Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman, SCORE at GGSSC

Guru Gobind Singh Study Circle (GGSSC) and Chairman, Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), USA, Dr Rajwant Singh organized a joint press conference at GGSSC, Head Office, Model Town Extension.

Ludhiana. Dr Charan Kamal Singh warmly welcomed him and said that both the organizations can serve the religion and the society in a better way by collaborating in various social projects.

Speaking to the media persons, Dr Rajwant singh explained about the various problems, which the Sikh community faced in the post 9/11 session in US. Punjabi? s, especially the Sikh community has to face racism, hatred and job discrimination in US. He said that because of mistaken identity, most of the people identify Sikhs as Muslims due to lack of awareness of Sikh religion. To overcome this, they have started a project? Sikh-ing Harmony? in which they are interacting with students in universities, holding group discussions with them to propagate about Sikhism.

Appreciating the activities carried out by GGSSC, he said that GGSSC is one of the few socio-religious organizations in Punjab, working actively for the upliftment of the society and the Sikh Religion. He said that, SCORE would like to collaborate with GGSSC on various projects including Scholarships to poor students for higher education and other social projects. He said that the NRI community is prosperous enough and now they are planning to utilize that prosperity for the betterment of the people of Punjab. Dr Charan Kamal Singh, Chief Secretary, GGSSC, Bibi Harkirat Kaur, Secretary, Directorate of Language and Literature, S. Satnam Singh Sallopuri, Director, Youth Services, Dr. Harbans Singh, S. Gursharan Singh, Office Secretary GGSSC and other senior members of GGSSC were also present.