Browsing Tag: Award

Captain Makand Singh MBE ~ role model and inspiration

After 33 years in the Army - which includes postings to Germany, Belize and Hong Kong - Singh rightly adds the MBE to his achievements which include the prestigious Meritorious Service Medal for his commitment to recruiting members of the BME community.
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Birmingham: Papal honours for Sikh leaders

History was made in the Catholic Church during a special Mass and Investiture at Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, of Bhai Sahib Bhai Dr Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia and Mr William Ozanne, as Knights of the Pontifical Order of Pope St Gregory the Great, on Sunday.
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City of Burnaby picks prolific volunteer for 2011 Citizen of the Year

Burnaby's 2011 Citizen of the Year, Kehar Singh Aujla, is a very busy man. Aujla, who emigrated from India with his wife in 1996, began volunteering in Burnaby a decade later.
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Surjit Singh Ghuman awarded [MBE]

This honor hasn’t come cheap for someone like Surjit Singh Ghuman, he had to face number of challenges and like a renowned Tendulkar, Bishan Singh Bedi and other cricketing greats he has stayed at the crease, whacking the sixes and serving us with vigor and an uncharacteristic social charm that warms and draws people to him.
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Major Kalsi Receives Bronze Star Medal

Major Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi received the Bronze Star Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service as an emergency medicine physician" while deployed in Afghanistan during the first half of the year. The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest combat award in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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Announcement of religious award for Badal invites strong criticism

Announcement of Panth Rattan: Fakhar-e-qaum honour for Punjab chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, by Giani Gurbachchan Singh Jathedar of Akal Takhat has invited a strong wave of criticism from Sikh circles across the globe.
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Gauri Gill wins 2011 Grange Prize (Arts)

Gill’s work includes a decade-long study of people living in rural communities in Rajasthan, including Jogi nomads, Muslim migrants and Bishnoi peasants and a series of photographs that Gill took while living with an elderly midwife in a remote village in Motasar, Barmer (Gill ended up helping the woman deliver her own granddaughter.)
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Sikh Grammar School - Australia ~ Design Excellence

The Sikh grammar school is the first of kind initiative in the Sikh community. The major objective of the institution is to set up a school having students from pre-school to year 12 with the education program based on the syllabuses, curriculum and assessment requirements of registered and accredited schools in NSW.
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Ms. Gurmeet K. Sodhi Wins 'World Sikh Awards'

Ms. Gurmeet K. Sodhi, an icon in the international and entertainment communities, has proved yet again to be one of the most influential woman in the South Asian Media community when she recently won the "World Sikh Awards" in London for "Sikhs in Entertainment" category. She is a television host; producer and one of the youngest South Asian female to launch her own LIVE talk show.
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The Singh Twins Awarded MBEs in Queen’s Birthday Honors

Internationally-acclaimed, London born, North West based, artists, The Singh Twins, have each received an MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Indian Miniature Tradition of painting.
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