Background
Gurkirpal, Singh was born on April 4, 1938 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Son of Pritam Singh and Beant (Kaur) Baryah.
Gurkirpal, Singh was born on April 4, 1938 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Son of Pritam Singh and Beant (Kaur) Baryah.
Bachelor Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Punjab Veterinary College, Hisar, India, 1959. Master Veterinary Science, Bombay Veterinary College, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, India, 1968.
Assistant professor virology, Great Britain Pant U. Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India, 1964-1965;
assistant research officer, research officer, Virus Research Center (now National Institute Virology), Pune, India, 1967-1970;
senior research officer, Indian Council Medical Research Virus Unit, Madras and Agra, 1970-1973;
virologist, Punjab Agricultural U., Ludhiana, India, 1973-1985;
senior virologist, professor, Punjab Agricultural U., Ludhiana, India, since 1986;
head department veterinary bacteriology and virology, Punjab Agricultural U., Ludhiana, India, 1992-1996;
associate professor, U. Mustansiriyah College Medicine, Kufe, Iraq, 1980-1982. Fulbright visiting fellow United States Information Agency and Indo-United States Subcommn. Edition and Culture, Wooster, Ohio, 1993.
Principal investigator department biotechnology Government of IndiaProject, State Government Project, Ludhiana, 1991-1994. Expert, reviewer department biotechnology, New Delhi, since 1994. Consultant viral diseases animal husbandrydept.
Punjab State, Chandigarh, since 1986.
Fellow Indian Association Advancement Veterinary Research (life). Member Indian Virological Society (life), Indian Society Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (life), Conference Research Workers in Animal Diseases (life).
Married Darshan Kaur Ratti, December 6, 1964. Children: Gagandeep Singh, Shelly Standard.