Sarwan Sahota is a Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at Ryerson University. Sahota was born in Dhuleta, Panjab, India in 1932. He earned his BSc (Hons.) (1955), his MSc (1957) and his Phd (1961) in Chemistry from Panjab University, as well as a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry (1964) from the University of Leeds. Sahota taught at Ryerson from 1965 to 1991. He was President of the Ryerson Faculty Association from 1975 to 1977, Chairman of the Department of Applied Chemical and Biological Sciences from 1980 to 1986, Associate Dean of the Faculy of Business (1989), and sat on a number of other administrative committees within the University. Prior to joining the faculty at Ryerson, Sahota was a lecturer at Panjab University (1960-1961), the Brotherton Research Lecturer at Leeds University (1961-1964), and a Research Fellow at the University of Toronto (1964-1965). In 1995, Sahota established the Sarwan Sahota-Ryerson Distinguished Scholar Award, presented annually to a Ryerson faculty member who has made an outstanding contribution in their area of expertise.