The Sikh 100 (2015)

India
1. Sant Baba Kulwant Singh Ji
Jathedar,
Sri Hazur Sahib

Singh Sahib Jathedar Sant Baba Kulwant Singh Ji was born in Nanded Sahib on 1st May 1967. Baba ji grandfather was Sardar Mangal Singh Ji, Kadewale.

India
2. Sant Baba Labh Singh Ji
Spiritual Leader

Sant Baba Labh Singh Ji, Kar Sewa Wale is a name that brings to mind the idea of generosity, help and service. Sant Baba Labh Singh Ji services are a supreme example of dedication and sacrifice.

India
3. Giani Gurbachan Singh Ji
Jathedar,
Akaal Takht Sahib

Jathedar Singh Sahib Giani Gurbachan Singh is the current religious Head of Sri Akaal Takht Sahib, the supreme religious authority of the Sikhs, based in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

India
4. Mr Parkash Singh Badal
Former Chief Minister,
Punjab

Parkash Singh Badal is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of the state of Punjab since 2007 and is one of the top 10 richest politicians in India.

India
5. Sant Baba Iqbal Singh Ji
President,
The Kalgidhar Trust

Baba Ji, born in 1929, grew up with a resolve to dedicate his life to spreading the Divine Message of Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

UK
6. Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji
Spiritual Leader, GNNSJ

Bhai Sahib (Dr) Mohinder Singh Ji, Chairman of the Nishkam Group of Charitable Organisations since 1995, is the third inline of the Spiritual Leaders of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ).

India
7. Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa
Human Rights Activist

Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa has been hailed as one of today Sikh heroes. He was born on 7th March 1983 and has been involved with human rights activism since early 1970’s.

USA
8. Mr Ajaypal Singh Banga
President,
World Bank Group

Ajaypal Singh Banga is the current president of the World Bank Group. He was the executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously been president and CEO.

UK
9. Mr Rabinder Singh QC
Chief Justice & President,
IPT

Rabinder Singh is a High Court Judge who grew up in a working-class part of Bristol and attended Bristol Grammar School.

India
10. Dr Inderjit Kaur
President,
Pingalwala Society

Dr Inderjit Kaur was born on 25th January 1942, she studied medicine and acquired an M.B.B.S. degree from Govt. Medical College, Patiala in 1967.

USA
11. Mr Preetinder Singh Bharara
U.S. Attorney,
New York

Preetinder Singh was born in 1968 in Firozpur, Punjab, India. He grew up in New Jersey and attended Ranney School, where he graduated as valedictorian in 1986.

India
12. Mr Rajinder Singh Chhina
Director,
Punjab National Bank

Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, currently Director of Punjab National Bank, is a visionary with a distinguished background.

India
13. Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Ji
Spiritual Leader

Sant Baba Ranjit Singh Ji, aged 31 have been promoting Sikhi for the last 15 years. From a very early age, they set out to bring the message of Guru Granth Sahib Ji to the people.

USA
14. Dr Inderjit Kaur Khalsa
CEO,
Sikh Dharma

Dr Bibi Ji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa (Bhai Sahiba) was born on January 22, 1935 in Wazirabad. Bibi ji’s mother traces her lineage directly to Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

India
15. Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal
President,
Shiromani Akali Dal
Sukhbir Singh is currently the youngest President of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) political party and serves as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab.
India
16. Mrs Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Union Cabinet Minister

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, born on 25 July 1966 to Satyajit and Sukhmanjus Majithiahas in Delhi, is the Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing and MP from Bathinda.

India
17. Malvinder & Shivinder Singh
Fortis Healthcare

Malvinder is Chairman and Shivinder is the Director of Fortis Healthcare. They inherited the family’s 35.5% stake in India’s leading pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories.

UK
18. Simon, Bobby & Robin Arora
Retail

B & M European Retail Value S.A. was formed in 1978 and is now one of the leading variety retailers in the UK, employing over 20,000 staff.

Canada
19. Mr Bob Singh Dhillon
CEO,
Mainstreet Equity Corp

Bob Singh, born 1965, is President and Chief Executive of Mainstreet Equity Corp. After graduating, he completed his MBA at Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario.

Singapore
20. Mr Kartar Singh Thakral
Chairman,
The Thakral Group

The Thakral Group was founded in 1905 by Kartar Singhs father, Mr Sohan Singh. The Groups beginnings were in Bangkoks textile trade, operating as Punjab Store.

USA
21. Mr Sant Singh Chatwal
CEO,
Hampshire, Hotels & Resorts

Sant Singh is the president and CEO of Hampshire Hotels & Resorts and has hotels in the USA, UK and Thailand with over 2,500 rooms in Manhattan.

India
22. Mr Onkar Singh Kanwar
Chairman,
Apollo Tyres

Onkar Singh Kanwar is a Science and Administration graduate from the University of California. In 2002 he took control as the Chairman of Apollo Tyres Ltd, founded by his father in 1976.

India
23. General Joginder Jaswant Singh
Governor,
Arunachal Pradesh

Joginder Singh is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and commissioned into the 9 Maratha Light Infantry in 1964.

Singapore
24. Mr Davinder Singh Sachdev SC
CEO,
Drew & Napier LLC

Sandip Kaur was born in 1959 Amritsar India and moved with her parents to England in 1960. She was made a Conservative life peer as ‘Baroness Verma’ of Leicester in 2006.

UK
25. Sir Mota Singh
Judge

Sir Mota Singh was raised in Nairobi, Kenya before coming to England in 1954 to complete his studies in Law.

India
26. Mr Bhupinder Singh
MD,
Punjab National Bank

Mr Bhupinder Singh is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Punjab National Bank (International) Limited UK, operating out of London.

Hong Kong
27. Mr Harindarpal Singh Banga
Vice Chairman,
Noble Group

Harindarpal Singh Banga has been Vice Chairman emeritus of Noble Group Limited since Sept 2010.

Uganda
28. Justice Anup Singh Chowdry
High Court Judge

Anup Singh Choudry, a Sikh writer and businessman born in1950, is a Ugandan-born Sikh of Punjabi ancestry.

India
29. Captain Amarinder Singh
Chairman, Punjab Urdu Academy

Arminder Singh, born March 1942, is the President of Punjab PCC and served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007.

India
30. Mr Analjit Singh
Founder & Chairman,
Max India

Analjit Singh is the Founder & Chairman of Max India Limited, Chairman of Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited, Max Healthcare Institute Limited and Max BUPA Health Insurance.

India
31. Mr Kuldip Singh Dhingra
MD,
Beger Paints Group

Mr Kuldip Singh Dhingra is an industrialist. He is Managing Director at Spectro Analytical Labs Pvt. Ltd and the Chairman of Berger Paints Group.

India
32. Mrs Preneet Kaur
Minister,
External Affairs

Preneet Kaur, born in Shimla to Satinder Kaur and Gian Singh Kahlon on 3 October 1944, is an Indian politician, currently serving as Minister of State for External Affairs.

India
33. Mr Manvinder Singh Banga
Partner,
Clayton Dubilier Rice

Manvinder Singh is a Senior Partner of the private equity fund Clayton Dubilier & Rice since 2010, after a 33 year career at Unilever.

India
34. Col Arjan Singh
Marshal,
Indian Air Force

Arjan Singh was born on 15 April 1919 in Lyallpur in Punjab. He was educated at Montgomery, India and entered the RAF College Cranwell in 1938.

UK
35. Mr Jasminder Singh OBE
CEO,
The Edwardian Group
Jasminder Singh is Chairman and CEO of The Edwardian Group Limited (the parent company of Radisson Edwardian Hotels).
India
36. Mr Balwinder Singh
Special Director,
CBI

Balwinder Singh, a Senior IPS officer of Andhra Pradesh, was appointed as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation headquarters in New Delhi, 2010

India
37. Mr Manjit Singh Gk
Chairman,
Santokh Singh Foundation

Manjit Singh is Chairman of Santokh Singh Foundation. He was previously President of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC).

India
38. Padma Shri Vikramjit Singh Sahney
President,
Sun Group

Vikramjit Singh is a well known entrepreneur, educationist and social worker of Delhi who has been conferred with the honour of Padma Shri and the International Peace Award.

India
39. Mr Harvinder Singh Phoolka
Lawyer,
Delhi High Court

Harvinder Singh Phoolka is a senior advocate of Delhi High Court, Human Rights activist, and an author. After completing his law degree in Chandigarh, Phoolka practiced law in Delhi.

Singapore
40. Mr Gurbachan Singh
Partner,
KhattarWong LLP

Gurbachan Singh is Managing Partner of KhattarWong LLP and has worked with Tax Law for 35 years.

India
41. Mr Hardeep Singh Bedi VSM
CEO,
Tulip Telecom

Hardeep Singh, served in the Indian army for over 22 years, he took voluntary retirement to start his own company at 42.

UK
42. Lord Indarjit Singh CBE
Director,
Network of Sikhs

Indarjit Singh is Director of The Network of Sikh Organisations UK, Vice Chair and Founder of the InterFaith Network UK.

USA
43. Dr Narinder Singh Kapany
Inventor,
Fibre Optics

Narinder Singh is an Indian born American physicist known for his work in fibre optics. The man who ‘bent light’ has been at the centre of hi-tech for over 50 years and is still going strong at 70.

UAE
44. Mr Surender Singh Kandhari
Chairman,
A1 Dobowi Group
Surender Singh is youngest President of the Automobile Association of Andhra Pradesh and youngest Captain of the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai.
USA
45. Mr Ravi Singh
CEO,
ElectionMall

Ravi Singh is the CEO and founder of ElectionMall Technologies, a pioneer company in the field of online politics.

UK
46. Sir Harpal Singh Kumar
Head,
Johnson & Johnson
Harpal Singh studied chemical engineering at Cambridge and attained an MBA at Harvard. He worked in scientific research and management consultancy.
UK
47. Dr Raminder Singh Ranger MBE
Chairman,
Sun Mark Ltd
Raminder Singh Ranger MBE, FRSA is a successful businessman, honoured five times by Her Majesty the Queen, four times for Business and once for services to the British Asian Community.
UK
48. Mr Ranjit Singh Baxi
Chairman,
J & H Sales International

Ranjit Singh is the Founder and Chairman of J and H Sales (International) Ltd, one of Europe leading exporters of paper for recycling, operating across the USA, Europe and the Far East.

Kenya
49. Mr Rajinder Singh Baryan
M.D,
Multiple Hauliers (EA)

Rajinder Singh is a respected businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of Multiple Hauliers (East Africa) Ltd, the flagship of Multiple Group of Companies.

USA
50. Mr Satyendra Singh Huja
Mayor,
Charlottesville

Satyendra Singh, known as the Sikh Architect of Charlottesville and previously Professor at University of Virginia school of Architecture, spent 25 Years as Director of Strategic Planning.

USA
51. Dr Jas Singh Sandhu
President,
Santec Systems, Inc.

Jas Sandhu is President and Founder of Santec Systems, Inc. and is best known for his pioneering work in developing ‘Acoustography’, a novel exploring ultrasound imaging methods.

UK
52. Dr Kartar Singh Lalvani OBE
Director,
Vitabiotics
Dr Kartar Singh Lalvani founded Britains fastest growing nutraceutical company Vitabiotics in 1971. It’s a family business and has twice won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
India
53. Mr Tarlochan Singh
Politician

Tarlochan Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Haryana.

USA
54. Mr Guruka Singh Khalsa
Founder,
SikhNet.com
Guruka Singh is the Founder of SikhNet and Co-Founder of Sun & Son, a computer consulting firm. He initially served as Senior Producer at a major entertainment software company.
Singapore
55. Mr Inderjit Singh
Lawyer
Inderjit Singh is an entrepreneur and politician in Singapore’s parliament and has represented the Ang Mo Kio GRC from 1996 to 2015.
Canada
56. Mr Tim Singh Uppal
MP,
Edmonton-Sherwood Park

Tim Singh is a Canadian Politician, MP for Edmonton-Sherwood Park, first elected to House of Commons in 2008.

Botswana
57. Mr Ajinder Pal Singh
Businessman

Arjinder Pal Singh is a prominent businessman based in Botswana. His business empire spreads across the education, construction, tourism, airline, manufacturing and agriculture industries.

UK
58. Baroness Sandip Kaur Verma
Houses of Parliament

Sandip Kaur was born in 1959 Amritsar India and moved with her parents to England in 1960. She was made a Conservative life peer as ‘Baroness Verma’ of Leicester in 2006.

USA
59. Mr Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Embassy of India,
USA

Taranjit Singh was born on 23 January 1963 and graduated with History (Hons) from St. Stephens, Delhi. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1988 and served in the former Soviet Union.

USA
60. Mayor Kashmir Singh Gill
Mayor,
Yuba City

Kashmir Gill is the current mayor of Yuba City, California. This is Kashmir second term as Mayor, previously 2009-2010, he is the first Punjabi-American and first Sikh to hold the title.

UAE
61. Mr Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi
Businessman

Surinder Pal Singh Oberoi, 57, is a Dubai-based businessman from a small town in Punjab. He came to Dubai in 1980 as a mechanic, returned to India after a year to launch a family business.

UK
62. Mr Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia
Managing Director
Sukhpal Singh left Uganda and moved to England at 13. He worked on market stalls in Liverpool Street and Petticoat Lane and at 18 had an opportunity to buy a car parts shop for £5,000 in Willesden.
India
63. Dr Rupinder Singh Sodhi
President,
IDA

Dr. Rupinder Singh Sodhi is the President of the Indian Dairy Association. Formerly, he was the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Ltd., (AMUL)

Liberia
64. Mr Upjit Singh Sachdev
Consul General,
Republic of Liberia

Upjit Singh is a graduate of Guru Nanak Dev University and was uniquely appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of Liberia, by the President of Liberia, H.E. Excellency Ellen.

Indonesia
65. Mr Gurjit Singh
Ambassador,
India to Indonesia

Gurjit Singh is a Post Graduate in International Studies from JNU. Appointed to the Indian Foreign Service in 1980, he has served in Indian Missions in Tokyo, Colombo, Nairobi and Rome

UK
66. Mr Jindy Singh Khera
MD,
KTC Edibles

Jindy Singh is co-founder and Managing Director of KTC Edibles Ltd. Set up in 1973 KTC is now Britain’s largest manufacturers and distributor of oils and fats with a turnover in excess of £220m.

Canada
67. Prof Dr Devinder Singh Chahal
Author

Devinder Singh achieved an MSc and PhD (Microbiology) from the Ohio State University and University of Southern Illinois in 1966.

UK
68. The Matharu Family
Hotels & Property

Harpal, Raj and Tony, the founders of Grange Hotels, together own and manage 12 luxury hotels located in the heart of London and a 13th one at Bracknell, Windsor.

India
69. Dr Parvinder Singh Pasricha
Officer,
Indian Police Force
Parvinder Singh, a Police officer, served as 30th Police Commissioner in Mumbai and as Director General of Police and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Welfare and Housing.
New Zealand
70. Mr Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
Member of Parliament

Kanwaljit Singh is a New Zealand politician and a member of the National Party, he was elected into the 49th New Zealand Parliament in 2008.

India
71. Mr Milkha Singh
Sportsman

Milkha Singh is an Indian athlete, nicknamed the Flying Sikh. He won Gold in both 200m and 400m events at 1958 Asian Games, clocking 21.6 seconds and 47 seconds respectively.

Canada
72. Mr Harjit Singh Sajjan
MP,
Minister of Emergency Preparedness

Harjit Singh is the current Minister of Emergency Preparedness and a Member of Parliament representing the riding of Vancouver South.

Canada
73. Mr Harinder Singh Takhar
Minister of Government Services

Harinder Singh, of Mississauga has a Master’s degree in Economics and Political Science, he also graduated in English, Economics and Political Science

India
74. Mr Navtej Singh Sarna
Ministry of External Affair

Navtej Singh is an Indian author-columnist, diplomat, and former Indian Ambassador to Israel. Born in Jalandhar to a noted writer in Punjabi, Mohinder Singh Sarna.

Canada
75. Mr Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal
Member,
Provincial Parliament

MPP Jagmeet Singh was elected in the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton in the 2011 provincial election.

UK
76. Mr HS Narula
Chairman,
DSC Group Ltd

A visionary leader, H S Narula, 57, is Chairman at DSC Group Ltd. He led DSC Ltd into Asian continents, catering to a diverse mix of climates and languages.

UK
77. Mrs Surina Kaur Narula
Chairperson,
Various Organisations

Surina is Co-Chair and Trustee of ‘Consortium for Street Children’, UK based agencies. She has organised events to raise funds and profile of ‘Street Children’ and their needs at all levels.

USA
78. Dr Gurdev Singh Khush
Education

Gurdev Singh Khush from Punjab, India, graduated from Punjab Agricultural University with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, where he served as a faculty member for 7 years.

UK
79. The Wouhra Family
Food & Property

Tony Deep Wouhra and his four brothers have built East End Foods, a UK- based Asian £100 million business empire from practically nothing.

USA
80. Mr Pritpal Singh Panesar
President,
Coleman University

Pritpal Singh is President of Coleman University, a non-profit institution recognized as leader in IT education.

Canada
81. Mr Baltej Singh Dhillon
Canadian Police Force

Baltej Singh is the first Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) allowed to wear a turban. He came to Canada 1982 and studied criminology.

USA
82. Mrs Sukhinder Singh
Founder & Chairman,
Joyus.com

Sukhinder began her career in investment banking, media and online services while working at Merrill Lynch, British Sky Broadcasting and Amazon.

USA
83. Mr Harpreet Singh
Director,
Department of Justice

Harpreet Singh, Esq., former Legal Director of UNITED SIKHS recently joined the U.S. Department of Justice, Community Relations Service as the Regional Director of Region III.

USA
84. Mr Harbhajan Singh Samra
Director,
Samra Produce & Farms

Harbhajan Singh came to California with an M.A. in economics in 1985 and he now dominates the okra farming industry.

Pakistan
85. Mr Ramesh Singh Khalsa
Patron,
Pakistan Chief

Ramesh Singh Khalsa is a young Pakistani Sikh leader and social worker from Karachi Sindh. Ramesh Singh is the Patron in Chief of the Pakistan Sikh Council.

UK
86. Mr Tommy Singh Nagra
Executive Producer,
BBC

Award-winning programme maker Tommy Nagra has been appointed as an Executive Producer in the BBC’s Religion & Ethics Department in Manchester.

Canada
87. Dr Naranjan Singh Dhalla
Executive Director,
IACS

Dr Naranjan Singh Dhalla, from Ghanieke, Punjab graduated in Physics and Chemistry (Punjab University) with an MSc and PhD in Pharmacology (University of Pennsylvania).

Afghanistan
88. Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar
Senator

Anarkali Kaur in 2010 became the first Sikh and non Muslim Senator in the Afgan Parliament. Her dream job was to be a pilot, but she realised this was going to be impossible in Afghanistan

Malaysia
89. Mr Harvinder Singh
CEO,
PSI in Control

Harvinder Singh was the winner of the Ernst & Young Technology Entrepreneur of The Year in 2008.

Brunel
90. Mr Mohinder Singh Bhullar
Businessman

Mohinder Singh Bhullar has risen from a simple beginning to a successful businessman in Brunei Darussalam. He has been instrumental in the formation of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.

USA
91. Mr Kuldeep Singh
President,
Sikh Youth Federation

Kuldeep Singh is a clinical scientist by profession and he is President of the Sikh Youth Federation USA. In 1996 he helped with the forming of the ‘World Sikh Council America Region’.

India
92. Dr Raghbir Singh Bains
Education

Raghbir Singh is from Dagana Kalan, India and has a BA in Education, a MA from Punjab University and a PhD on World Religions and Cultures from (USA), including an LLB in 1982 from Punjab University.

USA
93. Mr Gurvendra Singh Suri
Businessman

Gurvendra Singh is an accomplished entrepreneur and community activist. Over the past decade he has pursued an extensive philanthropic agenda that includes numerous charitable activities.

UK
94. Mrs Gurinder Kaur Chadha
Film Director/ Producer

Gurinder Chadha is a Sikh film director, born in Nairobi Kenya in 1960 and moved to West London at the age of 2.

USA
95. Mr Gurbaksh Singh Chahal
CEO,
RadiumOne

Gurbaksh Singh, born in Tarn Taran Sahib 1982, came to America aged 4. At 16, he dropped out of high school and started ‘ClickAgents’ which sold for $40 million 18 months later.

USA
96. Mr Waris Singh Ahluwalia
Actor & Jewellery Designer

Waris Singh was born in Punjab in 1975 and is an Indian actor and jewellery designer. Aged five his family moved to the USA and he grew up in Brooklyn.

UK
97. Mr Daljit Singh Jagait
Corporate Sales Manager,
Jaguar

Daljit started his career at Jaguar as a production operative on the Jaguar assembly line at Castle Bromwich in 1998.

UK
98. Mrs Kamel Kaur Hothi
Community Director,
Lloyds Bank

Kamel Kaur was Lloyds TSB Bank’s first Female Asian bank manager at a time when gender and race was an issue.

UK
99. Mr Ravinder Singh
Founder,
Khalsa Aid

Ravinder Singh was born in Singapore and is the founder of Khalsa Aid. Established in 1999, Khalsa Aid is an international non-profit and relief agency founded on Sikh principles.

UK
100. Mr Amarjit Singh
Head of India,
Dutton Gregory

Amarjit Singh is an award winning commercial lawyer and nationally recognised expert in Indian business affairs.