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SSF Awards Harvard Sikh Scholarship
WSN Network
Cambridge, MA:
The Sikh Scholarship Foundation is delighted to announce the
recipient of the first annual Harvard Sikh Scholarship. The annual
scholarship of US $10,000 has been awarded to Tarun Singh of Santa
Maria, California.
Tarun Singh is
an undergraduate student at Harvard
University where he is in his second year. He plans on concentrating
in economics with a possible secondary field in statistics. Tarun is
interested in politics and is active in Harvard's John F. Kennedy
Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics. He is interested in possibly
pursuing a career in public service.
The members of
the Board of Trustees and Advisors of the Sikh Scholarship
Foundation wish him all the success in his coming years as a student
at
Harvard
University
and beyond.
Tarun Singh and
four other scholars have also recently completed the Mata Sahib Kaur
Course which is part of the Scholarship requirements and Mata Sahib
Kaur Summer Program at Oxford
University in the United Kingdom.
The summer
course provided the scholars with the foundation and background of
Sikh thought and doctrine through a combination of readings,
lectures, facilitated discussions and activities. All aspects of
Sikh thought and doctrine were taught through the lens of gurmat
which is comprised of bani, tvarikh and rahit - scriptural
narratives, historical precedents and code of conduct. Regarding
the MSK Summer Course, Tarun Singh writes: "The MSK Summer Course
breaks down the principles of Sikhi to the basics and has provided
me with the tools necessary to analyze contemporary Sikh issues with
respect to Sikh doctrine. It is great to see a group of young,
active and enthusiastic Sikhs doing this type of seva and it has
definitely encouraged me to strive to do the same."
In its five
years of existence the Sikh Scholarship foundation has provided 6
scholarships to Sikh students of Oxford
University, UK via the Tercentennial Sikh Scholarship to University
of Oxford.
This year in addition to arranging for the Tercentennial Sikh
Scholarship to Harvard
University,
the Foundation has added a Quadcentennial Sikh Scholarship to
Cambridge University, UK. The recipients of the 2007 Oxford and
Cambridge Scholarship will be announced in January 2008.
The Sikh
Scholarship Foundation would also like to appreciate the efforts of
the Sikh Research Institute which has been instrumental in providing
the course material and instruction for the Mata Sahib Kaur Course
as well as acting as facilitator of the fund raising efforts for the
Harvard Scholarship. If you would like to donate to the Harvard
Sikh Scholarship please visit www.sikhri.org /donations and chose
“Sikh Scholarship Foundation (Harvard)” when making your
tax-deductible contribution to this worthy cause. For any info,
contact Inderpreet Singh, email: isingh70@gmail.com
10 October, 2007
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