User talk:G.B.CHANDA

G.B.CHANDA  was  born  on  6/07/1962 in  Chinsali  at Mwelwamalimba  village - then  Northern  Rhodesia (Zambia). He is  the  last born  in the  family  of  10 children for  Mr. Lefen  Chanda  and  Leah  Bwalya   Mwansa. Gabriel  Bwalya   Chanda  left  the  village  at  an   early  age - probably  6 years. He has  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Lusaka  Province .He is   married  to  Charity  Phiri  with   children. He started  school  at  Chingwere  Welfare  in  1971. He was enrolled  at  Edwin  Mulongoti  Primary  School in 1972. He sat  for  his  Grade 7  Examinations  in  1978 and  the  following  year  he  was  selected  at the  Kamwala   Secondary   School  where  he  remained  until  1983. Upon completing  Grade  12,  he  went  for training  in   Mechanical  Engineering  at  Northern  Technical  College  in  Ndola. After graduating  from  NORTEC   in  1986,  he  joined  Re-united  Engineering  -  to  equip  himself   with  industrial   experience  before  joininig   ZCF - Transport &  Engineering  Division  where  he  rose  to  the  position/s  of  Senior  Metal  Fabricator ,  Production  Supervisor   and   then   Mechanical  Engineering  Assistant ( Ag ). He was   recruited  by  UNZA  where  he  joined  in  1995 - in  the   School  of   Engineering. He was taken-up  by  the  Technology  Development and  Advisory  Unit of  the  University  of  Zambia. He has  worked  as  a  Mechanical  Engineering  Technician  for  almost  2  decades. He obtained  a  Bachelor  Degree  in  Mechanical  Engineering  from  the  United  States  of  America in April, 2013. God bless!