Dinesh Khanna

Dinesh Kumar Khanna is an Indian former badminton player. Dinesh Khanna belongs to a prominent family of Punjab based out of Fatehgarh Churian (District Gurdaspur). His great great grandfather Diwan Tek Chand was a Diwan in the Darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. His father, the late Diwan Dilbagh Rai was an Honorary Magistrate during the British regime and a prominent land owner. Dinesh got married in 1968 to Veena Tuli who was also a sportswomen.

Their Son, Rakesh Khanna, represented Delhi state in the National Badminton championship and their daughter, Ritika was selected to represent Delhi University in Badminton.

Education: Dinesh Khanna is an alumnus of Hindu College (Amritsar), and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (PEC, now a deemed University) from where he completed his engineering degree Bsc. Civil engineering in 1965. He was honoured by PEC in 2017 with distinguished Alumnus Award.

Profession: Served in Indian Oil Corporation and retired as General Manager in 2003. Provided by Wikipedia