Class of 2026: Star kids who graduated this year, from Rysa Panday to Deacon Phillippe

From Mumbai to Manhattan, this year's graduating class includes some very famous last names

Every year, graduation season brings with it a fresh wave of proud parent posts and tearful hugs on university lawns. This year, however, quite a few of those parents happen to be some of the biggest names in the entertainment world. Here's a look at the star kids who walked away with their degrees and started a new chapter of their lives in 2026:

Chunky Panday and Bhavana Panday's younger daughter Rysa (22) officially joined the ranks of graduates this month as she completed her studies from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Actor and proud elder sister Ananya Panday celebrated the milestone on Instagram with a series of candid family pictures from the graduation ceremony in the US. In the caption below, Ananya wrote: “My chuchu is a graduate”

Actor Juhi Chawla’s son Arjun (22) graduated from Ivy League institution Columbia University in New York, following in the footsteps of his older sister Jahnavi Mehta (25) and businessman father Jay Mehta, who also studied at the same university. As a proud mother, Juhi shared the news on social media along with pictures and an announcement about taking a well-deserved holiday now that both her children are officially settled. She wrote: “Columbia ‘26 anddd initiated into the elite Phi Beta Kappa Society … many congratulationsssss Arjunnn!! Chalo … ab chutti”