Gurpartap Singh Mann

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Gurpartap Singh Mann
Born (1968-04-11) April 11, 1968 (age 55)
Batala
Alma mater Baring Union Christian College
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Gurpartap Singh Mann (born April 11, 1968) is a member of the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) and is Chief General Manager of the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board of India. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Early life

Mann was born in an agricultural family from Punjab. His father, S. Bhupinder Singh Mann, is the leader of the Bharti Kisan Union, which was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from 1990 to 1996. Mann's father works to raise social and economic issues faced by farming and rural communities.

Mann's family moved to Batala during the partition of India in 1947 from Faisalabad. Chak 207 in Faisalabad is named after S. Anoop Singh, his grandfather.

He was educated at Baring School and Baring Union Christian College in Batala and obtained his mechanical engineering degree from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Ludhiana. He worked in Swaraj Engines of the Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation and then joined the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB). He established an organisational system which creates infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

He quit PIDB in December 2010 as the Post of Chief General Manager [11] after serving in the organisation for more than 11 years.

Career

Mann was actively involved with the Indian National Congress until he was nominated as a member of the PPSC in March 2018. [12] He is the Chief Spokesperson of the Congress. [13] [14] In 2015, Mann was appointed as the chairman of the social media cell. [15] [16]

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