Executive Committee
Structure
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The BSCF has a Board of Trustees, an Executive Committee, a Council of Gurdwara Management Committees, a Consultation Network and body of members.
The Executive runs the policies developed after consensus consultations with general network members.
The current constitution of its bodies are
Trustees
Chairperson Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh ji
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai
Dr Sadhu Singh
Executive
Director |
Dr Sadhu Singh |
Assistant Director North |
Ranbir Singh |
General Secretary |
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai |
Secretary Sikh organisations |
Jasvinder Singh Nagra |
Secretary Gurdwaras |
Balbinder Singh Chiheru |
Secretary Youth liaison |
Simran Singh |
Secretary Events |
Sukhbir Singh |
Secretary web and communications |
Pawinder Singh Sabharwal |
Chairman of Council of Gurdwara Management Committees ( a new national body)
As a rule BSCF does not permit any directly or indirect serving civil servant or British politician to be part of its Trustees or Executive to avoid conflict of interest.
As a rule BSCF maintains that anyone who has left the civil service or retired from it can be an advisor but only join the executive 3 years after leaving the civil service to avoid conflict of interest.
ORGANISATIONS REPRESENTED IN TRUST AND EXECUTIVE
Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh ji Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak jatha ( an international organisations with headquarters in Birmingham. Also manages several Schools in Uk based on Sikh faith Ethos
Dr Sadhu Singh Nanaksar Thath Isher Darbar, Wolverhampton also Guru Nanak Sikh School Hayes
Ranbir Singh: Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara, Bradford and Chairperson Bradford council of Sikh Gurdwaras
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai; Director Sikh Human Rights Group an international organisation with consultative status at United Nations
Balbinder Singh Chiheru: Gurdwara Tividale and Dam Dami Taksal
Jasvinder Singh Nagra: Coordinator Beds and Hertfordshire Gurdwaras
Simran Singh: Sikh Links ( a network organisation of Sikh youth)
Sukhbir Singh: Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha
CONULTATION NETWORK
There is no formal requirement. Any Gurdwara or organisation and individual can join in the consultation. BSCF works as a national consultancy body among Sikhs and liaises with State institutions, Government and other faith bodies based on outcomes of consultations. Gurdwaras are given preeminent voice in the consultations.
The organisation has a network of the leading 80 Gurdwaras and about 15 organisations that are contacted. Some time many more attend. Some consultations are held regionally with at least 6 centres chosen around the country. These are face to face with Gurdwaras and organisations taking the lead. The consensus of opinion is presented to all and then given to relevant State body.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership is by invitation and open to Gurdwaras as well as Sikh organisations. Any Gurdwara or organisation can express an interest to be a member and take responsibility for any of the BSCF functions.
Team
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Bhai Sahib, Bhai (Dr) Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia OBE KSG
Spiritual Leader / Chairperson - Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha & Nishkam Group of Organisations
Dr Sadhu Singh Ph.D Electronic Engineering MBE
Director of the British Sikh Consultative Forum Executive
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai, MBChB (Lvpool). MA politics (SOAS)
General Secretary British Sikh Consultative Forum
Ranbir Singh Rai
Assistant Director British Sikh Consultative Forum
Pawinder Singh Sabharwal
Vice Chairperson
Balbinder Singh Chiheru
Secretary
Sukhbir Singh (B.Sc Hon) Electronics
Membership Secretary British Sikh Consultative Forum
Jasvinder Singh Nagra B.Sc Mathematics and Physics
PR Secretary to the British Sikh Consultative Forum www.bscf.org interface to liaise with the Home Office
Bhai Sahib, Bhai (Dr) Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia OBE KSG
Spiritual Leader / Chairperson – Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha & Nishkam Group of Organisations
Bhai Sahib is the third in line of spiritual leaders serving the transnational, Sikh faith-based organisation, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ). Inspired by the legacy of Guru Nanak (the founder of the Sikh faith) it strives to serve humanity based on the principle of being nishkam (altruistic or selfless). Bhai Sahib also heads the Nishkam Group of Organisations where he is actively engaged in vision-building and partnership-building in fields such as education and healthcare, with the aim of making significant contributions to community regeneration, heritage conservation and infrastructure development. He is passionate about empowering individuals and organisations through mobilising values and virtues.
• Recipient of the official Bhai Sahib title from the five Jathedars (highest office bearers of the five Takhats – throne or seat of spiritual authority in India).
• Recipient of the Shiromani Panth Ratan (‘jewel of the global Sikh community’) award for his dedicated and selfless leadership in completing the heritage conservation of the five most sacred Sikh Takhats, the Harimandir Sahib (Golden Temple, Amritsar) and other Gurudwara’s in India, as well as his contributions to sharing the practice of Sikh principles on a worldwide level.
• Patron of the ground-breaking Sikh ethos multi-faith Nishkam Schools Trust, which operates 3 primary schools and 2 Secondary School’s, as well as 2 privately funded nurseries.
• Chair and Trustee of the proposed Museum of World’s Religions UK (MWR UK) and Co-Convenor of the proposed International Peace Charter for Forgiveness and Reconciliation, which was adopted by the 10th World Assembly of Religions for Peace (RfP) International in Lindau, Germany from 20-23 August 2019.
• One of fifty Co-Presidents and a Trustee of Religions for Peace (RfP) International. Also a member of the Religions for Peace International World Council.
• A member of the Advisory Forum of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre (KAICIID)
• Trustee of St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace.
• Recipient of the Papal Knighthood of St. Gregory the Great (KSG).
• Officer of Her Majesty the Queen’s British Empire (OBE).
• Recipient of the 2017 Global Thinkers Forum Award for Excellence in Peace and Collaboration; the 2016 African Interfaith Harmony Award of the Year, United Religions Initiative-Africa; the Juliet Hollister Interfaith Award from the Temple of Understanding, New York; the Guru Nanak Interfaith Award from Hofstra University, New York; and the GCGI Award for Public Service in the ‘Interest of the Common Good’ from the Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative.
• Three honorary doctorates from UK universities for interfaith and peace building work.
• Retired Civil and Structural Engineer with 27 years of practice across three continents in the fields of engineering, town planning and housing, appropriate local materials research and policy formulation.
Dr Sadhu Singh Ph.D Electronic Engineering MBE
Director of the British Sikh Consultative Forum Executive
He was instrumental in setting the first Sikh School in United Kingdom and is on its Governing Body. The school is now called Guru Nanak Academy in 2010.
Senior consultant for the Sikh Chanel and holds regular programme on ‘debates’ on major issues
Chairperson of the Wolverhampton Council of Gurdwaras, an umbrella body of 10 Gurdwaras in Wolverhampton
Dr Sadhu Singh is founder Chairman of the Ethnic Minority Council (EMC) in Wolverhampton set up in 2004
Chief Organiser of the Nanaksar Trust Charity
He set up and runs 3 Care Homes for the Elderly. In 1978 he developed the first Digital Note Weighing Machine for Barclays Bank which is now used by all High Street Banks. he modified it for the Post Office and still holds Patent on it.
Dr Jasdev Singh Rai, MBChB (Lvpool). MA politics (SOAS)
General Secretary British Sikh Consultative Forum
Director Sikh Human Rights Group (consultative status at UN)
Trustee Sikh Welfare Research Trust
Clinical Professor on Human Rights at the Accredited Universities of Sovereign Nations,
Chairperson Worldviews of Nature Project
Works as Otolaryngologist
Ranbir Singh Rai
Assistant Director British Sikh Consultative Forum
Chairman of Bradford Sikh Sports Committee
President Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara
Ex President of the Bradford Board of Gurdwaras
Pawinder Singh Sabharwal
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Balbinder Singh Chiheru
Secretary
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Sukhbir Singh (B.Sc Hon) Electronics
Membership Secretary British Sikh Consultative Forum
University of Kent Canterbury. PGCE London University.
Joint Coordinator BSCF Vaisakhi function
Trustee, Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (London)
Executive, Sangat Trust and Director, Sangat 1 Ltd
International Events Coordinator Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (UK),
Executive Member, Elijah Interfaith Institute
Executive Committee, Museum of World Religions
Interfaith activist. Also specialise in the teaching of Sikh Scripture, and Propagating the Sikh Dharam
Qualified teacher status –
Self-Employed. Own insurance business since Sept 1979, trading as Jote Saroop Investments, specialising in Wills, Trusts, and Commercial Insurance
Jasvinder Singh Nagra B.Sc Mathematics and Physics
PR Secretary to the British Sikh Consultative Forum bscf.org interface to liaise with the Home Office
University of London, PGCE Brunel university.
Trustee of Maharaja Duleep Singh Centenary Trust – www.mdsct.org aim is to promote a greater awareness of the shared heritage between the Sikhs and Britain.
Regional campaign co-coordinator of Sikh Human Rights Group – www.shrg.org
Director of East of England Faiths Agency
Sessional Chaplain HMPS at Highpoint North , Highpoint South and Mount Prisons.
Chairperson Guru Nanak Gurdwara Luton Wellbeing Club looking after over 50s in the Sikh community.