Gunbir Singh

Gunbir Singh S/o Late S. Dalbir Singh (a renowned person in Amritsar, both in the business and Sikh circles) was born on 14th May 1960 in Amritsar. He had his early education at St. Francis high school and D.A.V. Collage Amritsar. He did his bachor’s in commerce from Khalsa collage Amritsar in 1979. Although, he inherited family business, he expanded it to the present heights on the basis of his rich experience of working in Raymond Woolen Mills, Bombay and with the Estex Group. Presently, he is the CMD Bambino holdings, a well diversified Company with subsidiary units, viz Divine Destination – a seamless travel solution, Absolute Realty – a real estate investment enabler, Careful Handlers – an import export venture and ThrivEarch – a sustainable products and processes promoter. He has not only expanded his own business, but also played a vital role to promote Industry and Trade in Amritsar. He founded Amritsar Zonal Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CIL) and was its Chairman from 2005 to 2009.

He prepared a vision document for Punjab 2012 on behalf of CIL and presented the same to CM Punjab on 05.05.2007. He occupied positions of Chairman, and member of State Council and National Council of CIL during the period of 2009 to 2013. It was his specific interest in Amritsar that he presented a vision paper to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and also represented the city on the Divisional Planning Board for 8th Five Year Plan. He continues to be the Vice President of Amritsar Small Scale Woolen Manufacturers Association. In 2010, he accompanied the delegation with CM Punjab to Turkey, Egypt, Israel and U.A.E. to build Momentum for business and research for ultimate development of Punjab. S. Gunbir Singh is a role model not only because of his business interest and activities, but also for his social and spiritual concerns. The fact that he is a member of Concentrative Review Group, National Planning Commission for empowerment of Minorities, Financial Secretary, Khalsa College Charitable Society, Amritsar, Hon’ble General Secretary, Bhai Vir Singh Niwas Asthan, Amritsar and Member Sri Guru Singh Sabha shows his active interest to promote the welfare of Minorities, particularly the Sikhs. He is always active in any programme which is aimed at advancing the cause of Sikh religion and its followers. He represented the community from India in 2014 for The Gathering of Faith Leaders in Japan on Faith, Customs and Traditions for Sustainable Lifestyles under the UN Charter for SDG’s 2015-30. Although, he is engaged in various welfare activities being the President of Rotary Club, Amritsar Cantt. and Chairman of Dilbir Foundation (a Trust created by the family), his interest in improving the environment appears as supreme. Whenever he prepared a vision plan, he focused his attention on Environmental aspect. He is the Chairman of ECO Amritsar, an ECO Sikh US venture. He had devised a Road Map for saving water of Punjab and devised PAANI (Prevention of Attrition to Assets in Nature Initiative) lauded by Punjab Government in 2009. He had also led the movement regarding Organic Langar Programme by celebrating Sikh Environment Day. He often writes Articles for Newspapers and Journals and appears for interviews on various channels on the issues of spirituality and betterment of environment. A widely travelled Gunbir Singh is really role model for his leadership qualities in business and devotion to welfare activities with an accent on environment, academics, spirituality, legacy conservation and social upliftment. His email is gunbirsingh@gmail.com