Kushal Pal Singh or K.P. Singh was born on August 15, 1931. K.P. Singh, the Chairman of DLF Group has given a new form to the real estate business of India. After graduating in Science from Meerut College, he went to UK to study Aeronautical Engineering. While pursuing engineering in UK, K.P. Singh was selected to the prestigious Indian Army, by British Officers Services Selection Board, UK. He joined the Indian Military Academy at Dehradun and was later on commissioned into The Deccan Horse-a renowned cavalry regiment of The Indian Army.

K.P.Singh joined American Universal Electric Company which is a joint between Universal Electric Company of Owosso, Michigan and K.P.Singh’s family. Later he established Willard India Limited in co-operation with a Philadelphian company ESB inc. He joined DLF Universal Limited as the managing director in 1979. Also he is the no 05 position in the India’s rich list at the end of the year 2009.

Kushal Pal Singh also held a number of professional positions in India.

Present positions:

• Chairman of the Board, DLF Limited.

• Chairman and Director of 31 different private companies engaged in various sectors

Of the economy.

• MeCommerce & Industry (FICCI).

• Member of Delhi Vision Group to overview the Master Plan of Delhi 2021.

• Honorary Consul General, Principality of Monaco.

Positions held:

• President of the apex industry chamber of the country, Associated Chamber of

Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).

• President of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

• Director of Central Board, Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Source

● wikipedia

External links-

● www.dlf.in

● forbes/billionaires

● ICC Player of the Year

● Women’s Cricketer of the Year

●Test Player of the Year

●One-day Player of the Year

●Captain of the Year

●Emerging Player of the Year

●Test Team of the Year

● One-day Team of the Year

●Spirit of Cricket Award

●Umpire of the Year

ICC awards-2004 awards

ICC awards-2005 awards

ICC awards-2006 awards

ICC awards-2007 awards

External links

official website of the icc

●Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Yuvraj Singh

●Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)

●Test Player of the Year: Dale Steyn (SA)

●ODI Player of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni(Ind)

●Emerging Player of the Year: Ajantha Mendis(SL),

●Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)

●Captain of the Year: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

● Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Charlotte Edwards(England)

●Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka cricket Team

●World Test Team of the Year 2008 is as follows (in batting order):

●Graeme Smith (SA, captain), Virender Sehwag (Ind),Mahela Jayawardena (SL)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Jacques Kallis (SA)

Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicketkeeper), Brett Lee (Aus), Ryan Sidebottom (Eng)

Dale Steyn (SA), Muttiah Muralidaran (SL), 12th man: Stuart Clark (Aus)

●World one-day XI:

Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Younis Khan (Pak), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind, wicket-keeper), Farveez Maharoof (SL), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Mitchell Johnson (Aus), Nathan Bracken (Aus), 12th man: Salman Butt (Pak)

●Test Player of the Year: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

●ODI Player of the Year: Michael Hussey (Australia)

●Emerging Player of the Year: Ian Bell (England)

●Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)

●Captain of the Year: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

●Women’s Cricketer of the Year: Karen Rolton (Australia)

●Spirit of Cricket: English cricket team

● World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Michael Hussey (Aus), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Rahul Dravid (Ind, captain), Mohammad Yousuf (Pak), Kumar Sangakkara (SL, wicket-keeper), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shane Warne (Aus), Makhaya Ntini (SA), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Brett Lee (Aus)

● World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Ind), Ricky Ponting (Aus), Mahela Jayawardene (SL, captain), Yuvraj Singh (Ind), Michael Hussey (Aus), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Irfan Pathan (Ind), Brett Lee (Aus), Shane Bond (NZ), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL), 12th man: Andrew Symonds (Aus)

● Player of the Year: Awarded jointly to Andrew Flintoff (England) and Jacques Kallis (S Africa)

●Test Player of the Year: Jacques Kallis (S Africa)

● ODI Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)

● Emerging Player of the Year: Kevin Pietersen (England)

● Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)

●Spirit of Cricket: England

●World Test XI: Virender Sehwag (Ind), Graeme Smith (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Jacques Kallis (SA), Brian Lara (WI), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Shane Warne (Aus), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Anil Kumble (Ind)

●World one-day XI: Marvan Atapattu (SL, captain), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Kevin Pietersen (Eng), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Andrew Symonds (Aus), Daniel Vettori (NZ), Brett Lee (Aus), Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak), Glenn McGrath (Aus), 12th man: Jacques Kallis (SA)

●Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)

●Test Player of the Year: Rahul Dravid (India)

● ODI Player of the Year: Andrew Flintoff (England)

●Emerging Player of the Year: Irfan Pathan (India)

●Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)

● Spirit of Cricket: New Zealand

● World Test XI: Matthew Hayden (Aus), Herschelle Gibbs (SA), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Rahul Dravid (Ind), Brian Lara (WI), Jacques Kallis (SA), Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Shane Warne (Aus), Jason Gillespie (Aus), Steve Harmison (Eng)

●World one-day XI: Adam Gilchrist (Aus, wicket-keeper), Sachin Tendulkar (Ind), Chris Gayle (WI), Ricky Ponting (Aus, captain), Brian Lara (WI), Virender Sehwag (Ind), Jacques Kallis (SA), Andrew Flintoff (Eng), Shaun Pollock (SA), Chaminda Vaas (SL), Jason Gillespie (Aus)

Usain Bolt 200m World Record (Slow motion Chariots of Fire)

The world’s first sand castle hotel has recently opened at weymouth beach in the seaside town of dorset in the UK. The hotel was constructed from approximately 1000 tonnes of sand, built over 15sqm reaching a height of 4m. The open air family room with a sea-side view has a double and single bed made of sand which will set you back a mere $21 (£10) a night to sleep under the starry skies.

source-BBC /news /