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Baljinder Kaur Narang
Baljinder Kaur Narang holds a Masters Degree in Health Education from Dalhousie University and has worked her professional career as an Occupational Therapist specializing in Community Rehabilitation and Drug & Alcohol Counselling. Currently she serves on the New Vista Society Trustee Board; 2012 BC Senior Games Nominating Committee; and City of Burnaby’s Social Sustainability Strategy Steering Committee. She also serves as President for Sikh Research Institute Canada and Panjab Digital Library Canada. She was elected as School Trustee in 2008 and serves as Vice Chair of the Burnaby Board of Education. She is chair, Youth & Community Services Committee; vice chair, Task Force on Sexually Exploited and At-Risk Youth; and member of the Education and Finance committees. She is also a member of the ESL Consortium of the Lower Mainland School Boards. She works tirelessly to support the important role public education plays in making healthy and vibrant communities.
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Dr. Gurpal Singh Bhuller
Dr. Gurpal Singh Bhuller, an Orthopedic Surgeon in Chester, Virginia, has been with Sikh Research Institute’s Board of Directors since its inception. He grew up in Malaysia and did his medical training in India and New Zealand. After moving to the US in 1980, he has been involved in several Sikh organizations and charities. He is a collector of Sikh artifacts and coins and has authored “The Enquiring Guru”, published in 2006. Dr. Bhuller also serves on the board of Sikh Research Institute Canada.
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Harminder Singh Jassal
Harminder Singh Jassal currently works with the Department of Housing and Urban Development as a Senior Budget Analyst. He is actively involved in Sikh affairs and has held positions in various capacities on the Boards of several non-profit, religious, charitable, and professional organizations. He joined the Sikh Research Institute’s Board of Advisors in 2008. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife, Simran, and two daughters, Manjot and Harleen.
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Inder Jit Singh
Dr. Inder Jit Singh came to the United States in 1960 on a Murry & Leonie Guggenheim Foundation fellowship. He is a professor of anatomical sciences at New York University. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the United Sikhs, and as a trustee of the MBSK Foundation (New York). He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Sikh Review (Calcutta). He has authored four collections of essays on his journey as a Sikh in North America. Inder Jit Singh is a regular columnist on the online magazine sikhchic and has lectured extensively on interfaith issues.
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Inderpreet Singh - Chairperson
Inderpreet Singh is a Technology professional currently working for a multinational technology firm as Director of Solutions. His passion is Sikhi and Sikh community related community projects and he is heavily involved with Sikh youth camps, retreats and conferences, where he conducts seminars, lectures and interactive workshops on Gurmat-related topics. Inderpreet has frequently spoken at Interfaith conferences and events. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Sikh Research Institute, Board of Advisor of Sikh Coalition, member of Regional Committee of World Sikh Council America Region, and a member of the Energy Conservation Commission for the Town of Chelmsford, MA.
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Mandhir Singh
Mandhir Singh has over 15 years of experience in Asset Management in the US. Before starting his own firm, Mach Advisors, LLC., he worked at HHR Asset Management, J. & W. Seligman & Co., and McKinley Capital Partners. Mandhir has an MBA from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and a bachelor’s degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi University, India. Mandhir has been very active on the social service area both through providing funding as well as contributing his own time. He was the Principal of Bridgewater Khalsa School. He also helped plan and implement a number of aspects in the school successfully such as setting up of the website, implementing Sojhi coursework, starting a Gurmat Sangeet program at School and starting a soup kitchen effort. He lives in Basking Ridge, New Jersey with his wife, Achint, and two children, Noor Kaur and Dayaal Singh. Mandhir Singh is also the Tri-State Area Coordinator for SikhRI.
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Avtar Singh
Dr. Avtar Singh is Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering Department at San Jose State University (SJSU). As a professor he has taught and developed several Electrical Engineering courses and has conducted research in the areas of Digital Design, Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, and Microprocessors. He has a number of publications to his credit including eleven books that have been used around the world. His recent book on digital signal processing implementations has also been published in the Chinese language. He has served as publicity chair, publication chair, and steering committee member for the International Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. Dr. Singh helped start the Sikh Student Association (SSA) at SJSU in 1991. He lead an effort to develop curriculum for the Khalsa School run by Gurdwara Sahib in Fremont, CA. He has also participated as a judge at the Annual Hemkunt Speech Competition.
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Harpreet Singh
Harpreet Singh is a PhD Candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, where he specializes in South Asian religions. He was awarded the Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching in 2007. He is the co-founder of the Sikh Coalition and Academic Room, a social enterprise that facilitates multidisciplinary engagements among scholars and curation of "open access" educational resources. In 2003, along with Desmond Tutu, Singh was honored with the James Parks Morton Interfaith Tribute by the Interfaith Center of New York for his work to help heal local communities on the grassroots level. Harpreet Singh received his Bachelor's degree in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer and Master of Theological Studies degree in South Asian Religions from Harvard Divinity School, where he was trained in Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Urdu, French and German.
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Inni Kaur
Inni Kaur is Vice President of Spectrum Communications, an advertising and corporate design firm based in Norwalk, CN. A published poet, she is an active participant in Sikh community affairs, raising awareness on many key faith and women’s issues. She is on the editorial board of Nishaan and is an active board member of the Interfaith Council of Southern Connecticut. She also serves on the boards of the MBSK Foundation, the Kaur Foundation and the Namaskaar Foundation. Inni Kaur is is a published poet and a teacher at Guru Gobind Singh Academy of Norwalk, CT. She authored Journey with the Gurus, a children’s book about Guru Nanak Sahib. Born and raised in Kuwait, Inni Kaur lived in New Zealand, Australia and Greece before moving to the United States in 1982. She resides with her husband and family in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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Kulvir Singh Gill
Kulvir Singh Gill was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. He graduated from the University of Calgary with degrees in biology and commerce. After working for a top-tier management consulting firm and a major gold mining company, he has recently launched his own independent management consulting and coaching firm. In addition to his career, Kulvir has been actively involved in his local Sikh-Canadian community. He has served in leadership roles with the Sikh Centennial Foundation, Spinning Wheel Film Festival, and Toronto Sikh Youth Retreats. Currently, he's mobilizing a group of second-generation Sikh-Canadian youth to simultaneously launch several new non-profit organizations including the Sikh Arts Council and the Seva Food Bank. Kulvir serves on the Board of Directors for the William Osler Health System Foundation and Habitat For Humanity - Brampton. He is also a recipient of the 2010 Action Canada fellowship. Kulvir lives with his family in Brampton, Ontario. Kulvir Singh is also Greater Ontario Area (GTA) Coordinator for SikhRI.
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Parminder "Par" Singh
Parminder (Par) Singh has more than 25 years of professional experience in building, operating, and managing international businesses for private companies, government clients, and multi-national corporations around the world. He is the currently the President of Intellectual Ventures Canada. Par sits on Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of British Columbia and DigiBC and is an advisor to Canada’s Centre for Wireless and Digital Health innovation. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia and lives in Surrey, BC, with his wife, three children, two dogs, and an occasional goldfish.
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