Glittering Mands
S. PRABHJOT SINGH MAND - IAS
S. Prabhjot Singh Mand is an IAS Officer. Before going in to the biography of S. Prabhjot Singh Mand, I want to bring out the significance of being an IAS officer. Indian Administrative Service is the full form of IAS. The officers of the Indian Administrative Service plays a major role in managing the bureaucracy of both Union Government and State Government, with its members holding strategic post across the country. The Constitute Assembly of India intended that the bureaucracy should be able to speak out freely without fear of persecution or financial insecurity as essential element in unifying the nation. IAS officers are recruited by the Union Government and posted under various State Governments. While the respective State Government have controlled over them. They cannot censure or take disciplinary action against IAS officer without consulting the Union Government or Central Government. This is what the Capability and Authority, S. Prabhjot Singh Mand had being an IAS officer. To my imagination S. Prabhjot Singh Mand is the first IAS officer in the history of Mand Clan. He deserves a very big appreciation from all of us and we all are proud of him who has made known Mands to everyone being the DC of Mohali.
2. He was born in Jalandhar. His native village is Bhutta in District Ludhiana. He studied all through in Chandigarh. After completion of Matric from Senior Model School Sec-16, Chandigarh, he did B.Sc. (Medical) from DAV College, Chandigarh and LLB from Department of Laws, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He was very fond of Hockey during his young days. He played Hockey and represented DAV College, Chandigarh and Punjab University Campus. He proved that studies and sports can go side by side and still you can attain the highest laurels in life.
3. Presently he is Labour Commissioner, Punjab and earlier he was Deputy Commissioner of Mohali. As DC of a district, he was responsible for the general administration of the district. In addition he was District Collector and District Magistrate also. Even the Police gets the general directions from DC as a District Magistrate. He is in charge for the govt assets in his district. I am emphasising more on DC post because it effects you and me. At all times labour commissioner post is at a higher level and authority further increases with that.
4. A person who has got this authority is approachable to everyone is unbelievable, rather he encourages you to talk to him and he calls you by name to encourage you. This proves the Sardari base from the origin. My first meeting with him was during 1999 without any previous meeting. I enjoyed the time I stayed with him and hospitality shown by him was unmatched. Subsequent meetings realised that he is not only known to me, he knows my brother Jasbir Singh Mand better than me. It is a matter of coincidence that my brother and his cousin are good friends in Canada and he has met
my brother through his cousin without my introduction. Good behaviour and humanity plays its role at its own. My brother considers he knows him better and I consider I know him better. It is leading to the same story of a child who was claimed by two mothers in front of a judge. Idea of emphasising is that I am not getting the appropriate words to put across the genuinenity, friendship and humanity shown by him whenever I got a chance to meet him. He might be going through lot of responsibilities and pressures from the higher ups for day to day life but I enjoy the authority which he has got.
5. Mand clan is proud of him and we all wish that Almighty keeps him fit, happy and healthy to reach the top most place in his carrier. God Bless the Family with a Happy and Long Life.
S. HARCHAND SINGH MAND
S. Harchand Singh Mand was born on 14 July 1938 at VPO Lohat Badi, Tehsil Raikot, Distt Ludhiana.He has two brothers, one has served in Army and other one is doing faming in his village. He did schooling from his village school. He completed MA Economics in first Division and joined Cooperative Department and later to Punjab State Corporate Bank where he progressed from Distt. Manager to Divisional Manager and then to Deputy General Manager. Subsequently he was Managing Director of Sugarfed for 15 years and looked after 9 Sugar Mills. He retired from active service in June2000.
During service he received the following Awards
(a) Five National Prizes as Managing Director from Honourable Prime Minister of India, Food Minister of India and Agriculture Minister of India.
(b) He also received Udyog Rattan from Govt of India during 1988.
(c) Due to his dedication and extra ordinary work, S. Harchand Singh Mand was given an extension of 4 years.
He has two children. S. Surinderjit Singh Mand IPS is his son who is SSP Vigilance in Ludhiana. His daughter Dr Kamaljit Chhina is a Doctor MD and Professor and Head of Deptt and Vice Principal of BRS Dental College and Hospital.
S. Harchand Singh Mand even at the age of 73 yrs is energetic and extremely busy in his day today life. He is deeply involved in Social Work and is holding the following portfolios.
a) President Healthy neighbourhood Residence Association of Phase- 3A Sector 53 Mohali.
b) Vice President of Federation of Sector Wise Welfare Associations of Mohali.
c) President Mohali Senior Citizen Association Mohali.
S. Harchand Singh Mand with so many commitments in hand is still ever ready for the additional jobs. He is always quiet, cheerful, approachable and helpful. Mand Clan is proud to have such an educated and well placed leading family. Rest of us should follow the footsteps of such a wonderful educated family to come up in life and to be helpful to society.God Bless the family and give Long Cheerful Life to S. Harchand Singh Mand.
S. MOHINDER SINGH MAND
S. Mohinder Singh belongs to Mand family who ruled on 16 villages during nineteenth century. He has written a book “We were Emperor Once” & brought out the complete history of Mands including his own family history. These estates of 16 villages were in the vicinity of Doraha Mandi near Ludhiana and to control this estate their family headquarter was at Doraha.
He was born in May 1930 at village Basiak (Maternal parent’s village) and grew up in Village Lopon. S. Mohinder Singh completed his primary education at RS Khalsa High School, Jaspalon and stayed in Lopon till 1939. His father S. Prem Singh Mand was a civil servant at Patiala & he stayed at Patiala where as his family stayed in Lopon. He studied languages & Mathematics. He completed his Master Degree in Mathematics in 1953 followed by Teachers Training. He played hockey, football and volleyball at junior level. At the age of 18, he started playing Basketball and became Captain of his Mahendra College during 1949. During 1954 he attended Basketball Coaching Camp at Sri Nagar, organised by Basketball Federation of India. During 1957-58 he was appointed coach for Punjab School Basketball team and won an overall championship during Inter-State Tournament.
His first appointment was a teacher of Maths at City High School, Patiala in 1954. He was given a lecturer grade during 1956 but he resigned from the teaching service in July 1959 to try his luck for better prospects in Nairobi, Kenya.
On 22 Mar 1959, he got married to Mrs. Ravinder Kaur Tiwana (Citizen of Kenya) in Bombay by performing a very simple marriage consisting of eight marriage party members. His uncle S. Gurbachan Singh Mand & S. Harbans Singh Mand who was living in Kenya at that time arranged it. The main reason for marriage was that he could go to Kenya for better prospect.
He was adopted as a son by Sarder Pratap Singh at the age of ten years because he had one & only one daughter. At that time the land could not be transferred to her name according to the Indian Constitution, so he preferred that he (adopted son) should get the land rather than his brother or nephews. After the death of S. Pratap Singh in 1941, his real heirs filed a case for the land and he has to fight a long case in the court for ten years. Ultimately he lost the case on the grounds that opposition proved that adoption was in name only, in other words paper adoption. He lost Rs. 25000/- in total & he was deprived of youthful activities due to the tussle. His family survived only due to the help of his maternal grandmother Har Kaur Sidhu.
In the meantime his elder brother Sukhdev Singh Mand had to cut short his education because their father S. Prem Singh Mand died in 1943. His brother got a job in the Veterinary Department of Patiala. His brother got married to Mrs. Satwant Kaur Grewal from Narangpur village near Ludhiana. Marriage party started from Lopon instead of Patiala because their kith & kin were there. S. Sukhdev Singh had three sons & three daughters. They are now all well qualified professionals. Presently they all hold very high positions in Civil Service, Education,
Medicine and the Army. It is a real success story of a person who managed to educate & settle all his children with a very moderate income.
S. Mohinder Singh Mand & his wife Mrs. Ravinder Kaur moved to Kenya after marriage. Both were qualified and undertook teaching profession. He was Vice Chair Person of National Basketball Association in Kenya. Both husband wife were earning a reasonable salaries and were able to afford full time cook, bungalow of 2 acres & a nanny / aya for the children. They had a busy life with social, cultural, religious & sports activities. All the three children of their were born in Kenya.
After Kenya got its independence in 1963, the security of Asians was badly affected. Shops & business were looted. Asian was the first target because of their wealth. All residents, Asian in particular were issued British Passports by UK because of their loyalty. Asians were permitted to migrate to UK but in an orderly manner. Their family left Kenya for England in Feb 1977 with bag & baggage.
Satvir Singh Mand is the eldest son of S. Mohinder Singh Mand. He did his second degree in Architecture from University of Liverpool. He got married to Harpreet on 23 Dec 1984. She did master in Architecture. Their son Xavier was born on 12 Sept 1991 in London. Due to recession in 1990, Satvir moved to Japan in 1991 to try his luck. They stayed for three years in Japan. He was moved to Malaysia by his company to build an airport at Kuala Lumpur. Harpreet also moved to Malaysia. In 1998 they came back to England & their son Jahan Singh Mand was born on 19 Jun 1998. Satvir moved to Australia during 2001 for permanent settlement. Satvir is working for an International Architecture Firm called Fox & Harpreet completed her Ph.D., in Architecture.
Jaswinder nicknamed Jimmy was born on 12 Nov 1964 in Kenya. She did course in Pharmacy from Portsmouth Polytechnic & did a diploma in Marketing while in service. She got married on 30 Dec 1997 to Balwinder Singh Nagi who was working as a contact lenses specialist. They migrated to Australia for their future in 2000. They were blessed with a son Sajun on 17 Jun 2002.
Navdeep Kaur Mand nicknamed as Deepi was born on 30 Jul 1973 in Kenya. She was looked after by her full time nanny named Sarah. She could communicate in Jalluo, Kiswahili, Punjabi and English at the age of three & a half. Her ‘O’ Level result was very good. She was in the school team for netball, basketball and rounders. She had to forgo sports because of her knee injury. She was head girl in the school while completing her ‘A’ level. She studied politics from Nottingham University. She did PGCE at Sheffield University during 1995. She picked up the teaching profession and taught English and Media. She quitted teaching profession & went to Ghana for voluntary services for two & half years. She came back to England & picked up teaching job again. She is sympathic & will go out of the way to help others.
MIGRATION
The road map of this Mand family is as follows starting from Central Asia.
o Assyria
o Persia (Iran)
o Afghanistan
o India
o Sarhali Mandan Distt. Tarn Taran, Patti-Amritsar Rd. 2 KM
o Sarhali Khurd Distt. Tarn Taran, Tarn Taran Patti Road.
o Doraha Mandi Distt. Ludhiana 22 KM GT Road.
o Lopon Distt. Ludhiana, Teh Samrala, P.O. Mehdoodan
Samrala-Doraha Road.
o Kotla Surmukh Distt Ropar, Teh Chamkaur Sahib
Singhwala P.O. Bahlolpur 160014, Bela Machhiwara Road 3 KM
Railway Station Machhiwara 28 KM
o Baho Majra Distt. Ludhiana Teh Khanna P.O. Baho Majra 141401
o Baian Distt. Patiala
o Patiala
o Kenya Cities – Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru, Magadi in East Africa
o United Kingdom London
o Japan Tokyo
o Canada Toronto, Ottawa
o America Phoenix, Dallas
o Australia Sydney
o France
Five families who started their journey from Central Asia originally from Assyria. The grandparents who started their journey from V. Sarhali Mand, near Tarn Taran
(i) Sardar Prem Singh Mand S/O S. Hira Singh Mand
(ii) Sardar Hari Singh Mand S/O S. Bishan Singh Mand
(iii) S. Mihan Singh Mand & S. Kehar Singh Mand (Both brother)
(iv) S. Fateh Singh Mand S/O S. Narain Singh Mand
(v) S. Mansa Singh Mand
RISE & FALL OF MAND FAMILY
During the beginning of Nineteenth Century the above said grandparents migrated from Sarhali village in Distt. Tarn Taran To Doraha Mandi, then to Lopon.
At that time Sardar with muscle was entrusted to look after the interest of certain areas. He was responsible for the internal & external protection especially from the Muslim looters. The Government at the Centre (Khalsa Panth) was paid a part of collection by these Sardars, which normally used to be one fifth from the farmers. One of the above said forefathers was appointed as Sardar who carved an estate for himself.
As per S. Mohinder Singh Mand, it is an authenticated fact that his ancestors were given Sixteen villages as a reward for the part they played during the struggle for the formation of the Khalsa Raj (Sikh Independent state). This estate was situated in the vicinity of Doraha Mandi near Ludhiana. Doraha was made the Headquarter to control this small estate. Five Mand families, the fore fathers of S. Mohinder Singh Mand, moved to control the new allocation. They
were supposed to provide x number of horses, y numbers of infantryman & food for both at the time of an emergency. The collection of revenue, law & order, justice and general administration was the responsibilities of these five families. These elders were expected to tow the line of central or National Government of the time.
These great grandparents could not fulfill the commitment of providing men & material to the central organisation when it was needed, hence twelve villages under the Mands Jurisdiction were confiscated for not honouring , their commitments. Mands were left with four villages of Bilala, Khere, Kube & Lopon under the jurisdiction of Maharaja of Patiala. The headquarter was moved to V. Lopon from Doraha Mandi. The five Mand families lived in this village (Lopon) for more than a century. Resources of income reduced drastically since family share was one fifth of the total produce of these four villages.
In the beginning of twentieth century, the five Mand families become landless lords. The Govt. passed a law that the title deeds would be transferred to the names of farmers who had been tilling the land for the last ten years. The Mands lost control & authority to the tillers of land.
Mand were given a Jagir, by Govt. a regular payment (Quarterly or yearly) as agreed by both parties. This money was sufficient to had a comfortable & respectable life & continued for a century. However as time passed, the increase in Jagirs with respect to inflation was not enough to maintain standard of living.
After independence during 1947, Sardar Vallabbhai Patel was successful to annexe all the states. Similarly Congress Govt. took initiative to get rid off big and small landlords & Jagirdars. The Govt. put a ceiling in which nobody could have more than 30 acres of Agricultural land & ten acres of fruit & vegetables. Jagirdars were given ten times the annual amount which they were getting. In turn Jagirdars had to forfeit the ownership of the land & the titles. In 1955 the agreement was signed and sealed and that was the end of the Chapter of Jagirdar & the privileges that go along with it. The Mands lost their shrunken empire & became landless who were lords once.
The high social status which this family had once, forced to move out to other places from Lopon. Few went to nearby cities, some joined Armed Force & other ventured abroad to foreign countries especially Singapore & Malaysia, and East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
S. Mohinder Singh Mand is presently staying in England. He enjoys a good health at the age of 81 years. He has the distinction of being a teacher in India, East Africa & England. At tis age also he is energetic enough to help & serve the community. He has special love for the Mands and Mand relatives. I am extremely thankful to him for sparing his time on phone / Email to guide me. I pray to God to give him a Happy and a long life & to keep him cheerful as ever.
S. TARLOK SINGH MAND
S. Tarlok Singh Mand, S/O S. Karnail Singh Mand belongs to V. Mand situated at Jalandhar-Kapurthala Road. He was born on 15 Jan 1950. He belongs to a very progressive Jat Sikh Mand family. He is well educated and experienced in all fields, let it be the Sarpanchy of a village or Block Samiti or Development Plan of a city or a finance matter. By virtue of his humanly simple approach he is wanted everywhere. He had the following responsibilities because of his capabilities.
(a) Sarpanch of village Mand for 20 years in a row in which he was elected Sarpanch four times where the population is around 2000. This speaks very high of his capabilities.
(b) Block Samiti Member (Jalandhar West) for ten years.
(c) Member of District Planning
(d) Managing Director and owner of Mand Finance Limited registered with Reserve Bank of India. This itself shows the clean heartedness and clear approach to the humanity.
(e) Owner of Mand Filling Station.
(f) Management of Mand Complex built at Kapurthala Chowk, Jalandhar City.
2. His brother Doctor Gurpal Singh Mand is settled in Toronto, Canada since 1973. He has three children and all the three are Doctors in Canada.
3. S. Tarlok Singh Mand has two sons Daljinder Singh Mand & Sukhpreet Singh Mand. Both are well qualified to help their father. His daughter Maninder Kaur is settled in Brampton, Toronto, Canada. While talking to her on phone I am impressed with her mannerism.
4. S. Tarlok Singh Mand not only has earned his name in public life as a Sarpanch or a business man, he is equally devoted to Sikh religion. His devotion to the village Guruduara & Humanity in general speaks volumes. He is very approachable and meets even his unexpected guests happily. This is by virtue of his family bringing up.
5. Mand Clan is proud of S. Tarlok Singh Mand and wish him & his family a “Chad Di Kala” & all the successes in life.
DR JASWINDER SINGH MAND
Dr. Jaswinder Singh Mand is from village Mand Maur. He belongs to a very educated family. His village is on Kishangarh- Kartarpur Road at 3 KM from Kishangarh. Kishangarh is on Jalandhar – Pathankot road at 8 KM. His bio data is given below.
Address: Vill. Mand Mour,
P.O. Kartar Pur,
Distt. Jalandhar,
Punjab - 144801
Education: B.A.Hons.(English) from Doaba College Jalandhar,
L.L.M.Hons., Ph.D.(International Law) from Moscow.
Present Occupation: Writer, Journalist.
Previous Occupation: Taught in J.N.U., New Delhi; Worked as Senior Scientific
Officer in the Department of Ocean Development,
Government of India; Did business of foreign trade
in India,
Russia and the U.S.A.
Travel: Very fond of travel. Apart from traveling to far away corners of India, including Ladakh, North-East, Lakshadweep, been to more than 50 foreign countries.
Literary Publications:
Books:
1) ‘Mashkule’ (Punjabi), 2000
2) ‘The Se cret Of Happiness’ (English), 2003
3) ‘Jeevan Mein Anand’ (Hindi), 2004
4) ‘Kale Sagar, Chitte Parbat’ (Punjabi), 2010
Scientific Publications:
1) ‘L.L.M. thesis on ‘International Legal Aspects of Turning the Indian Ocean into a Zone of Peace’, Moscow, 1983, 93p.(in Russian)
2) ‘International Legal Concept of Zone of Peace’.// Socio-Economic and Legal Problems of Developing Countries. Moscow, 1983, pp.37-41 (in Russian)
3) ‘Antarctica as a Zone of Peace’. // Economic and Legal Regulation in Service of Social Progress. Moscow, 1985, pp.13-19 (in Russian)
4) ‘Legal Concept of Common Heritage of Mankind’. // Developing Countries and International Law. Moscow, 1986, pp.61-65 (in Russian)
5) ‘Antarctica as a Zone of Peace’. // Popular Jurist, New Delhi, 1986, No.2, pp.26-28.
6) ‘Ph.D. thesis on ‘International Legal Regime of Antarctica as a Zone of Peace and Cooperation’. Moscow, 1986, 206p. (in Russian)
7) ‘International Legal Regime of Antarctica as a Zone of Peace and Cooperation’. Synopsis of the Ph.D. thesis. Moscow, 1986, 14+2pp. (Russian/English)
8) ‘Some Legal Aspects of Coastal Zone Management’. // Publications of Seminar on Coastal Zone Management and Sea Level Rise. New Delhi, 1989, pp.89-90.
9) ‘Re-evaluation of the Functions of the Sea based on New Knowledge of the Sea’. // Proceedings of the LSI Tokyo Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii, 1990.
Father: Sohan Singh, was the first person from the village to get the degree of B.A., B.T. and to occupy the post of Headmaster of a High School.
Grandfather: Shankar Singh, though studied only up to class 5, yet was well versed in Guru Granth Sahib. Was the Sarpanch of the Panchayat. Courted arrest during the agitation against the Betterment Tax.
Great grandfather: Amar Singh, went to China in search of job. Never came back.
Great grandfather: Thakur Singh
Paternal uncle (chacha): Gurmit Singh Shugli, was the first person to get two
M.A.’s and L.L.B.; Presently practicing as advocate in Jalandhar District Courts.
Paternal uncle (chacha)’s sons: Rajinder Singh Mand & Ramanjit Singh Mand. Both are advocates.
I visited their village, met S. Gurmit Singh Shugli and S. Ramanjit Singh from his family. Dr Jaswinder Singh was away to Dalhousie in connection with his project work. The family hospitality was exceptional and impression was given as if we knew much earlier. I stayed with them for one hour and collected all the required information required for this book. Since then we are in touch to exchange the notes. I contacted Dr Jaswinder Singh on phone and requested him to send the details of his family; he accepted my request and obliged me promptly. I am extremely thank to him. We are proud of this exemplary family and wish to have future relations. God Bless and give them more happiness.
BRIGADIER GURNEK SINGH MAND
Major Hardial Singh Mand, S/O S. Mehar Singh Mand belongs to V. Hirdapur, Distt. Ropar. Brigadier Gurnek Singh Mand is the elder son & Col Kuldeep Singh Mand is the younger son of Major Hardial Singh Mand.
2. Col Kuldeep Singh Mand completed his MBBS from AFMC, Pune & joined army as a Commissioned Officer in the Medical Core. During service he did specialisation in MD Medicine. After serving 36 years in Army he retired from Army & settled in Mohali. Presently he is working with ECHS at Ropar. His both sons Sartaj Singh Mand and Hartaj Singh Mand after completing their graduation in Bachelor of Computer Science migrated to Australia & are permanently settled there.
3. Brigadier Gurnek Singh Mand also completed his MBBS from AFMC, Pune & joined Army as a Commissioned Officer in Medical Core. He did MD in Hospital Administration during service in Army. He served for 36 years in Army & settled in Mohali after retirement. His elder son Major Mandeep Singh Mand is an Army Officer and is presently posted in Kalingpong. His second son S. Sandeep Singh Mand after completing engineering joined Infosys & is presently on deputation to Australia.
4. Mrs. & Brigadier Gurnek Singh Mand are wonderful host, happy going, quick in taking decision but moving slowly, helpful & concerned about the needs of others. Because of his medical profession so many youngsters have taken advantage for medical clearance during recruitment. This is to the extent that Brigadier Gurnek Singh himself goes along with the needy boys to talk to the concerned doctor. It really shows the devotion to the humanity. For collection of information about Mands, we have to go to the various villages to collect data, he did not think twice & moved along with us to visit the villages at noon hours in summers. I cannot forget the hospitality of theirs & kind courtesy shown to us during our visit to their house. There is too much to learn from him. His blessings are always required. God bless the family with a long and a happy life.
NOTE: V. Hiradapur is at Ropar-Purkhali Rd. 2KM. All Jat Sikhs of this village are Mands. Brigadier Gurnek Singh Mand’s family is known as Pakka Kothe Wale since they were the first to construct a Pakka house (Brick house). This family has done extremely well in the village.
S. JASBIR SINGH MAND
S. Jasbir Singh Mand, S/O S. Resham Singh Mand was born on 25 Apr 1954 at V. Mand in Hoshiarpur District in the family of “Chelian Da Parivar”. He was the fourth child of his parents. His father was in Indian Railways & he was lucky enough to be with his parents at the place of his father’s posting. He studied at Jalandhar, Amritsar & Ludhiana. He was an intelligent student. He did B. Sc. & M.Sc. Horticulture from Punjab Agriculture University during 1976 in first division. He was not only good in studies, he participated in sports also. He was a good Hockey player and he participated in 400 mtrs, 1500 mtrs race in PAU. He had a good physique with an athletic look. He is 5’10”.
2. After completion of his studies, he joined PAU as a Research Associate. Simultaneously he tried his luck elsewhere for better job. He was selected as a Probationary Officer in Bank of India and Procurement Officer in Markfed. He neither joined Bank nor Markfed. The reason for not joining these lucrative offers were that he got engaged to Ms. Susan, who was in Canada & whole family wanted that he should go to Canada.
3. His papers for going to Canada were through for immigration & during 1980 he went to Canada & got married to Ms. Susan in Canada on 28 Jun 1980. She is Executive Assistant to Director of Operation Planning / Contract Management -- CHS. Jasbir switch over to various jobs because of better prospects. Finally he got into his own business & presently he had three warehouses managed by him and one of his partner. He is happy & progressing well.
4. He has two sons Randeep & Arondeep. Randeep is tall and a healthy boy who got married to Sharonjit on 18 Jul 2009 in Canada. Randeep is certified General Accountant & Sharonjit has done B.A. Pol Science. Both Randeep & Sharonjit are happy. Aron has done Bachelor of Business Administration & presently undergoing Corporate law in England. He is in the final years of his course. He is very active, cool and a good footballer.
5. Jasbir though migrated to Canada during 1980 but he has not forgotten his roots. He is always happy to help the needful. He particularly is very concerned about the elderly people. He keeps in touch with the seniors of the family. He spent lot of money and organised a medical camp at village for the benefit of all the needy. He liberally gives financial support to the village Guruduara and all the needy young students of the village. He has also helped a poor family for the marriage of their daughter. His soft & approachable nature has win many minds.
5. His wife Susan is very understanding and cooperative. Being born & brought up in England/ Canada, she shows lots of love and affection to all the family members at home front. Everyone likes her smiling face and helping nature. Jasbir & Susan are respected for exemplary management of personnel affairs. They display unusual gift in putting everyone at ease. We wish them best of luck and happiness in life.
COL JS MAND
S. Nihal Singh Mand of V. Thakarpura, Tarn Taran had two sons. S. Sewa Singh Mand and S. Kartar Singh Mand. Both sons of S. Sewa Singh Mand named as S. Pratap Singh Mand & S. Balwinder Singh Mand are staying in Thakarpura only. Their origin is Sarhali Mandan, Patti Amarshahi.
2. All the three sons of S. Kartar Singh Mand named Col Jagjit Singh Mand (Col JS Mand), Col Joginder Singh Mand and S. Surjit Singh Mand has moved out from V. Thakarpura. S. Surjit Singh Mand has moved out to Pilibhit in UP and settled there permanently.
3. Col Joginder Singh Mand has served in Army (ASC). His elder son S. Hardev Singh Mand is Insurance Development Officer, second son S. Gurdev Singh Mand has moved out to USA permanently & third son Col Sukhdev Singh Mand is from ADA Defence (Army). Col Joginder Singh Mand is settled in Amritsar at Mand Niwas, Kabir Park, opposite Guru Nanak University, Amritsar.
4. Col JS Mand after a long service of thirty two years in Army has settled at 1129, Sector-34C, Chandigarh. He is seventy years old & is as energetic as ever. His active participation in the Ex-Serviceman Society has brought many laurels to the defence personal. He is socially very active & is ever ready to help. Once he makes up his mind to do anything, he does not leave it incomplete. His hard work and simple approach in life has helped his children to do extremely well in life, rather they are the examples for Mand community.
5. His elder daughter Paramvir Mand is Additional Session Judge at Kaithal, second daughter Ravinderpal Kaur Mand is Super Specialist Nephrology (Kidney) & only son Sadi Mand has done Doctorate of Jurist Prudence from Hasting University, San Francisco, USA.
6. Whole family is happy, cheerful & is a motivator for Mands. We wish this family a happy long life.
S. INDERJIT SINGH MAND
S. Inderjit Singh Mand S/O S. Mahnga Singh Mand was born on Oct 1961 in V. Mand, Distt. Hoshiarpur. He did initial schooling at village school. He did extremely well in school. He joined ITI, Patiala to complete Draftsman & Mechanical (Auto-CAD) course and completed during 1979. Being a village boy to do Auto CAD course during 1979 speaks very high of his general awareness and his technical mind. After completion of this course he started working, simultaneously he did not leave his studies. He completed MA in Political science during 1988 from Punjabi University, Patiala. Still his urge for studies was not fulfilled and he joined Post Graduate Diploma in Material Management and completed during 1994 from Punjabi University, Patiala.
2. He went abroad to UAE during Sept 1989 and worked as Chief Draftsman / Project Coordinator in Schuco International, Germany at Sharjah till July 1995. Then he migrated to Canada and presently working as Head Draftsman / Coordinator in Columbia Glazing in Burnaby, BC for the last 15 years.
3. He is a tall, handsome and well built person. He is cheerful and happy going person. Hardwork is in his blood. It is only the hardwork and devotion to the profession which has taken him to this level in Canada.
4. He has two daughters Preena & Parul. Both are healthy and studying in Canada. I am extremely thankful to Preena who has helped in typing this book on computer which has saved my effort and time.
5. Though Inderjit is there in Canada, but he has not forgotten his roots. During my visit to Canada in 2009 I visited his house and talked to him regarding updating and rewriting the book on our village which I have written during 2000, he immediately extended his help and encouraged Preena to undertake the job of feeding the data to computer from my old book. That is how Preena has done the job. Not only that his helping nature and continuous interaction, has motivated me to undertake the job of rewriting the old book once again. He has provided me the financial help also for this job. I am extremely thankful to him.
6. Our village is proud of him, we all wish him the success and happiness in life.
COL PARVINDER SINGH MAND
He was born on 03 Aug 1959 at village Mand in Hoshiarpur Distt. His Father Capt Mahnga Singh and Mrs Mohinder Kaur is his mother. He has two sisters and two brothers. His younger brother Satpal Singh Mand was the rising star of V. Mand who expired in a road accident at the age of 35 years. His second brother Inderjit Singh Mand is settled in Canada & is a great well wisher of Mand community.
2. He studied in a village school at Teli Chowk. He stood first in school and had brilliant academic records. He did his B. Sc. From DAV College, Dasuya in first division during 1980 and completed M. Sc. (Physics) at Kurukshetra University during 1982.
3. He got selected for Short Service Commission in Army and joined OTA Chennai in Oct 1982. He got commission in Corps of Engineers (Bengal Sappers) on 27 Aug 1983 and joined 58 Engineering Regiment. He got permanent Commission in 1988.
4. During service in Army, he graduated in B. Tech (Civil) in 1st Division from College of Military Engineering (CME), Pune (JNU) during 1991. Subsequently he acquired M. Tech (Town Plng) degree from IIT, Rorkee in 1995 in 1st Division with honours (Gold Medal). He completed PGDM (Fin) from Symbiosis Institute of Management in 1997.
5. He had a balanced profile of serving with troops, staff, instructional and MES. He was instructor in College of Military Engineering and taught B. Tech students. He commanded a field company (Engrs) which provided Engineering support for execution of nuclear blasts at Pokaran in 1998.He was awarded Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card twice in Aug 98 and Jan 99 for devotion to duty, a rare distinction for a Military man. He served in army for 26 years at various stations including Pune, Chandimandir, Jalandhar, Pathankot, J&K, Norh East, Pokaran etc. He took premature retirement as Colonel.
6. He joined Public Sector construction company, Ircon International Ltd in April 2006 as Joint General Manager and was appointed Project Head of Rs 3500 Cr J&K Rail Link Project at Banihal. He was responsible for construction of 68 Km stretch of line in Ramban district, which also included 11 Km long Pir Panjal Tunnel at Banihal. He served in the project with distinction for four years (extended tenure) and posted to company head office in New Delhi as Head of Administration. Now he has been promoted to the rank of Additional General Manager and posted as Project Head of one Billion Dollar Rail Project in Sri Lanka being executed by Ircon International Ltd.
7. He owns a house in Panchkula and his family is settled there. He married to Ms. Baljit Kaur & his two sons, Ramandeep Singh & Ripudaman Singh are healthy & cheerful. Ramandeep Singh is a student of MBA in Mumbai after completing his Engineering & Ripudaman Singh, is Engineering student in Panjab Engineering College Chandigarh.
8. Our village is proud of this family and we wish them a best of luck.