He was the first Sikh Indian Physician to become a Colonel in the United States Army. He retired from the Army after 25 years of meritorious service on January 30, 2009.
He laughs looking back as he recalls how it was often an ice-breaker with many of the Derry children who were admitted to hospital for surgery. “Children have no inhibitions and straight away they’d ask ‘what’s that on your head?” he explains.
Civic Society Guru Nanak Sahib, entrusted with the administration of the Gurdwara Guru Nanak Sahib has decided to grant a scholarship toward the tuition of any youngster of the Sikh community world wide who wishes to enroll in the English Medical degree program of PMMC in Panama.
