| Field | Person | Epithet |
| Politics | Mahatma Gandhi | Father of the Nation |
| Politics | B. R. Ambedkar | Father of the Republic of India / Father of Modern India |
| Politics | Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Father of modern India |
| Politics | Potti Sreeramulu | Father of Linguistic Democracy |
| Politics | Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar | Father of Hindutva |
| Economics | M.G.Ranade (Mahadev Govind Ranade) | Father of Modern Economics |
| Science | Homi J. Bhabha | Father of Nuclear/Atomic Program |
| Science | Vikram Sarabhai | Father of Space Program |
| Science | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam) | Father of Missile Program |
| Comics | Anant Pai | Father of Comic Books |
| Geography | James Rennell | Father of Geography |
| Cinema | Dadasaheb Phalke (Dhundiraj Govind Phalke) | Father of Cinema |
| Agriculture | N. G. Ranga (Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu) | Father of Peasant Movement |
| Agriculture | Neelamraju Ganga Prasada Rao | Father of Hybrid Sorghum |
| Biology | Birbal Sahni | Father of Paleobotany |
| Biology | Dr. Arun Krishnan and Hiralal Chaudhari | Father of Blue Revolution |
| Biology | M. S. Swaminathan (Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan) | Father of Green Revolution |
| Biology | Verghese Kurien | Father of White Revolution |
| Biology | Shalihotra | Father of Veterinary Science |
| Entrepreneur | J. R. D. Tata (Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata) | Father of Civil Aviation |
| Military | Subroto Mukerjee | Father of Air Force |
| Military | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj | Father of Indian Navy |
| Engineering | Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraiah | Father of Civil Engineering |
| Medicine | Sushruta | Father of Surgery |
| Medicine | Durgesh Patel | father of Pink Revolution in India. |
| Agriculture / Horicuture | Indira Gandhi | mother of Silver Revolution. |
| Agriculture | Nirpakh Tutaj | father of Gold Revolution. |
| Agriculture / Horicuture | Sam Pitroda | father of Yellow Revolution. |
| Horicuture / Beef cattle | Vishal Tewari | father of Red Revolution. |
