Our Team

Our People

We value our Members, Board, Volunteers and Saff whose commitment, hard work, experience, and vision helps our organization achieve its goals.

Our Management Team

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Maninder S Arora

President

Indeep Singh
Indeep Singh

Vice President

An accomplished manufacturing manager with 20 years of experience in the biomedical, automotive, and aerospace industries, he is the current Vice President of the Global Sikh Economic Forum. Driven by his background as the son of a teacher, he is now dedicating his efforts to motivating and empowering youth within his community.

Navneet Kaur
Navneet Kaur

Secretary

An experienced quality professional in the aerospace industry, she is the mother of two daughters who is dedicated to helping the underprivileged. With a Bachelor of Science degree, she is motivated by her upbringing and faith to give back to her community.

Manpreet Singh
Manpreet Singh

Media Relations

A CFA who actively participates in philanthropic activities. He is a director of the LaKan Foundation, a charter member of TiE-DC and a member of Summit Series since 2009.

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Amardeep Kaur Nijjar

Treasurer

Retired, Volunteer for GSEF and Red Cross. Working as a Treasurer for the last 5 years and also actively looking into the operations of the Punjab GSEF team.

Board of Directors, 2025-2026

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Kanwaljit Singh

— Founder Chairman

An accomplished engineer, manager and a motivated individual he founded the Global Sikh Economic Forum and is currently the Board Chairman.

Having worked as a professional in Engineering and Management since 25+ years in USA, Mr. Kanwaljit Singh was engaged in many an endeavor in helping to empower the local Sikh community
Gulbarg Singh Basi

— Board Member - Vice Chairman

Retired from an IT career spanning many decades, he now dedicates his time to giving back to the Community. Among the activities that he is involved with is sharing his Gurbani knowledge. Along with serving the community through Global Sikh Economic Forum (GSEF), Mr Basi is also associated with Global Sikh Council (GSC), American Sikh Educational and Empowerment Network (ASEEN).

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Sulakhan Singh Riar

— Board Member - Punjab President

A Post graduate in Hospital Management, Sulakhan Singh ji has been a Hospital Administrator in India, at various Super speciality hospitals since over 11 years.

He is also officiating as a CEO of Green Plus Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Jalandhar, Punjab An Ex-Voluntary Secretary of Guru Nanak Dev University School of Nursing, Taran Tarn, Punjab. An Ex-Joint Secretary Rotary International Jalandhar Central.

Amarinder Singh Bajwa

— Advisor

He is actively involved in development and support of Sikh community for last the 15 years in Australia. He is also currently serving the community as a Secretary Fateh Foundation Inc

With a background in engineering and IT, Mr. Bajwa is working as a Director of Technical Operations at Epower, Australia.

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Navdeep Singh Kainth

- Advisor

Navdeep Singh Kainth along with his wife runs a successful ILETS institute in Patiala. His brother lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba & sister lives in New Zealand.

Dr. Harshindar Kaur

— Advisor

Dr. Harshindar Kaur has dedicated her life fighting the curse of female feticide and infanticide.

She has worked tirelessly traversing the villages and rural areas of Punjab, since 30 years, to fight the menacing spread of female feticide by educating and calling upon the masses to  the disastrous consequences of this inhumane practice. Her efforts have been

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Dharam Bir Singh

— Advisor

After retiring in Dec. 2012 from India’s prestigious financial institution – Punjab & Sindh Bank, where he last served as Assistant General Manager (AGM  HOD Inspection) New Delhi.

Dharambir Singh ji is presently associated as Chief Advisor to an honorary Volunteer in an NGO  (Helping Poor Patients) in Amritsar.

Dr GP Singh

— Advisor

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Irwindeep Singh (Switzerland)

— Advisor

Working to get GSEF on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2027.

Amritpal Singh Sachdeva (UK)

— Advisor

Serving as the President of Global Sikh Counsel (www.globalsikhcounsel.org) since 2020.

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Darshan Singh (Boston Sikh Sangat Gurudwara Sahib)

— Advisor

Strong supporter of GSEF who has been sponsoring students every year.