10 NRIs are Awarded by PB Govt. At
550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak

Los Angeles, Nov 7, 2019
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh

About 10 NRIs from different Countries have been selected to award by Punjab Government at the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. The function is to be held at the Guru Nanak Auditorium of IK Gujral Punjab Technical University on November 10. The Punjab Govrnment had been decided to award 550 but list reached to 688.

The names of some prominent NRI entrepreneurs, who have made a successful stories in foreign countries as followes:
	Bob Singh Dhillon.... Bob Singh Dhillon-Real estate tycoon- Current Asset Value of over $1.9 billion. He owns over 10,000 apartment units across Canada. His grandfather moved to Hong Kong for business reasons and set-up the North China Shipping Company to carry out trade with Japan.In 1970, his family moved to Vancouver, Canada after living in Liberia	Read More
	Swaraj Paul NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul is the sixth richest Asian in Britain. About 50 plant sites in the UK, India, north America, Spain and Poland. Turnover of 1.5 billion dollar.	Read More
	Raj Loomba The Loomba Trust & Foundation are working to have the United Nations recognize International Widows Day to draw global attention to the plight of an estimated 100 million destitute widows and their children around the world. International Widows Day was launched in the United Kingdom at the House of the Lords	Read More
	Kartar Singh Lalvani Dr Kartar Lalvani founder-managing director of vitabiotics, a vitamin supplement company, UK. Winning a Queen’s Award for Enterprise - the UK’s highest accolade for business success: Dr Kartar Lalvani OBE of vitamins manufacturer Vitabiotics recognised with an Innovation award	Read More
	Kapany set out to prove him wrong and wound up creating fiber optics." Narinder Singh Kapany "In high school, a teacher told Kapany that light could travel only in a straight line.	Read More
	Bhav Dhillon....Comming Soon	...Comming Soon
	Raminder Singh Ranger	.... Comming Soon
	Kartar Singh Thakral	Read More
	Darshan Singh Bagga	.... Comming Soon
	Harminder Singh Dhaliwal	.... Comming Soon

Indian entrepreneurs, businessmen, retired defence officers, media, artists - graphic artist, Judicials, politicians, also Awarded:

Founder Chairman Emeritus of Max Group Analjit Singh, billionaire internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Flipkart Binny Bansal (from Chandigarh) figure in the list of entrepreneurs. Several Indian businessmen including Chairman of Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra, Jawahar Oswal, Avon Cycles owner Onkar Singh Pahwa, MD and CEO of Hero Motocorp Pawan Munjal, Chairman of Trident Group Rajinder Gupta, Head of Vardhman Group of Companies SP Oswal and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Mittal are some other sureshot names in the list.

Eight serving and retired defence officers too are in the list. These include Navy Admiral Karambir Singh, ex-IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa, Vice Chief of IAF Air Marshal Harjit S Arora, ex-AOC-in-C Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh, ex-Army Chief Gen JJ Singh, ex-Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh, ex-Army Chief Gen Nirmal Chander Vij and Param Vir Chakra awardee Honorary Capt Bana Singh.
Rice revolution pioneer Gurdev S Khush, Padam Shri awardee farmer Jagjit Singh Hara (from Ludhiana) and ex-Chairman IFFCO Balwinder Singh Nakai are among those from the field of agriculture.

First Sikh CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice HS Bedi (former judge SC), Justice Kuldip Singh (former judge SC) and Justice NK Sodhi (former Chief Justice High Court), Justice SS Nijjar (former judge SC), Justice SS Saron (former judge HC) are among those from judiciary to receive the honour.

From media circle, ex-Editor-in-Chief of India Today Aroon Purie, journalist and economist Arun Shourie and journalist Karan Thapar are also to be honoured on the occasion.

• Trustees of The Tribune – former J&K Governor NN Vohra and Justice SS Sodhi too prominently figure in the list.
• Among social activists, Patron President of All India Pingalwara Charitable Society Dr Inderjeet Kaur Pingalwara, environmentalist Balbir S Seechewal and social activist Baba Sewa Singh will be felicitated.

From the field of art and culture, the names of novelist Dalip Kaur Tiwana, singers Hans Raj Hans and Puran Chand Wadali, filmmaker Naresh Bedi, director Neelam Mann Singh Chaudhary, photographer Raghu Rai, poet Surjit Patar and musician Padma Shri Zakir Hussain have been finalised.

Four artists - graphic artist Arpana Caur, Padma Bhushan awardee painter Arpita, Padma Shree Gurcharan Singh and Lalit Kala Academi awardee Krishen Khanna too will receive the award.

Among politicians, the names of ex-Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek S Ahluwalia, SGPC president Gobind S Longowal, actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar, politician-cum-lawyer KTS Tulsi, MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, ex-MP MS Gill also figure other than ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh, ex-CM Parkash Singh Badal and Union Minister Hardeep Puri.