Special Sikh award for Lakshmi Mittal
Monday, 22/10/2012
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London: Indian-origin steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has received a Special Recognition Award from the Sikh community here for his outstanding contribution in setting up a USD 4 billion joint venture refinery in Punjab.
Receiving the Sikh award at a programme here on Sunday night, ArcelorMittal Chairman and CEO Mittal said, “The Sikh award given to a non-Sikh is very important... This award is for the Sikhs and the people of Bathinda and Punjab”.
Referring to the refinery set up by Mittal Energy Ltd jointly with the state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd in Bathinda, Mittal said he received “tremendous support” from the state government and the refinery was fully operational with 9 million tonnes of oil a year or 180,000 barrels a day.
Sant Baba Iqbal Singh, an educationist who set up hundreds of schools in Punjab and Inderjit Kaur Ji, who has broadened the Pingalwara movement received Sikh Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Harpal Singh Kumar, CEO of Cancer Research UK, a leading cancer research charity, received the “Sikhs in Charities” award. Jagir Singh, who has served as a lecturer at the Guru Gobind Singh College, was chosen for Education Award. Other recipients of the Sikh Awards were Gurpreet Singh (India, Entertainment), Guruka Singh (US, Media), Rashpal Kaur (India, Sports) and Surender Singh Khandhari (UAE, Seva).
Paul Singh Uppal, the only Sikh Member of British Parliament won the Sikh People’s Choice award.
