Anuradha (name)

Anuradha, sometimes shortened as Anu, is an Indian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Anuradha Acharya (born 1972), Indian entrepreneur
• Anuradha Bhat, Indian playback singer
• Anuradha Biswal (born 1975), Indian track and field athlete
• Anuradha Choudhary (born 1960), Indian politician
• Anuradha Cooray (born 1978), Sri Lankan marathon runner
• Anuradha Desai, chairperson of the V H Group
• Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne (born 1962), Sri Lankan politician and entrepreneur
• Anuradha Ghandy (1954–2008), Indian communist, writer and revolutionary
• Anuradha Jayaratne (born 1985), Sri Lankan politician
• Anuradha Kapur (born 1951), Indian theatre director, teacher and writer
• Anuradha Koirala (born 1949), Nepalese social activist
• Anuradha Lohia, Indian molecular parasitologist
• Anuradha Mehta (born 1981), Indian actress and former model
• Anuradha Menon, Indian television and theatre actress
• Anuradha N. Naik, Indian botanist
• Anuradha Pal, Indian tabla virtuosa and composer
• Anuradha Patel, Indian film actress
• Anuradha Patel (sculptor), Indian-born sculptor
• Anuradha Paudwal (born 1954), Indian playback and bhajan singer
• Anuradha Ramanan (1947–2010), Tamil writer, artist and social activist
• Anuradha Ray, Indian film actress
• Anuradha Roy (novelist) (born 1967), Indian novelist, journalist and editor
• Anuradha Sawhney, former head of operations of PETA India
• Anuradha Seneviratna (1938–2009), Sri Lankan writer and scholar
• Anuradha Sharma Pujari (born 1964), Assamese journalist and writer
• Anuradha Sriram (born 1970), Indian playback and carnatic singer
• Anuradha TK (born 1960), Indian scientist and engineer
• Anuradha Thokchom (born 1989), Indian hockey player
• Anuradha Vikram, art critic, curator and lecturer

Surname

• Dulani Anuradha, Sri Lankan actress and dancer
• Umarji Anuradha, Indian writer

Other

• Anuradha (actress), Sulochana, Indian film actress with stage name "Anuradha"
• Anu Hasan (born 1970), Tamil actress and television anchor born as Anuradha Chandrahasan
• Anuruddha, disciple and cousin of Gautama Buddha
• Tara (Kannada actress) (born 1973), Indian actress and politician born as Anuradha

See also

• Anu (name), a given name and surname found independently in several cultures