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'''Ranbir Singh''' (born June 30, 1925) was an Indian chemist, academic administrator and politician. Singh served as the principal of the Janta Vedic College (formerly known as Jat Vedic College), Baraud, Uttar Pradesh, India from 1963 to 1972.<ref name="College History">{{Cite web|title=College History |publisher=Janta Vedic College Baraut (Baghpat) |url=http://www.jvc.ac.in/college-history.asp |access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> He was the founding principal of [[Sri Aurobindo College]].<ref name="Surajmal Memorial">{{Cite web|title=Suraj Sujan April 2020 |publisher=Surajmal Memorial Education Society |url=https://surajmalmemorialeducationsociety.org/suraj-sujan-april-edition/ |language=en-US |access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> From 1994 to 2000, he served as Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.<ref name="Surajmal Memorial" />

== Background ==
Ranbir Singh was the third child of late Ch. Kanwal Singh and late Mrs. Manbhari Devi, born in village [[Titawi]], district [[Muzaffarnagar]], Uttar Pradesh, India.

== Education and teaching ==
After completing his schooling at Titawi, Baghra, and Muzaffarnagar, he did his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani|Birla College of Technology and Science, Pilani]] in 1949. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Organic Chemistry from [[Banaras Hindu University]], Varanasi in 1955. After completing his Ph.D., Singh was appointed as a faculty member in the Chemistry Department at Sagar University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh (now [[Dr. Hari Singh Gour University]], Sagar). In 1957, Dr. Singh received a postdoctoral fellowship in the Chemistry Department at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref name="Surajmal Memorial" /><ref name="Obit Ref">{{Cite AV media |date=March 11, 2020 |title=Obituary Reference {{!}} Papers laid on table {{!}} Committee Reports {{!}} March 12, 2020 |publisher=Rajya Sabha TV |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt354sEMck4 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}</ref> On his return to India in 1960, he resumed his faculty member position at Sagar University and taught there till 1963.<ref name="Surajmal Memorial" />

== Administration ==
In 1963, Singh became the principal of Jat Vedic College, Baraud, Uttar Pradesh. He was the fourth principal in the college's history and the youngest so far.<ref name="College History" /><ref name="Surajmal Memorial" /> After 9 years of service, he left to become the founding principal of Sri Aurobindo College in New Delhi where he served from 1972 to 1988.<ref name="Surajmal Memorial" />

== Rajya Sabha ==
Singh was nominated as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha to represent Uttar Pradesh from 1994 to 2000.<ref>[https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/s.pdf "Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952 - 2003"]. [[Rajya Sabha]]. Retrieved July 6, 2020</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Faculty of Science » Chemistry |publisher=Janta Vedic College Baraut (Baghpat) |url=http://www.jvc.ac.in/faculty-details.asp?FacultyID=10 |access-date=2020-07-09}}</ref> During this period, he also served as the president of the BJP working committee of Western UP in 1996.<ref name="Obit Ref" />

== References ==

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[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:Indian politicians]]

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