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Bunt (community)
Bunt , previously spelled Bant, are a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala...

 surname and should not be confused with similar sounding surnames like sethi, shetti, setty etc used by other India
India
India , 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 castes and alternatively spelled the same way


Shetty is an India
India
India , 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 surname used typically by the Bunt people
Bunt (community)
Bunt , previously spelled Bant, are a community of erstwhile nobility, feudatory and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala...

,who inhabit or hail from Coastal Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 and parts of northern Kerala
Kerala
or 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....

.It is anglicised from the Tulu
Tulu language
The Tulu language |?]]]) is a Dravidian language spoken by 1.95 million native speakers mainly in the southwest part of Indian state Karnataka known as Tulu Nadu. In India, 1.72 million people speak it as their mother tongue , increased by 10 percent over the 1991 census...

 word Shetray which means nobility
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...

.

It may also refer to the following people who use it as a last name
  • A.B. Shetty, Founder of Vijaya Bank
  • Ajit Shetty
    Ajit Shetty
    Ajit, Baron Shetty is an Indian-Belgian businessman, who was born in Nellore, India on 20 May 1946. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, with its headquarters in Beerse, Belgium...

    , businessman
  • Anushka Shetty
    Anushka Shetty
    Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu...

    , actress
  • Ashwini Shetty, Common wealth(2010)400MTS hurdles, Gold Medalist(2010)
  • Balkrishna Shetty
    Balkrishna Shetty
    Balkrishna Shetty is a retired Indian diplomat who served as India's Ambassador to Sweden, Latvia, Bahrain, Senegal and Mali- Early life and education :...

     , Indian diplomat
  • B. Nagaraja Shetty
    B. Nagaraja Shetty
    Bantwal Nagaraja Shetty is an Indian politician who has been a minister in the Government of Karnataka-Biography:Born in a Bunt family. Shetty entered politics when he joined the Hindu Nationalist, Bharatiya Janata Party.In 2004 he was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Bantwal...

     , Former Minister, Government of Karnataka
    Government of Karnataka
    The Government of Karnataka is a democratically elected body with the Governor as the constitutional head. The Governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers...

  • B. R. Shetty,Business Tycoon
  • B. Subbayya Shetty
    B. Subbayya Shetty
    B. Subbayya Shetty is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the Government of Karnataka. He is also the President of the Karnataka State unit of the Janata Party. He was M.L.A of Surathkal constituency in the erstwhile Karnataka legislative assembly....

     , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka ,Janata Party President (Karnataka State)
  • B. Vithal Shetty
    B. Vithal Shetty
    Dr. Bola Vithal Shetty is an India born American scientist who developed Metolazone and was associated with the Food and Drug Administration agency.-References:...

     , India born American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     scientist
  • B. Vittaldas Shetty , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka
  • Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty
    Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty
    Bola Chittaranjan Shetty is a famous Kannada and Tulu writer,and is the president of the 16th Mangalore Taluk Kannada Sahitya Sammelan held in year 2010.-Works:...

     ,Author
  • Dayanand Shetty
    Dayanand Shetty
    Dayanand Chandrashekhar Shetty is an Indian film and television actor. He has played Senior Inspector Daya in the Indian television series C.I.D. since 1998.-Personal life:...

    ,Actor
  • Devi Prasad Shetty
    Devi Prasad Shetty
    Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India for 1 year between May 2010 and May 2011, after the MCI was reconstituted.-Life and career:...

    , physician
  • I. M. Jayarama Shetty
    I. M. Jayarama Shetty
    Irmady Moodalakatte Jayarama Shetty was a Member of Parliament who represented the Udupi Constituency of Karnataka in the 12th Lok Sabha.He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.-Bio:...

    ,politician
  • J. V. Shetty
    J. V. Shetty
    Jagannath Venkappa Shetty is an Indian Banker who has been the Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank, Chairman of Indian Banks' Association from January 5, 1993 - August 16, 1994.He also headed the J. V...

    , Indian Banker
  • Kalidas Shetty
    Kalidas Shetty
    Kalidas Shetty is a noted food scientist, an associate professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts, and a recipient of the Jefferson science fellowship. He is the author of a significant number of books on food science...

    ,Scientist
  • K. K. Shetty
    K. K. Shetty
    Kemthur Kanthappa Shetty was an Indian independence activist, journalist and a Member of Parliament who represented the Mangalore Constituency in the 5th Lok Sabha.He was a member of Indian National Congress....

    ,Politician
  • K. Amarnath Shetty
    K. Amarnath Shetty
    Kodman Amarnath Shetty is an Indian politician who has been a Minister in the Government of Karnataka-Biography:Born in a Bunt family to Mr. Kanthanna Shetty and Mrs.Rathnavathi Shetty...

     , Former Minister,Government of Karnataka
  • Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty
    Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty
    Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty is a former judge of Supreme Court of India and retired Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court who also served as acting chief justice of the Karnataka High Court-Bio:...

    ,Former Justice of Supreme Court of India
    Supreme Court of India
    The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...

  • Manmohan Shetty
    Manmohan Shetty
    Manmohan Shetty is known as the 'man with a midas touch' in Indian film industry.-Career:Manmohan Shetty started his career as short film-maker after coming out of FTII, Pune. He also started a small lab, to process 16mm films. His lab, used to be known as the Adlabs, , processes more than 80% of...

    ,Founder Adlabs
  • Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty ,Indian banker
  • Namita Shetty
    Namita Shetty
    Namita Shetty born September 8, 1988 is an Indian model, beauty pageant contestant, and graphic designer for pageant website Missosology.org. Growing up in Mumbai, Namita graduated with a degree in Mass Media and Advertising...

    , Model
  • Nitesh Shetty
    Nitesh Shetty
    Nitesh Shetty is an Indian Entrepreneur and the Founder and Managing Director of Nitesh Group of Companies whose main interest are real estate and property development.-Biography:Born in a Bunt family to Mr. P.V. Shetty and Mrs. Pushpalatha Shetty...

    ,Indian Businessman
  • Neeta Shetty
    Neeta Shetty
    Neetha Shetty is an Indian television actress. She has starred in the TV series Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann and Kahiin to Hoga as Dr. Archita and currently plays the role of Mamta in the T.V. series Sanjana. Both shows are telecast on Zee TV...

     ,Actress
  • Prakash Shetty
    Prakash Shetty
    Prakash Shetty is an Indian cartoonist. He was born in Mangalore, Karnataka. He began cartooning in 1975 at the age of 15. He worked as a staff cartoonist for Kannada Publications. Kitoo, a comic serial with a boy as the main character, has been published in several different magazines for 15 years...

    , cartoonist
  • Reshma Shetty
    Reshma Shetty
    -Education:Shetty was born to Indian parents and was raised in England and Richmond, Virginia. She originally studied pre-med at James Madison University, but success in vocal competitions prompted her to switch majors and graduate with a B.A. in opera performance...

    , actress
  • R. N. Shetty,Businessman
  • Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty
    Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director, presenter and cinematographer. His work as director include the hits Golmaal, Golmaal Returns, Golmaal 3 and Singham....

    , filmmaker
  • Sadhu Shetty
    Sadhu Shetty
    Sadanand Nathu Shetty , better known by his nickname Sadhu Shetty, was a notorious Indian extortionist, criminal-politician and underworld don, based in Mumbai.-Varadarajan Mudaliar gang:...

    ,gangster
  • Salil Shetty
    Salil Shetty
    Salil Shetty has been the director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign since October 2003. Before joining the UN, he served as the Chief Executive of ActionAid. He is an Indian national.-Amnesty International :...

    ,Secretary General, Amnesty International
    Amnesty International
    Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

  • Satish Shetty
    Satish Shetty
    Satish Shetty, popularly known as Satish, was an Indian social activist, noted for exposing many land scams in Maharashtra. He had used the Right to Information Act to expose irregularities in Government offices in the last five years...

    ,Indian Social activist
  • Shamita Shetty
    Shamita Shetty
    Shamita Shetty is an Indian actress. She is the younger sister of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.- Early life :Shamita is the second and youngest daughter of Surendra and Sunanda Shetty...

    , actress
  • Sharad Shetty
    Sharad Shetty
    Sharad Shetty was an Indian mobster based in Dubai. He was one of Dawood Ibrahim’s top aides and was known to control most of the cricket betting racket in the Indian sub-continent. He belonged to the powerful Bunt community of South Canara district of Karnataka. Sharad Shetty was shot dead at The...

    ,gangster
  • Shashi Kiran Shetty
    Shashi Kiran Shetty
    Shashi Kiran Shetty is an Indian entrepreneur and business personality.The major stakeholder in All Cargo Global Logistics Ltd, A Logisitcs company with maketshare in India and Belgium.According to the Business Standard magazine he is the 98 richest man in India. with estimated wealth of 1046.21...

    ,Indian businessman
  • Shilpa Shetty
    Shilpa Shetty
    Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...

    , actress
  • Shweta Shetty
    Shweta Shetty
    Shweta Shetty is an Indian pop singer known for her albums and for her contributions to Bollywood film soundtracks. She currently lives in Hamburg. She is married to a German, Christian Brandt.Her song johnny joker was a famous one....

    , singer
  • Sudarshan Shetty
    Sudarshan Shetty
    Sudarshan Shetty is a contemporary Indian artist who has worked in painting, sculpture, installation, video, sound and performance. He has exhibited widely in India and more recently he has become increasingly visible on the international stage as an important voice in contemporary art. His work...

     , Indian artist sculptor
  • Suniel Shetty
    Suniel Shetty
    Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, hotelier and liquor and fashion boutique owner. He is mainly active in Bollywood.-Career:Shetty made his acting debut in the 1992.His film Balwaan which was a moderate success. He gave 2 hit films in 1993 Pehchaan and Waqt Hamara Hai. His first...

    , actor
  • Suresh Shetty
    Suresh Shetty
    Suresh Hiriyanna Shetty is an MLA from the Andheri constituency and Minister of state in the Maharashtra government holding the following portfolios Higher Education, Medical Education, Parliamentary Affairs, Special Assistance, Tourism...

    ,Minister Maharashtra state Government,India
  • Vijith Shetty
    Vijith Shetty
    Vijith Shetty is an Indian football player. He is currently playing for Air India FC in the I-League in as a midfielder.-External links:* http://goal.com/en-india/people/india/21111/vijith-shetty...

    ,Footballer
  • Vikrant Shetty
    Vikrant Shetty
    Vikrant Shetty is a cricketer who has played one One Day International for the United Arab Emirates.- External links :**...

     , Cricketer
  • V. P. Shetty
    V. P. Shetty
    Vaddarse Prabhankar Shetty better known as V.P. Shetty is an Indian banker who retired as Chairman and Managing Director of IDBI Bank in 2007.Before joining IDBI,He was also the Chairman and Managing Director of UCO Bank and Canara Bank...

    : Former Chairman of IDBI Bank
    IDBI Bank
    The IDBI Bank Limited is one of India's leading public sector banks and 4th largest Bank in overall ratings. RBI categorised IDBI as an "other public sector bank". It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to provide credit and other facilities for the development of the fledgling Indian...

    , UCO Bank
    UCO Bank
    Uco Bank, formerly United Commercial Bank, established in 1943 in Kolkata, is one of the oldest and major commercial bank of India. Ghanshyam Das Birla, an eminent Indian industrialist, during the Quit India movement of 1942, had conceived the idea of organizing a commercial bank with Indian...

     and Canara Bank
    Canara Bank
    Canara Bank is a state-owned financial services company in India. It was established in 1906, making it one of the oldest banks in the country. As on 2009 November, the bank had a network of 3057 branches, spread across India...

  • [ Mayur Shetty} ;BE Automobile .Manager True Value

Place

Shetty is also a shortening of Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
In the United Kingdom, Shuttleworths are lists of people canvassed to be likely to vote for a particular political party in the PIG model of an electoral campaign. The idea is that once someone is determined to have voted, they are crossed off the list, thus maintaining an always up-to-date record...

, Shettleworth or Shottleworth in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

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