10 Of The Most Successful Engineers In Non-Engineering Jobs

Here are some people who graduated as engineers but opted for a completely different profession and became quite successful in that field. Take a look..

1. Sonu Sood – Actor

Holds a degree in electronics engineering from Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering.

2. Manohar Parrikar – Politician

Chief Minister of Goa, Parrikar graduated in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay in 1978.

3. Chetan Bhagat – Author

He got a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi.

4. Ravichandran Ashwin – Cricketer

He has a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.

5. Taapsee Pannu – Actor

She holds a degree in Computer Science Engineering from the Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology in New Delhi.

6. Akkineni Nagarjuna – Actor

He got his Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy and completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University.

7. Arvind Kejriwal – Politician

Graduated in Mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1989.

8. Anil Kumble – Cricketer

He has a BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore.

9. Rowan Atkinson – Actor

He has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Newcastle University. He also pursued the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen’s College, Oxford.

10. Shankar Mahadevan – Musician

He bagged a degree in computer science and software engineering from Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology in Navi Mumbai.