Sikh Education Aid Fund
Report 1997
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The committee
of the Sikh Education Aid Fund met on Aug 10, 1997 and considered
all the applications for financial aid. The following students were
approved. Those students listed in the first section had received
aid before and subsequent aid in 1997 was based on their academic
performance and need.
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Bhupinder Singh of Arlington, VA - Third Year at U. VA Medical School, Charlottesville, VA
Abhijit Singh Bhatia of Gaithersburg, Maryland - Final Yr., George Washington School of Medicine, Washington DC
(See note iii below)
Jalmeen Kaur Makkar of Chicago III - Third Year, Ph. D. in Psychology at George Mason Univ., Fairfax VA
(See note iv below)
Sandeep Singh Tuli of East Hills, NY Final year at New York University, NY
Simarjot Kaur Jassal of San Diego, CA - Final Year at the Medical School at Univ. of CA, San Francisco
Priyadarsh K Tulsi of Silver Springs, MI) - Final Year, at U. VA Medical School, Charlottesville, VA
(See note iii below)
Chanpreet Kaur Singh of Queens, New York - Third year at City University of New York, NY
(See note v below)
Rajpreet K Bal from Boardman, OH - Second year at the BS-MD program at Youngstown State Univ., OH
Tejinder Singh Brar - Second year at Gannon University, Erie, PA in their Physicians Assistant Program
Rachita K Sethi - from Orangevale, CA - Second year at U.CA, Berkeley
Harminder Singh from Phoenix AZ - Second year at Univ. of Arizona in Tucson,
AZ
Bhupinder Singh Khanuja from Worcester, MA - Second year at the Dental School in Iowa City, IA
Ikdeep Singh Suri from Bhopal India - in Technical University of Nova Scotia, Canada; Fourth year in Industrial Engineering
Jasviir Kaur from Chicago III - now in her Fourth year of Pharmacy School at the Ferris State University, MI
Mr. R.S. Sabhi from New Jersey - for Exam fees for Bar Exam in California
(This will be awarded if he can raise the balance from other sources - see note vi below)
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New Applicants
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Onkar Singh from Toronto, Canada - accepted into First year Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto
(see note i below)
Ravinder Singh from Toronto, Canada - accepted into First year of Medical School, University of Ottawa, Ontario
(See note ii below)
Jagjit Singh Bhui from Mississauga, Ontario - First year of Dental School at Pittsburgh,
PA
(See note vii below)
Harpal Kaur Sehbi from Mumbai India - Final year in Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Rajwinder Kaur Chawla from Chicago, Illinois - Accepted into Exercise Physiology at Benedictine
Univ, Illinois
Neetu, Chahil, from Manalapan, NJ - First year at New York University, New York
Harpreet S Bajwa from Alexandria VA - First Year at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Harmeet S Kalia. from Flushing, New York - First Year at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, NY
Jivanjot K Tulsi from Silver Springs Md - Second Year in Electrical Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park
Harmanpreet S Bajwa of Woodbridge VA - First year at George Washington University,
Washington DC
Amandeep K Bajwa of Woodbridge VA - Second Year at, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
Bhupinder Singh of Pequannock NJ - First Year at New York University, New York
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TOTAL $22000
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Notes:
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Included in the above list are the following Scholarships:
i) Bhai Mohinder Singh Scholarship - Onkar Singh from Toronto
ii) Harbans Singh Akali Award - Ravinder Singh from Toronto
iii) NASMDA Scholarship - Priyadarsh Tulsi(VA) and Abhijit S. Bhatia (DC)
The following students either did not respond to our requests or declined the awards:
iv) Jalmecu Kaur Makkar of Chicago III - Third Year, Ph. D. in Psychology at George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA (She is now married, and does not wish to incur more debt.)
v) Chanpreet Kaur Singh of Queens, New York - Third year at City University of NY (Her mother's financial situation has improved)
vi) W K S. Sabhi from New Jersey - for Examination fees for his Bar Exam in California (He could not raise the balance of his funds from other sources)
vii) Jagjit Singh Bhui from Mississauga, Ontario - lst yr. of Dental Sch. at Pittsburg, PA (Did not provide us with the details of the college he was attending)
The final number of students who
actually received the awards was 22 -they received a total of $19750
(average $897 each).
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At our telephone conference (on Aug 10) we also decided that:
1. From 1998, the awards will be given directly to the School where they are enrolled. This
will require us to change the Rules and Regs and will need to be
discussed at our next meeting.
2. Scholarship committee members will each contribute $500 (or more) to help the SEAF grow.
We are doing this because of the shortfall in donations.
3. Each member of the
Scholarship committee shall contact at least 10 people to ask for
more funds (Brochures were forwarded to the members for this.)
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Other
Developments:
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1. NASMDA scholarships At the Annual meeting of the North American Sikh
Medical and Dental Association, a presentation on the Fund was made
and they were requested to support our efforts. The Executive
Committee of NASMDA agreed and authorized a sum of $2000 to be given
as a grant to the ASP. We would in turn award this to 2 Sikh
students at $1000 each. This scholarship would be known as the
NASMDA scholarship. In turn we have agreed to co-opt one of their
members to our SEAF committee as a non-voting member. (They have
nominated Dr. Amarjit Singh of Buffalo)
2. Bhai Dewa Singh &
Mdm Narain Kaur Scholarship Dr. UP Singh of Richmond has made a
donation of $11000. This donation is the first installment of a
pledge to endow a Scholarship in memory of his parents S. Dewa Singh
and Mdm. Narain Kaur. The balance of these funds (about $9,000) will
be paid to the SEAF in 1998 thus creating an endowment of $20000
which will support a scholarship of $1000 per year
3. The Fund also received a
check for $5000 to fund another scholarship in memory of Bhai
Mohinder Singh Ji. This is the first of 3 installments of $5000 each
to endow a scholarship.
With this activity the Fund
now has 5 scholarships that will be awarded on a yearly basis.
Action Item: We need to have a motion to approve the nomination of Dr. Ama~it Singh of Buffalo as
an additional member of the Sikh Education Aid Fund (representing
the North American Sikh Medical and Dental Association)
Further Plans:. Our current supply of brochures is going to be.exhausted soon. We have engaged a
Sikh graphic designer to work on a new brochure
A suggestion has been made to have all applicants write an essay on a Sikh topic as a
criteria for the receipt of
Funds. This will need serious consideration.
Fund raising is always a chronic problem. I need volunteers to help organise fundraisers in
their towns or localities so that we can progress further.
Financial Statistics for 1997 will be supplied by our Treasurer
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