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Countdown to Vaisakhi 2024: Harinder Singh

Day 14 of 14

Sunday
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14
April
2024

Harinder Singh is the Co-Founder & Innovation Director at SikhRI. He appears on radio and television programs and speaks at universities, parliaments, museums, conferences, and civic institutions.

Harinder Singh is the Co-Founder & Innovation Director at SikhRI. He appears on radio and television programs and speaks at universities, parliaments, museums, conferences, and civic institutions. He has authored several books and articles integrating the political and the spiritual.


“Traditionally, we used to get together on Vaisakhi and say what will we accomplish by the Divali of the year. So it’s about a six-month process. So the question for all of us must be: in the spaces we are in, whether we are in cultural spaces, historical spaces, community development spaces, human rights, civil rights, and education. 

Whatever field we might be in, the world is looking at what will happen to the new next world order. While keeping that in mind, the Sikhs need to be looking at what is my divine connection with the Panth, with the Har Jio. Out of that connection, how am I going to make Panth-ki-jit the priority for the next six months?”

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Harinder Singh

Senior Fellow, Research & Policy

Harinder Singh is the Senior Fellow at the Sikh Research Institute. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University, an MS in Engineering Management from the University of Kansas, and an MPhil from Punjab University in the linguistics of the Guru Granth Sahib. 

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