Ludhiana: City-based man, Angad Singh Dhillon has been appointed as director operations in the ministry of transport federal government of Canada.
Angad hails from Ghungrana village, Ludhiana.
His great grandfather Gurnam Singh Ghungrana was one of the pioneer member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) in the early 1930s followed by his grandfather, Jagjit Singh Ghungrana, a progressive farmer and leader.
Dhillon was also the former chairman of Punjab Agro Industries Corporation and member in management board of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU).
He completed his graduation in international relations from Mount Allson, Sackville, New Brunswick.
In 2015, Angad joined the Liberal Party.
He first started as field organiser and was responsible for Peel region, which has 11 parliamentary ridings (constituencies).
Due to his efforts as an organiser, the party won all of the 11 ridings of Peel region.
Dhillon then moved to Ottawa and joined as officer in assistant outreach and operations department with Liberal Research Bureau.
His work profile included working with ministers and help formulating policies regarding South Asian and Eastern European Communities across Canada.
The highlight of his job was the background work and the logistics of the ‘Komagat Maru Apology’ by the Canadian government.
City man appointed as official in Canadian govt
