He started coaching the India National Team from the year 1993.
[citation needed] He was a state champion but as he says, his inclination was more towards studies.
However, destiny willed otherwise and after finishing school, Sandhu joined Government Sports College, Jalandhar, and later studied to acquire a diploma in boxing coaching from the NIS in 1975.
He went to Germany to pursue Masters in Sports and on his return, joined NIS in 1977-78.
[2] Two of his apprentice boxers reached the quarter-finals of 2008 Summer Olympics, and Vijender Singh won a bronze medal.