As the com­mu­nity con­tin­ues to take a sin­cere in­ter­est in the trans­for­ma­tion and de­vel­op­ment of Sik­li­gar Sikhs, there is a leap in ed­u­ca­tional en­deav­ours for them. Pro­fes­sional con­tent writer and WSN cor­re­spon­dent Ka­mal­jeet Singh re­ports from Jaipur where the Gur­mat Gian Group ho­n­oured Sik­li­gar youth for aca­d­e­mic per­for­mance and pro­fes­sional ex­cel­lence, de­spite all odds.

In a re­cently held heart­warm­ing cer­e­mony at Gur­d­wara Guru Tegh Ba­hadur Sahib at Guru Teg Ba­hadur Na­gar, Jha­lana Doon­gri, the Gur­mat Gian Group cel­e­brated the ex­cep­tional achieve­ments of a score of Sik­li­gar Sikh youth who have set re­mark­able bench­marks in var­i­ous spheres. The event served as a tes­ta­ment to their ded­i­ca­tion, re­silience, and the trans­for­ma­tive power of men­tor­ship.

These young in­di­vid­u­als were rec­og­nized for their di­verse ac­com­plish­ments. Among the hon­orees were bril­liant stu­dents who se­cured scores good grades in the X and XII ex­am­i­na­tions, un­der­scor­ing their com­mit­ment to aca­d­e­mic ex­cel­lence.

Talk­ing to WSN, Jas­beer Singh who is teach­ing Gur­mukhi and has or­ga­nized many other fa­cil­i­ties for Sik­li­gar Sikh chil­dren in Guru Tegh Ba­hadur Na­gar, Jha­lana Doon­gri, for the last two decades, said, “It was not an easy road to teach and in­spire. We saw ups and downs while man­ag­ing var­i­ous things; from teach­ing Gur­mukhi and ask­ing par­ents and stu­dents to pur­sue their stud­ies. We could not do it alone. But for the sup­port of par­ents, it would not have been pos­si­ble.”

A deaf and dumb spe­cial child Priya Kaur and her par­ents won the hearts of the San­gat. De­spite her hand­i­cap, this brave child has emerged as a role model for Sik­li­gar chil­dren who shy away from stud­ies as she has com­pleted her school­ing and is now pur­su­ing her grad­u­a­tion.

In the lineup of trail­blaz­ers was the first Sik­li­gar Sikh Ad­vo­cate from Jaipur -Rand­hir Singh, whose le­gal acu­men is en­abling him to prac­tice law in the Jaipur Dis­trict courts and the High Court at Jaipur. He is al­ways keen to take up pub­lic in­ter­est cases and as­sist his com­mu­nity and oth­ers in need of le­gal ad­vice.

Kul­jeet Singh has emerged as a shin­ing star in hockey, whose ex­cep­tional skills on the field have gar­nered at­ten­tion and ad­mi­ra­tion. He is now serv­ing in the Ra­jasthan Po­lice, hav­ing been se­lected in the sports quota.

Re­mark­ably, there were also Sik­li­gar Sikh girls who achieved the ex­tra­or­di­nary feat of com­plet­ing dou­ble Mas­ter­s’s de­grees in di­verse fields, a tes­ta­ment to their in­tel­lec­tual prowess and de­ter­mi­na­tion. Gurmel Kaur has com­pleted her B.Ed and has qual­i­fied REET (Ra­jasthan El­i­gi­bil­ity Ex­am­i­na­tion for Teach­ers).  Arvind Kaur has com­pleted BA and M.Com. Kul­jeet Kaur com­pleted her dou­ble MA, even af­ter her mar­riage, which is a rar­ity amongst Sik­li­gars.

This writer was also praised for be­ing the first Sik­li­gar con­tent writer and jour­nal­ist from Jaipur. Gur­mat Gian Group thanked World Sikh News for shar­ing the pro­ceed­ings of the func­tion live on so­cial me­dia.

Talk­ing to this cor­re­spon­dent af­ter the func­tion, Ad­vo­cate Rand­hir Singh said, “I de­sire to see Sik­li­gars in var­i­ous fields and look for­ward to the day when many more stu­dents are ho­n­oured as we were fe­lic­i­tated to­day.”

Hockey has caught the fancy of the Jaipur Sik­li­gar youth, par­tic­u­larly those from Ganesh­puri Galta Gate dera in Jaipur.

Ab­hishek Singh and his younger brother Amit Singh are two-time sil­ver medal­lists, hav­ing won a sil­ver medal 51st Na­tional Khel Kood Pratiyo­gita 2022 and an­other in the un­der-15 Nehru Cup at the 13th Hockey Sub Ju­nior State Cham­pion in 2022. Ra­jit Singh is a gold medal­list in the Ju­nior State Cham­pi­onship and a sil­ver medal­ist in the Sub Ju­nior State Cham­pi­onship.

Hockey has caught the fancy of the Jaipur Sik­li­gar youth, par­tic­u­larly those from Ganesh­puri Galta Gate dera in Jaipur.

Parveen Singh, Kul­jeet Singh, and Kul­veer Singh are se­nior hockey play­ers. All of them are three-time gold and sil­ver medal­lists in State Cham­pi­onships dur­ing three suc­ces­sive years -2017, 2018, and 2019 in­clud­ing the Sub Ju­nior Na­tional Hockey Cham­pi­onship.

The cer­e­mony held a spe­cial seg­ment to laud those who clinched gold medals in the re­cently held First Na­tional Sikh Mar­shal Art Gatka com­pe­ti­tion in As­sam, where they show­cased their skills and prowess.

A deaf and dumb spe­cial child Priya Kaur and her par­ents won the hearts of the San­gat. De­spite her hand­i­cap, this brave young lady has emerged as a role model for Sik­li­gar chil­dren who shy away from stud­ies, as she has com­pleted her school­ing and is now pur­su­ing her grad­u­a­tion.

Sukhveer Singh won a bronze medal while Sim­ran Kaur was a gold medal­list in the Sin­gle So­tee (stick) event.

Diya Kaur achieved 84% marks in XII Arts. Ra­jveer Singh from Malviya Na­gar dera, ob­tained 79% marks in XII Sci­ence. Ra­jveer Singh is the first Sik­li­gar stu­dent from Jaipur to pur­sue his B.Tech.

Soni Kaur got 76 % in XII Arts, whereas Gun­gun Kaur got 68 % marks in the same class. Talvin­der Singh ob­tained 65% marks in Class X and An­chal Kaur scored 66 %.

At the heart of these suc­cesses lies ded­i­cated men­tors who have played piv­otal roles in nur­tur­ing and guid­ing these out­stand­ing youth. Jas­beer Singh, with over two decades of un­wa­ver­ing com­mit­ment, has been im­part­ing Gur­mat teach­ings and men­tor­ship to Sik­li­gar Sikh chil­dren.

“It was not an easy road to teach and in­spire. We saw ups and downs while man­ag­ing var­i­ous things; from teach­ing Gur­mukhi and ask­ing par­ents and stu­dents to pur­sue their stud­ies. We could not do it alone. But for the sup­port of par­ents, it would not have been pos­si­ble.”

Jas­beer Singh, ed­u­ca­tion ac­tivist, Jaipur

An­other stal­wart, Har­jin­der Singh, has pro­vided un­wa­ver­ing sup­port to bud­ding hockey play­ers for over 15 years, nur­tur­ing their tal­ents and as­pi­ra­tions.

The grand event wit­nessed the es­teemed pres­ence of promi­nent Sikh per­son­al­i­ties of the Pink City Jaipur, in­clud­ing Ajay­pal Singh Ra­jen­dra Singh Sethi, Harvin­der Singh Pappu, Jag­jeet Singh Suri, Jasveer Singh, Man­jeet Singh Chadha, and other mem­bers of Gur­mat Gian Group. Their par­tic­i­pa­tion added a sense of grav­i­tas to the cer­e­mony, em­pha­siz­ing the im­por­tance of rec­og­niz­ing and sup­port­ing young tal­ent within the com­mu­nity.

Gur­mat Gian Group and its as­so­ci­ates are ded­i­cated to fos­ter­ing an en­vi­ron­ment where young minds can flour­ish, thrive, and con­tribute pos­i­tively to so­ci­ety. The event stands as a bea­con of in­spi­ra­tion, urg­ing Sik­li­gar Sikh youth across the coun­try to break bar­ri­ers and chase their dreams.

The fe­lic­i­ta­tion pro­gram was a big boost to young Sik­li­gar chil­dren. Maybe next year we will see more Sik­li­gars pur­su­ing ed­u­ca­tion and other pro­fes­sional and sport­ing ca­reers.