SHARMA SHRI DIWAN CHAND, B.A. (Hons.), M.A., Cong., (Punjab-Gurdaspur—1967):  s. of Goswami Nihal Chand; b. at Daulat Nagar, Distt. Gujarat (West Pakistan), March 8, 1896; ed. at D.A.V. High School and D.A.V. College, Lahore and Presidency College, Calcutta; Widower; 5 s. and 3 d; retired hony. Professor and Head of the Department of English, Punjab University, Chandigarh; Dean of  Language Faculty, Punjab University, since 1949; Chief Editor, Research Bulletin (Arts), Punjab University since 1951; Professor and Convener, Board of Studies in English, Punjab University since 1927; presided over the All India Educational Conference held at Nagpur in 1952 and the All India Conference of Teachers of English held at Madras, 1958; Ex-member, (I) Provincial Board of Harijan Sewak Sangh, Lahore; (2) Banaras Hindu University Court; (3) Editorial Board of the “TRIBUNE”; (4) Advisory Board of Education, Punjab; (5) Central Library Committee, Punjab; (6) Committee on Basic English (appointed by the Union Ministry of Education); (7) All India Council for Employment, Ministry of Labour; (8) National Council of Educational Research and Training, Ministry of Education; (9) Advisory Committee, All India Radio; (10) Advisory Committee, N.C.C.; Member, (1) Indian P.E.N.; (2) Punjabi University Commission, Chandigarh; (3) Syndicate and Senate of the Punjab University, Chandigarh; (4) Export and Import Advisory Committee; (5) Committee for National Foundation for Teachers; General Secretary, All India Social Conference, Lahore (1929); Ex-Secretary, Kasturba Memorial Fund Committee, Punjab; Ex-Chairman, (1) Statutory Committee, Indian Institute of Statistics, Calcutta; (2) Rural Education Committee of the World Confederation of Organisations of Teaching Profession, Washington USA; President, (1) All India Federation of Educational Associations since 1955; (2) English. Teachers’ Conference held at Hoshiarpur and Ludhiana; (3) University Teachers’ Association, Punjab University, Hoshiarpur, 1951—59; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57; Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62 and Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67; Member of the Estimates Committee, Public Accounts Committee, Committee ‘on Subordinate Legislation. Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament and various Select Committees of Lok Sabha from time to time; Chairman, Petitions Committee, 1967. 

Hobbies:  Reading and writing.

Favourite  pastime and recreation:  Music, drama and cinema.

Special interests:  Defence, education, literature, psychology and foreign affairs.

Publications:  Men and Manners; Our Indian Heritage; Life of Mahatma Gandhi; Life of Kasturba; The Prophets of the East; Tales of Friendship; The Makers of Today ; Life , More , Life .

Travels abroad:  Malaya, Korea, China, Japan Turkey, USA, USSR, Holland, France, U.K, Switzerland and Ethiopia.

Permanent address:  Tibra Road, Gurdaspur: Punjab.