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Amit is a common male name. It is common in India, Nepal, Israel, Pakistan, Iran, Middle East, and Bangladesh.

In Nepali, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Bengali, Amit (Hindi: अमित) means infinite or immeasurable or boundless. It is the wordstem root of the Amitabha Buddha and one of the 108 names of Hindu God Shri Ganesha. It also means an eternal friend of everyone in Hindi, Nepali and Sanskrit

In Hebrew, Amit (Hebrew: עמית‎) means colleague, friend.

In Arabic, Amit (Arabic: اميت‎) means being highly praised and beloved. Amit means praised and moral. It is a variation of Ahmed and is a common name throughout the Muslim world.

Given name[link]

• Amit Ben Shushan (born 1985), Israeli football player
• Amit Bhandari (born 1978), Indian cricketer
• Amit Chaudhuri (born 1962), Indian English author, best known for his book Freedom Song
• Amit Gulilai (born 1972), aboriginal name of Taiwanese singer A-mei
• Amit Kilam, drummer of Indian Ocean, a contemporary fusion music band from India
• Amit Kumar (born 1952), Indian singer, son of Kishore Kumar
• Amit Mishra (born 1982), Indian cricketer
• Amit S. Bakshi, Indian hockey player
• Amit Sana, India singer who finished second in the Indian Idol contest in 2005
• Amit Sebastian Paul, member of the Swedish pop group A*Teens
• Amit Shah (born 1964), mayor of the city of Ahmedabad, India
• Amit Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Amit Tamir (born 1979), Israeli basketball player

Surname[link]

• Meir Amit (1921–2009), Israeli politician and general
• Galila Ron-Feder Amit (born 1949), Israeli children books author

See also[link]

• AMIT, an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization
• AMIT (musician), a UK-based live music artist, composer and producer of Indian origin
• Amita, feminine form

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Amit Sana
Amit sana (right) and Harshit Jaiswal (documentary film maker)
Background information
Birth name	Amit Kumar Sana
Also known as	Am
Genres	Playback singing
Occupations	Singer, Composer
Instruments	Vocal
Years active	2004 – present

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Amit Sana is an Indian singer. He was the runner-up in the first Indian Idol (Season 1), a singing competition held in India.

He had sung along with Abhijeet Sawant, who was the winner of the Indian idol, in Abhijeet's first album Aapka Abhijeet Sawant. He has made some of his own albums like Chal diye, Yaadein. Amit Sana was a classical singer previously, but after coming into Indian Idol, he started singing contemporary songs. He had sung Bollywood songs more frequently. .

Before participating in the Indian Idol, he had completed high level classical singing classes a few years back and was studying as an engineering student in information technology and management. He was also interested in dancing and was keen to perform on stage shows.

Amit Sana is a big fan of classical singer Ustad Rashid Khan.^[1]

Amit participated in the reality show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar ^[2] on Star Plus.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Chal Diye (2005)
• Yaadein (2008)

Filmography[link]

• Delhi Heights,
• Kalyug,
• Jaan-e-mann
• Khuda Kay Liye

References[link]

External links[link]

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Amit Paul
Amit Paul in Arunachal on October 1, 2008
Background information
Born	(1982-12-28) December 28, 1982 (age 29)[1] Shillong, Meghalaya, India
Genres	Pop, Classic
Occupations	Playback singer, Indian Idol season 3 runner-up
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2007-present

Amit Paul(bengali born December 28, 1982 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India^[1]) is an Indian singer. His career started by being runner up in the Indian Idol season 3.^[2] He has become a budding Playback Singer in the Hindi Film Industry.

Early years[link]

Amit Paul was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India in 1982^[1] to Bengali parents Deepak Paul and Jaya Paul.^[3] After school and college, Amit remained in the family business of garments sales. From an early age, he had aspired to be a playback singer, but was never formally trained. He is able to sing in many languages including Khasi, Nepali, Assamese, Bodo, Bagaaniya, and Telugu.^[4]

Indian Idol[link]

Amit Paul gained his fame in the third season of Indian Idol, but he had initially attempted to try out for Indian Idol Season 2, but he did not make it to the venue in time. To ensure his entry into Season 3, he was 12 hours early for his audition, but this was only thanks to a chance call from a friend who was already at the auditions in Mumbai.^[5] Amit Paul's auditions went well, and he was awarded with three yeses to progress to the next round. Amit Paul continued to progress through the rounds but was voted out early in the competition, only to be brought back as a wild card entry. He then progresses straight to the final, but was ultimately beaten by Prashant Tamang.

Continuing career[link]

Ek Se Badhkar Ek[link]

After Idols, Amit Paul reappeared on Indian television in the new game show Ek Se Badhkar Ek (Zee TV). This saw Amit Paul being paired with Rajshree Thakur as a singer-dancer combo. The pair lasted until the 9th week, when Rajshree had to quit on doctors orders.^[6]

K for Kishore[link]

Amit also appeared on K for Kishore, a song contest in which participants must try and sing like the well known Indian singer Kishore Kumar. Amit appeared as a challenger but himself exited from the show because of a minor illness during that time.

Concerts[link]

Amit Paul has performed worldwide in a number of concerts since completing Indian Idols. His overseas tours included U.S.A., U.K., Hong Kong, South Africa, Kenya, Singapore, Kuwait, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Playback Singing[link]

Amit has begun to realize his dream to sing as a playback artist. He has debuted in Luck by Chance with the soft, romantic number Pyar ki Daastan, with Mahalaxmi Iyer as his co-singer. Reviews of the track have been positive, and the song has done well in the charts.^[7] Several of his songs are under production.

Effect on Meghalaya[link]

The populace within the state of Meghalaya has long been divided. The discord between tribal and non-tribal members of the state has resulted in harsh words between the two, as well as outbreaks of violence. Amit Paul's success brought fame to the region, and created a sense of unity between the divide. His success has allowed both sides to come together and brought a sense of peace to the state.^[8] The Meghalaya Government made him the state's Brand Ambassador of Peace, Communal Harmony and Excellence.^[9]

Famous songs[link]

• Pyaar Ki Dastaan (Luck By Chance)

Awards and honours[link]

• CNN-IBN Indian Entertainer of the Year 2007 (Nominee)

See also[link]

• Indian Idol

References[link]

Amit Singhal is a software engineer at Google Inc., a Google Fellow, and the head of Google's core ranking team.^[1] Born in Jhansi, a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India,^[2] Amit received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science from IIT Roorkee in 1989.^[3] He continued his computer science education in the United States, and received an M.S. degree from University of Minnesota Duluth in 1991.^[4]

Amit continued his studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and received a Ph.D. degree in 1996.^[4] At Cornell, Amit studied with Gerard Salton, a pioneer in the field of information retrieval, the academic discipline which forms the foundation of modern search. John Battelle, in his book "The Search" calls Gerard Salton "the father of digital search." He got interested in the problem of search in 1990 at the University of Minnesota Duluth. After getting a Ph.D. in 1996, Amit joined AT&T Labs (previously a part of Bell Labs), where he continued his research in information retrieval, speech retrieval and other related fields.^[4]

In 2000, he was persuaded by his friend Krishna Bharat to join Google.^[4] Amit runs Google's core search quality department. He and his team are responsible for the Google search algorithms. According to New York Times, Mr. Singhal is the master of what Google calls its “ranking algorithm” — the formulas that decide which Web pages best answer each user’s question.^[5]

As a reward for his rewrite of the search engine in 2001, Amit was named a "Google Fellow".^[6] In 2011 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.^[7][8] Fortune named Amit Singhal one of the smartest people in tech.^[9] In 2011, Amit Singhal was given the Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology Award at The Asian Awards.^[10] He writes about UMD:

"UMD was the turning point in my life. Studying Information Retrieval with Don Crouch and then Don recommending that I move to Cornell to study with Gerard Salton, is the main reason behind my success today. Don gave me the love for search, I have just followed my passion ever since."^[4]

—Amit Singhal

References[link]

External links[link]

• Amit Singhal's homepage