Background
Mehta, Swarnjit was born on October 29, 1941 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Daughter of Devinder Singh and Parupkar Kaur (Kohli) Chopra.
Mehta, Swarnjit was born on October 29, 1941 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Daughter of Devinder Singh and Parupkar Kaur (Kohli) Chopra.
Bachelor with honours, Government College, Amritsar, India, 1960. Master of Arts, PB University Chandigarh, India, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Panjab University, 1971.
Research fellow, Panjab U., Chandigarh, 1964-1966; assistant professor, Panjab U., Chandigarh, 1967-1984; associate professor, Panjab U., Chandigarh, 1985-1990; professor, Panjab U., Chandigarh, since 1990; president, Institute of Indian Geographers, Pune, India, since 1995. Senior joint secretary Association of Population Geographers, Chandigarh, since 1980. Treasurer Society for Study of Geopolitics, Chandigarh, since 1994.
Member executive committee Panjab University Teacher's Association, Chandigarh, 1975-1976, 80-81, 95-96. Member National Association Geographers (executive committee 1993-1995, chairperson Communications on Population and Development 1992-1994), Indian Geograph. Society (life), Deccan Geograph.
Society (life), Indian National Cartographic Association (life).
Married Harkishan Singh Mehta, February 28, 1965.