Background
Gupta, Gian Chand was born on September 29, 1929 in Shahzadpur, Haryana, India. Son of Lachmi Chand and Shubh (Devi) Gupta.
Gupta, Gian Chand was born on September 29, 1929 in Shahzadpur, Haryana, India. Son of Lachmi Chand and Shubh (Devi) Gupta.
Master of Science, University Calcutta, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delhi, India, 1970.
Lecturer psychology, Punjab U., Delhi, 1956-1959;
lecturer psychology, Delhi U., 1959-1970;
reader psychology, Delhi U., 1970-1980;
professor psychology, Delhi U., 1980-1994;
head department, Delhi U., 1973-1976, 84-87. Fellow in residence Netherlands Institute Advanced Studies, Wassenaar, 1976-1977, India Institute Advanced Study, Shimla, 1987-1989. National lecturer University.Grants Commission, New Delhi, 1985-1986.
Director (honorary) Human Learning and Cognition Lab CSKM Ednl. Complex, New Delhi; British Council visiting scientistUnivs. Oxford and Cambridge, 1977.
Visiting scientist Max-Planck-Institute of Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Holland, 1982, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences Institute Psychology, Moscow, 1988, Carnegie Mellon U., LRDC, Pittsburgh, GeorgeWashington U., St. Louis, University of Minnesota, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, Georgia State University, Atlanta. Visiting faculty University of California, Berkeley, U. Oregon, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1984. President National Academy Psychology, 1991, advisor, since 1994.
Fellow Control Institute Indian Langs., Mysore, 1991-1992. Founding director (honorary) Human Learning and Cognition Laboratory, New Delhi, since 1991. Member of advisory county International Association Attention and Performance, 1980-1988.
Presenter seminars in several departments of psychology in Europe.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (honorary associate), Indian Academy Social Sciences Allahabad (president psychology 1994), National Academy Psychology Delhi (advisor 1993-1998), International Society Theoretical Psychology, Netherlands Fellows Association Holland (life), Netherlands Psychonomics Foundation (life), Association Sciences Study Consciousness, New York Academy of Sciences, Indian. Academy Experimental Psychology (president 1975), Society Chaos in Psychology. Cognitive Science Society.
Married Vijya Gupta, March 8, 1961. Children: Deepak, Charu.