Tarlochan Singh gets ‘Sikh lifetime award’
Monday, 20/10/2014
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London : Former Chairman of India’s National Minorities Commission Tarlochan Singh has been conferred with the Sikh Lifetime Achievement Award-2014 for his contribution to Sikhism and other walks of life.
Describing 81-year-old Tarlochan Singh as a “walking encyclopaedia on Sikhism, sports, Indian politics and Punjab”, the citation read out at the Sikh Awards-2014 at Westminster Park Plaza last night said: “He is an able parliamentarian, sports administrator par excellence, well-read columnist, successful communicator and proven administrator.” It said Tarlochan Singh was the only Sikh to hold the post of the Chairman of National Minorities Commission.
He was also a member of the National Human Rights Commission, the Population Commission and the Rajya Sabha.
Tarlochan Singh said, “I feel honoured to receive the award as it is a positive step to promote Sikhism internationally. I cherish it all the more because the honour has come from my own community.”
He wanted Navdeep Singh, founder of the Sikh Directory Limited who instituted the Sikh awards, to consider setting up a Sikh research centre or Sikh information centre in London.
Baldeep Singh, better known as the “Renaissance Man” of Punjab for rendering the vintage etiquettes of Gurbani kirtan, won the Sikhs in Entertainment Award. Malvinder Mohan Singh, executive chairman of Fortis Healthcare, got the Sikhs in Business Award. Navtej Singh of India, one of the world’s first Sikh bodybuilders, won the Sikhs in Sports Award.
Other award recipients were the Sikh Helpline, UK, founded by Giani Sukha Singh (Sikhs in Charity); Gursharan Kaur Kandra (Canada), founder of the Canadian Intercultural Association of Students (Sikhs in Education); Sangat Television, UK (Sikhs in Media); Swaran Singh Gharial, Kenya (Sikhs in Seva); Pardeep Singh Bahra, UK (Sikh People’s Choice); Amrit Singh, Global Head of South Asian Clients with EFG Bank AG, Singapore (Sikhs in Profession); Parminder Kaur, Netherlands (Sikhs in Business-Business Woman); and Sukhi Singh Ghuman, UK (Sikhs in Business-Entrepreneur). — PTI
About the man
Tarlochan Singh has been the Chairman of the National Minorities Commission, a member of the National Human Rights Commission, the Population Commission and the Rajya Sabha
