Background
Sekhon, Gursharan Singh was born on June 20, 1940 in Sangrur, Punjab, India. Son of Sewa Singh and Dalip Kaur (Aulakh) Sekhon.
Sekhon, Gursharan Singh was born on June 20, 1940 in Sangrur, Punjab, India. Son of Sewa Singh and Dalip Kaur (Aulakh) Sekhon.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India, 1963. Master of Engineering in Industrial and Production Engineering, University Roorkee, India, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1970.
Lecturer, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1969-1972;
assistant professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1972-1984;
professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, since 1987;
head department applied mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, since 1996. Visiting fellow U. Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1970-1971. Visiting assistant professor of University Mosul, Iraq, 1980-1982.
Visiting professor CEMEF, Sophia Antipolis, France, 1991, 96. Consultant Airports Authority of India, 1996-1997, Public Works Department, Rajasthan, 1987, Indian Oxygen Ltd., New Delhi, 1986. Principal investigator Department Science and Technology, Delhi, since 1996.
President Group Housing Society, New Delhi. Member Indian Society Mechanical Engineers (life, president 1992-1996), Indian Society Technology Education (life), International Society of Biorheology.
Son of; married Hardarshan Kaur Brar, February 26, 1972. Children: Herlin Kaur Dyal, Jaslin Singh Sekhon.