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Adv. S. Harjinder Singh Dhami

President, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sri Amritsar (SGPC)

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Sri Amritsar (SGPC), an apex body of Sikhs residing all over the world, is a religious charitable and humanitarian organisation. Besides managing the Sikh shrines, it runs a number of educational institutions, charitable hospitals and homes for physically/mentally challenged people. Though the primary objective of the SGPC is religious, it also performs multidimensional functions for inculcating high ethical values, humanistic outlook, healthy habits and scientific temper among the community through its educational institutions. Education in Sikhism means continuous development and integration of human personality. It aims at widening the wisdom horizon of a person for the development of spiritual tendencies.

The major contribution of SGPC lies in making school and higher education accessible to ordinary people and remote areas of the region. As head of the SGPC, the supreme body of the Sikhs, it has been our earnest endeavour to establish institutions of higher education imparting education in diverse fields. At present, SGPC runs 72 schools and 31 institutions of higher education. We are committed to providing such a learning environment in our institutions which, besides protecting and nourishing the creativity of students, also makes them good citizens. The SGPC is conscious of the changing trends in education and therefore taking bold steps in this direction to negotiate with international universities and organisations so as to meet the international standards in education. Thus, SGPC is making all out efforts to scan new vistas of knowledge so that our youth can touch new heights in life.