Balbir Singh Sr. to Khalsa College, Amritsar. Finally, Balbir got the permission from his family to take the transfer to Khalsa College in 1942 and began intensive training and practice sessions under Harbail's guidance. Later, Harbail coached the successful Indian national hockey team at the Helsinki and Melbourne Olympics. Khalsa College had four hockey pitches. In 1942–43 Singh was selected to represent Punjab University, which, at that time, covered colleges from a large region consisting of undivided Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Sindh and Rajasthan. The Punjab University team won All India Inter-University titles with Singh as Captain three years in a row: 1943,
Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu (), also spelled as Gurbax Singh Sandhu, is the present Boxing coach of India. He started coaching the Indian National Team from the year 1993. He was influential in bringing a medal to India in 2008 Summer Olympics, when Vijender Singh of India won bronze, which was the first ever medal for India in Boxing at Olympics. He has also helped Indian Boxers in their Performances in World Championship. He stopped coachin Coaching boxing of India till July 2013. Sandhu's association with the sport goes back to his childhood days at Sainik School, Jamnagar,