Professor Sundar Singh

Professor Sundar Singh was born in 1894 in Gujranwala, Punjab. He was the son of the Wazir of Neemrana and worked in the family owned steel, flour and rice mill businesses.

He came to the UK in 1926 to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield and worked for the Sheffield Corporation in their power division and also the English Electric company where he worked on water and steam turbines and Fullager engines.

He became one of the first people of South Asian heritage to graduate from the University of Sheffield in 1928 and also one of the first to be admitted to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Sundar Singh’s peers included the civil engineer Teja Singh Malik who graduated from London in 1917 and was the only prominent Indian engineer that helped to design Delhi following the historic proclamation of King George V and Queen Mary to shift the capital of India to Delhi at the grand Delhi Durbar event of 1911.

After graduating, he returned to British India to become an education pioneer and set up various Engineering institutions in Punjab and Gujarat including the Lukhdhirji Engineering College on the request of H.H. Maharaja Shri Sir Lukhdhirji Waghji Sahib of Morvi in 1951.

Professor Sundar Singh devoted his life to improving the welfare and advancement of society through technical education and knowledge.

In the same spirit the work of the foundation is very much dedicated to supporting the most disadvantaged communities in India and across the world to ensure that our current and future generations have equal opportunities to live with dignity and respect.