Education
Gupta was born in the small town of Rampur Maniharan, located 100 miles north of New Delhi, a small town (village) near Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh). After graduating high school, Mr. Gupta applied to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and was admitted into the IIT Kharagpur campus, majoring in agricultural engineering where he was consistently bottom of his class.
In 1964, he was commissioned in Indian Air Force as Flying Officer in Engineering Unit and resigned in 1967 with a rank of Squadron Leader in 14 Squadron..
In 1967, Mr. Gupta moved to the United States to get his masters degree. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with an MS Agricultural Engineering in 1969 and an MBA in 1971. He was awarded honorary doctorate by Monterey Institute, University of Nebraska, and IIT Kharagpur . He also delivered the commencement address at IIT Kharagpur in 2006
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