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'''Gurdip Singh Randhawa''' (16 February 1925 – 29 August 2015) was an Indian academic who served as Vice-Chancellor of [[Guru Nanak Dev University]], Amritsar and as Principal of [[Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College]], Delhi. He received [[Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest civilian award of India, in 2009 in science and engineering.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017.pdf | title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2017) | publisher=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209002842/http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017.pdf | access-date=7 March 2019| archive-date=9 February 2018 }}</ref><br />
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Randhawa was professor of English literature at Khalsa College and also served as the principal of the college from 1971 to 1988.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sgtbkhalsadu.ac.in/fprincipal.jsp | title=Former Principals | publisher=Khalsa College | date=2014 | access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> He later chaired the position of Vice-Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University from 1989 to 1997 serving for almost three tenures. He was known for initiating various infrastructural changes in the university and also for starting the maximum number of academic programmes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gnduaa.org/University/OurViceChancellors/tabid/71/Default.aspx | title=Vice Chancellors of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar | publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University | date=2017 | access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref> He died on 29 August 2015 at Chandigarh at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/community/former-gnd-university-vc-randhawa-dead/126353.html | title=Former GND University VC Randhawa dead | publisher=Tribune | date=20 August 2015 | access-date=7 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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