Wg. Cdr. G. S. Sekhon retired from the Indian Air Force in 1993 after serving for 25 years. During his service he took part in various operations including Indo Pak 1971 and earned many medals. Apart from his primary duty of flying he also served in various capacities as Commanding officer, Admn officer/adjutant and chief instructor of Nuclear Chemical and Biological warfare wherein he set up the 1st such school in the Indian Air force at Chandigarh.
After retirement he also served with e-Bas an American software company as GM in their back office in Chandigarh. In e-Bas he was responsible for selection of the candidates, their training, personality development, etc., thus enabling them to get H1B for placement in US. This was a good exposure for him to know the work culture of the US Company where top priority is given to ‘Professionalism’.
He has now joined Akal family wef 1st April, 2011 as General Manager and is responsible for running the four different departments of HR, Contract Admin, Payroll and Accounts Receivables.