Gurpartap Singh Mann

Who is Gurpartap Singh Mann?

Gurpartap Singh Mann is a former Chief General Manager of the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board, India.

Born on 11 April 1968 at Batala, Gurpartap Singh Mann belongs to a prominent agricultural family from Punjab; his father, S. Bhupinder Singh Mann, is a famous farmer's leader of the Bharti Kisan Union who also remained a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha. S.Bhupinder Singh Mann is still playing a very active role in raising social and economic issues faced by farming and rural communities.

His family moved to settle in Batala during the partition in 1947. His early schooling was from Baring School and Baring Union Christian College at Batala. He did his Engineering in Mechanical from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College at Ludhiana. He did MBA from Punjab University. He worked in Swaraj Engines, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation and then moved on to join Punjab Infrastructure Development Board. He was one of the founding employees who structured and established the important organisation, which creates Infrastructure projects through public/private partnerships. He has to his credit about 50 such projects. He quit the organisation in December 2010 from the Post of Chief General Manager after having served in PIDB for more than 11 years. He is now involved in social work and is also working on renewable energy projects.