Prof. Dr. Gurmeet SINGH

Chairman and Former Director of Sports

Department of Physical Education

Panjab University

Chandigarh, India

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Prof. Dr. Gurmeet Singh is a Professor in the Department of Physical Education, Panjab University-Chandigarh and he was also a Director of Sports in Panjab University. He completed his graduation in arts in 1993 and then did his diploma in sports coaching in Athletics in 1995 from very famous National institutes of sports, Patiala, and then he did his master’s in physical education with gold medal from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1997. He joined as a lecturer in physical education in Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1998. He completed his doctoral in philosophy in 2004; he is teaching sports training, Athletics specialization and kinesiology & biomechanics to master level students.

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At present he is a professor and holding Mulana Abul Kalam Professor Chair in the department of Physical Education, Panjab University Chandigarh (India). And his area of research is sports training and positive psychology. Under his supervision many Ph.D. thesis has been completed and he also guided so many master level theses. There are around 50 publications of Dr. Singh in national and international journals. He has been a keynote and invited speaker at many national and International conferences and workshops and also member of many international physical education and sports sciences bodies.