Amit Kansal

Born on September 24, 1975, at martyr land popularly known as Shaheed Udham Singh Wala, Sunam, near the border of Haryana in Sangrur district of Punjab, Dr. Amit Kansal has outstanding academic credentials throughout his education. He obtained his Doctorate in Political Science from Punjabi University, Patiala. His thesis research work was on the “Akali Alliances in Punjab Since 1967” which had been acclaimed and hailed by various political scholars at different platforms.

He completed three Master's degrees in Political Science, Journalism Mass Communication, and Distance education with distinction from various recognized Institutions and Universities. With an always learning attitude, he has a keen interest in honing his analytical skills through continuing upgrading his education. Recently he graduated with Law (LLB) degree.

His whole school education is from Udham Jyoti Public School, Sunam. Since his school days, he had a keen interest in the current political and promotion of education among needy and underprivileged sections of society. Since his whole family is involved from the heart in social work, he forwards the legacy of the family to a large extent. Various renowned societies and clubs at the local and state levels have awarded and appreciated him. Apart from this, his efforts are much appreciated by the local and state administration during various state-level functions.

Currently, Dr. Kansal is working as a Senior Assistant Professor and heading the Department of Political Science, Nehru Memorial Government College, Mansa, Punjab. He is an acclaimed and celebrated social scientist in the field of Political Science and has been associated with prestigious organizations like National Service Scheme as Program Officer, the Indian Red Cross Society, UGC, and RUSA as an expert. Besides this, he has been playing an instrumental role to disseminate education among poor and underprivileged school and college dropouts through distance education, as he has also been associated with esteemed National Open University i.e IGNOU, New Delhi since 2013. While working with rural and disadvantaged youth, more than 5000 students are educated and trained in various fields and enhanced their skills to make them self-dependent. Several started their start-up and lived the good life. He is playing an epitomized role to make Atamnirbhar Bharat.

Besides, above, Dr. Kansal is also Director (Administration & Academics) in Krishna Group of Institutions, Ralli (Buddha). He is involved in social causes, especially in the field of Education and the protection of the Environment. He is also serving as Managing Director of Nirman Campus of Education Research and Training, Sunam, Punjab.

On the social front, he is Chief Executive and Founder of Nirman (A Social Organisation) and Kansal Foundation for Education, Skill Development, and Employment. Due to his strenuous and selfless efforts, he is most popular as a professor, teacher, and human being among all walks of life. Having faith in his leadership, he had been assigned various coveted positions such as State Vice President, ABVP, Punjab, and many more. He also served as State Executive Member of Saravhitkari Education Society (Vidya Bharati), Punjab, and played an important role in the assessment of institutions and Principals to make all institutions more productive and to fix accountability. Director of Sh. Suraj Kund Saravhitkari Vidya Mandir, Sunam and Sr. Chetan Singh Saravhitkari Vidya Mandir, Mansa and list goes on.

His various publications display his strong academic acumen. He has various publications under his name. Books like Foreign Policy of India, Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Punjab Politics, to name a few, that has been authored by him. He presented his research work on various platforms and published various scientific papers in reputed journals. He has command of various languages such as English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Punjabi.

Dr. Kansal joined the Board of NHPC Limited as Independent Director on 21st November 2021.