Nanda (surname)

Nanda is an Indian surname. It is found among the Khatris of Punjab and Brahmins of Odisha.

Notable people bearing the surname, who may or may not be associated with the clan, include:


 * Agastya Nanda, Indian actor
 * Ananya Nanda, Indian playback singer and winner of Indian Idol Junior
 * Ashish Nanda, Director of IIM Ahmedabad
 * Bal Ram Nanda (1917-2010), Indian historian and biographer
 * Biddanda Chengappa Nanda, (1931–2018), Indian Army General
 * Chetanya Nanda, Indian cricketer
 * Govind Nanda, American tennis player
 * Gulshan Nanda (1929–1985), Indian novelist and screenwriter
 * Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998), former Indian Prime Minister
 * Har Prasad Nanda (1917–1999), Indian automotive industrialist
 * Ishwar Chander Nanda (1892-1965), father of Punjabi drama
 * Jimmy Nanda, Indian actress and model, Mrs India 2007
 * Kiranmoy Nanda (born 1944), politician
 * Meera Nanda (born 1954), Indian writer, historian and philosopher of science
 * Nabin Nanda, Indian politician
 * Nikhil Nanda (born 1974), Indian businessman, Joint Managing Director of Escorts Group
 * Pintu Nanda (1977-2023), Indian actor
 * Prashanta Nanda (born 1947), movie actor from Odisha
 * Ramakrushna Nanda (1906-1994), Indian writer in the Odia language
 * Ratish Nanda, Indian conservation architect
 * Ravindra Nanda (born 1943), HOD of Craniofacial Sciences at Division of Orthodontics
 * Sanjeev Nanda, son of Suresh Nanda, grandson of SM Nanda, accused in the 1999 Delhi hit-and-run case
 * Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda (SM Nanda, 1915–2009), Indian Navy Admiral
 * Seema Nanda, American government official
 * Serena Nanda, American author and anthropologist
 * Shweta Bachchan Nanda, Indian author, journalist and model
 * Suresh Nanda, Lieutenant Commander in Indian Army
 * Srabani Nanda, Indian sprinter
 * Swati Nanda, Indian actress and model
 * Vartika Nanda, Indian journalist and campaigner
 * Ved Prakash Nanda (1934-2024), Indian American academic
 * William Nanda-Bissell, Chairman at FabIndia