Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon

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Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon

Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon , CBE (born September 17, 1932 in Rawalpindi , British India ), sometimes translated as Inderjit Singh, is a British journalist and presenter , a prominent British-Asian activist on Sikh and interreligious matters. He is editor of Sikh Messenger and is known as a regular presenter of the Thought for the Day segment of BBC Radio 4's Today program and BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought . He also contributes to UK and overseas newspapers and journals, including The Times , The Guardian and The Independent .

life and career

Singh was born in Rawalpindi in 1932 and came to England in 1933 . He studied engineering at Birmingham University .

Between 1955 and 1975 he worked in mining for the National Coal Board , for the construction company Costain as a mine manager in India and in local government in London .

He has been working for the Sikh community since 1993 and is probably their best-known representative in Great Britain .

He has served in an advisory capacity or was a member of official bodies including the Commission for Racial Equality and the Advisory Council on Race Relations of the Minister of the Interior. Singh is director of the Network of Sikh Organizations (UK) and regularly represents the Sikh community at public events such as the Commonwealth Service and the Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall , London.

Prince Charles , the Anglican bishops and the Metropolitan Police consulted him. He is a prominent figure in the national and international inter-religious movement ( Interfaith Movement ), patron ( saint ) of the World Congress of Faiths and member of the (Executive Committee) of the Interfaith Network UK . There he was also a founding member and one of the chairmen ( Co-Chair ). He was invited to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton as a representative of the Sikh faith.

Membership in the House of Lords

Singh was appointed Life Peer as Baron Singh of Wimbledon, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton on October 12, 2011 . The official launch took place on October 24, 2011 with the support of Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws and George Leonard Carey . He gave his inaugural address in the House of Lords on December 1, 2011.

  • October 2011: 3 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 10 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 10 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 11 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 11 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 15 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 3 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 13 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 11 days (out of 13)

His presence on meeting days is in the medium to higher range.

Other offices

Since 1976, Singh consultant (is Consultant ) of the Home Office on the Pastoral Care for Sikhs in prison. He was a member of the Board of Visitors at Brixton Prison from 1981 to 1984 . From 1993 to 1998 he was a member of the Medical Ethics Committee of the British Medical Association . In 1984, Singh magistrate ( justice of the peace ) of Wimbledon .

He is Honorary Editor of the Sikh Messenger , Chair of the Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations and a member of the Trustee of the World Congress of Faiths . Singh is a member of the UN Association's Religious Advisory Council , Inner Cities Religious Advisory Council of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions , Gene Therapy Advisory Committee and Central Religious Advisory Committee of the BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority.

He is a regular lecturer on racial relations at Maj University and other institutions in and outside the UK. In 1990 he gave the Sir Francis Younghusband Memorial Lecture at the World Congress of Faiths .

Honors

Singh received the Templeton Award in 1989 for his service to spirituality . In 1991 he received the Inter faith Medallion for service on religious radio. In 2004, together with Benjamin Zephaniah and Peter Donohoe, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Leicester . The University of Coventry awarded him the title of Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon DLit) .

In the People's Lord poll on BBC Radio 4 , he came in second behind Bob Geldof . He has been Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) since June 1996 , and in the 2009 New Year Honors Singh was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

In 2006 he was listed on The Independent's Good List . He is a member of the Institution of Mining Engineers . He is a Chartered Engineer and Master of Commerce (MComm).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What God thinks of the world article on BBC News on February 19, 2004.
  2. ↑ Indarjit Singh ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Entry on the website in.com ; Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ Royal wedding guest list. In: BBC News. dated April 23, 2011.
  4. ↑ 1 Dec 2011: Column 430 minutes of the House of Lords meeting of 1 December 2011.
  5. ^ House of Lords: Members' expenses. Members' expenses on the House of Lords website . ; Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  6. ↑ poet, pianist and Interfaith Champion to be Honored by University of Leicester publication of the University of Leicester in January of 2004.
  7. ^ The London Gazette.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Published in the London Gazette on December 31, 2008.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.thegazette.co.uk
  8. ↑ Honors (PDF; 1.3 MB) Publication from BBC News , accessed December 9, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Singh, Indarjit, Baron Singh of Wimbledon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Singh, Inderjit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Rawalpindi , British India