The Sikh 100 (2017)

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. 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
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. Dr Manmohan Singh
Former Prime Minister of India

Dr Manmohan Singh, India’s fourteenth Prime Minister, is highly acclaimed as a thinker and a scholar.

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. 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.

India
11. 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.

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.

USA
13. Mr Jay Singh Sidhu
CEO,
Customers Bancorp
Jay Singh is Chairman and CEO of Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Customers Bank with headquarters in Wyomissing. Today it is a proforma $5 billion asset high-performing bank.
India
14. Mr Jaspal Singh Bindra
Executive Chairman,
Centrum India

Jaspal Singh is a global financial services industry executive with a consistent track record of driving profitable growth and increasing brand and shareholder value.

India
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. Mr Hardeep Singh Puri
Minister,
Petroleum & Gas

Hardeep Singh Puri is an Indian politician and retired diplomat of Indian Foreign Service who is serving as 33rd Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas since 2021

India
19. 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
20. 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.

Canada
21. Mr Sarabjit Singh Marwah
Senator

Sarabjit or Sabi as he is otherwise known as a Senator in the Senate of Canada. The Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister appointed him to the Senate in 2016.

Canada
22. 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
23. Mr Navdeep Singh Bains PC
MP,
Minister of Innovation

Navdeep Singh is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015.

Canada
24. Mr Amarjeet Singh Sohi MP
Minister,
Infrastructure

Elected three times as an Edmonton City Councillor, Amarjeet Singh became the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods in 2015.

Canada
25. Ms Bardish Kaur Chagger
MP,
Minister Of Small Business

Bardish Chagger PC MP is a Canadian politician who is the current Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism.

India
26. 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.

India
27. 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.

Canada
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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.

India
35. 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.

Uganda
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
41. 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
42. 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

Canada
43. Mr Amrik Singh Ahluwalia
Chair,
Peel Police Services Board

Amrik Singh was first appointed by the Provincial Government to the Regional Municipality of Peel Police Services Board in 2009, 2011 and re-appointed for a second term in, 2014.

Malaysia
44. Mr Amar Singh
Chief Police Officer, Kuala Lumpur

Amar Singh, 58, started his career in Ipoh district police headquarters’ CID after completing the Assistant Superintendent Cadet police basic training in 1983.

USA
45. 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
46. Mr Didar Singh Bains
Businessman

Didar Singh is of the best-known Punjabi Americans. He is the largest peach farmer in California with 40,000 acres in 13 counties and one of the largest in the world.

UK
47. Mr Bal Singh Samra
Managing Director,
BBC Television

Bal Singh Samra is a senior media executive with twenty years of experience and is now operating at the highest level in his field.

India
48. Mr Narinder Pal Singh
CEO,
Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd.

Mr N P Singh has been Chief Executive Officer of Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd., since January 3, 2014. Mr. Singh serves as Chief Operating Officer of Sony Entertainment Television since December 2004.

India
49. 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.

India
50. Mr Rajinder Singh Chadha
Chairman,
The Wave Group

With an experience of over 30 years, Mr. Chadha is responsible for the Group’s strategic decision making along with corporate finance activities.

India
51. 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.

UK
52. 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
53. 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
54. 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.

UK
55. 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.
USA
56. 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.
UK
57. 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.

USA
58. 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.

India
59. Mr Tarlochan Singh
Politician

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

Singapore
60. Mr Gurbachan Singh
Partner,
KhattarWong LLP

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

UK
61. 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.
USA
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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.

Canada
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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
73. 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.

Singapore
74. 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
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.

UAE
80. 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
81. Mr Darshan Singh Dhaliwal
Businessman
Darshan Singh is the largest petrol retailer in USA. With more than 1,000 petrol stations across 11 states in the US and an annual turnover of $2 billion.
USA
82. Mr Narinder Singh
Founder,
Sikh Coalition

As a Sikh Coalition co-founder and current Executive Board Chairman responsible for providing leadership support to the organisation.

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.

Kenya
84. 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.

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.

USA
86. 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.

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’.

Canada
92. Mr Navdeep Singh Bhatia
Raptors Superfan,
Toronto

Nav Bhatia spends more than $300,000 a year on Raptors’ tickets. Each year Navdeep celebrates Vaisakhi and Diwali on the court purchasing thousands of tickets for children.

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.

Botswana
94. Mr Arjinder 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.

Canada
95. Dr Birinder Singh Ahluwalia
Doctor Entrepreneur
Birinder Singh has a lifetime of service in Health Care, Entrepreneurship, Community Activism and Philanthropy. As president of BSA Diagnostics Limited, Birinder Singh oversees many locations.
Canada
96. Surjit Singh Babra
Entrepreneur

In 1988, Surjit Singh became the world’s first Sikh to start an airline. Gifted with extraordinary business acumen, he turned his SkyLink Group into a multi-million-dollar conglomerate.​

UK
97. 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.

UK
98. 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
99. 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
100. 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.