Ranjit Bhatia

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Ranjit Bhatia OBE (born May 27, 1936 in London , † February 9, 2014 in New Delhi ) was an Indian athlete and university professor .

Life

Bhatia studied at St. Stephen's College of Delhi University mathematics. He then served from 1957 with a Rhodes Scholar at Jesus College of Oxford University enrolled. From there he took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome as a long-distance runner. He completed the 5000 meter run as 11th in the second run of round 1 and the marathon as 60th. Bhatia belonged to the Indian generation of Milkha Singh and Gurbachan Singh Randhawa . As a mathematician he taught at St. Stephens College in Delhi until his retirement.

Bhatia wrote extensively for sports magazines and accompanied seven Olympiads for various Indian newspapers. He published the Reebok Statistical Handbook of Indian Athletics in 1999 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Distinguished Faculty. (No longer available online.) In: ststephens.edu. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on February 8, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ststephens.edu
  2. ^ John De'Ath: Old Members' News . In: Jesus College, Oxford (ed.): The Jesus College Record . , P. 58.
  3. ^ Olympian Ranjit Bhatia passes away. In: thehindu.com. February 10, 2014, accessed February 8, 2015 .
  4. ^ Reebok handbook of Indian athletics (eBook, 1999). In: worldcat.org. April 19, 2013, accessed February 8, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Ranjit Bhatia: Reebok Handbook of Indian Athletics . Full Circle, 1999, ISBN 978-8-176-21051-5 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
personal data
SURNAME Bhatia, Ranjit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian athlete and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2014
Place of death New Delhi