...
– a KhatriKhatriKhatri is a caste from the northern Indian subcontinent. Khatris in India are mostly from Punjab, region but later they migrated to regions like Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Jammu, Uttarkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber...
community from the North Indian state of PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
People:
- Abhishek NayarAbhishek NayarAbhishek Mohan Nayar is an Indian international cricketer. He plays first class cricket for Mumbai and also represents Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He is selected for West Indies tour in 2009. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.Abhishek was...
– an Indian first-class cricketer - Kunal NayyarKunal NayyarKunal Nayyar is an Indian actor born in London, England, and raised in New Delhi, India. He is known for his role as Rajesh Koothrappali on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.-Education:...
, an Indian-American actor, starring as Rajesh Koothrapalli in The Big Bang TheoryThe Big Bang TheoryThe Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers... - O.P. Nayyar, an Indian film music director
- Sushila NayyarSushila NayyarSushila Nayyar, also spelled 'Nayar' , was the younger sister of Pyarelal Nayyar, personal secretary to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and the Gandhis' personal physician.-Biography:...
, Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
's personal secretary and physician - Pyarelal NayyarPyarelal NayyarPyarelal Nayyar was the personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi in his later years. His sister Dr. Sushila Nayyar was the Personal Physician to Mahatma Gandhi....
, her brother and Gandhi's other secretary - A NayyarA NayyarA Nayyar is a Pakistani ghazal/film Singer.He started singing in 1974, beginning his career from film Bahisht. His first film song Yunhin din cut jayen, yuhin shaam dhal jaye... was a duet song with Rubina Badar in film Bahisht , composed by A. Hameed...
, a Pakistani singer - Ankur NayyarAnkur NayyarAnkur Nayyar is an Indian television actor from Pathankot,Punjab, India.-Career:He won the Gladrags Manhunt North India in 2000. He then represented the North Zone at the Gladrags Manhunt All India Finals where he placed in the top 5. He has been successfully doing commercials for Maruti Alto,...
, an Indian actor - Anuj NayyarAnuj NayyarCaptain Anuj Nayyar was an officer of the 17 Jat Regiment of the Indian Army, who was posthumously awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest gallantry award, for exemplary valour in combat during operations in the Kargil War in 1999.He was born to a Punjabi Khatri family and grew up in...
, an Indian army officer - Abdul Hameed NayyarAbdul Hameed NayyarAbdul Hameed Nayyar is a Pakistani physicist and nuclear activist. He specialized in solid state physics and quantum physics, and quantum mechanics. He was a visiting research scientist at the Princeton University and worked on Renewable Energy and Clean Fuel Program at the Sustainable...
, a Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist - Deepak NayyarDeepak NayyarDr.Deepak Nayyar is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta , and the New School for Social Research, New York. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of...
- Nayyar Ali DadaNayyar Ali DadaNayyar Ali Dada is an architect, who is renowned in Pakistan.-Early life and Education:Born Nayyar Ali Zaidi, he was given his commonly recognized last name by a teacher for his painting and drawing skills...
- Kuldip NayarKuldip NayarKuldip Nayar is a veteran Indian journalist and syndicated columnist, noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator.-Early life and education:Nayar was born at Sialkot, Punjab, British India on 14 August 1923....
- Shree K. NayarShree K. NayarShree K. Nayar is an engineer and computer scientist known for his work in the fields of computer vision, computer graphics and computational cameras. He is the T. C. Chang Professor of the at Columbia University. Nayar co-directs the and is the head of the , which develops advanced computer...
Other
- El NayarEl NayarEl Nayar is a municipality in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The population was 30,551 in 2005 in a total area of 5,100 km². The municipal seat of Jesús María had a population of 1,520 in 2005. El Nayar is the home of the Huichol and the Cora Indians....
– Mexican municipality - Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Jesús María (del Nayar)
- Oren–Nayar Reflectance ModelOren–Nayar Reflectance ModelThe Oren-Nayar reflectance model, developed by Michael Oren and Shree K. Nayar, is a reflectance model for diffuse reflection from rough surfaces...
– Model in PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...