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Sikh Personalities honoured with Padma awards 2021 https://singhstation.net/2021/11/sikh-personalities-honoured-with-padma-awards-2021/ BySinghStation November 12, 2021 Sikh Personalities honoured with Padma awards 2021 SinghStation Four Sikh personalities received the prestigious Padma Awards for their contribution to different fields, at the 2021 Civil Investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Narinder Singh Kapany, Father Of Fibre Optics Narinder Kapany, who is globally regarded as the ‘Father of Fibre Optics’ has been posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan — the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna — by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. Known as the ‘Father of Fibre Optics’, Kapany coined the term fibre optics, Rashtrapati Bhavan said in an official release, adding he “laid the foundation for today’s high-speed Internet technology”. Kapany, born in Moga in 1926, died last year. His daughter Kiran has said the family was “truly humbled” and “overwhelmed”. She thanked the Government of India for bestowing the honour on her father. On his work on fibre optics, Kiran is reported to have said: “We realise how deeply he touched so many lives and how he laid the groundwork for so many to know that they could also reach for the stars. We thank you with all our hearts.” Shiromani Ragi Prof Kartar Singh from Ludhiana Shiromani Ragi Prof. Kartar Singh was awarded the Padma Shri in recognition of his services to the Sikh sect. Professor Kartar Singh, who lives in the Shastri Nagar area of Ludhiana, came here after Partition and got training in singing the words of Gurbani in prescribed ragas of Gurbani with traditional musical instruments and then after giving training to the youth and fulfilling his responsibility towards Gurbani. Pro. The Ragi Jatha trained by Kartar Singh is serving the Sikh Panth today. For almost 12 years (1991-2002), Prof. Kartar Singh trained the ragis in Tanti Rangs at Jawaddi Taksal, So the best center of Gurmat music on Gurbani ragas in Punjab. It is noteworthy that in Sikhism the words of Gurbani were sung only in Tanti ragas and the professor has a great contribution in keeping this tradition alive. Mata Parkash Kaur Unique homes Jalandhar Parkash Kaur, a social worker from Jalandhar city has been awarded a Padma Shri today from president Ram Nath Kovind. The award recognises her social service towards abandoned girl children in Punjab, which has one of India’s most skewed sex ratios. Today, she is a mother to 100 abandoned girls. She has been running ‘Unique Home’ — a centre for orphans, “unwanted” and “unclaimed” girls — on the Nakodar Road, for the past 28 years. Almost 30 girls raised by her are married. The other 70 are studying in private schools and colleges. While some of them are doing MBBS and BTech, others are pursuing LLB, psychology and other professional courses. Jitender Singh Shunty from Delhi Jitender Singh Shunty, who received Padma Shri, is the founder of the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal, engaged in the service of people by transporting Covid-19 patients to hospitals and caring for unclaimed bodies. Expressing happiness on receiving the award, he said it belonged to each and everyone who helped him accomplish the work during the pandemic. “I am inspired by Bhagat Singh, who at the age of 23 kissed the hangman’s noose for the country.” A two-time councillor from the Jhilmil ward and former Shahdara MLA, Singh has been engaged in running the foundation for 25 years, providing free ambulance services to the poor.