 Mr. Jagindar Singh Ramdev, the Patron of SATKAL TRUST,
is the husband of late Mrs. Satinder . Kaur Ramdev, in
whose memory the Trust has been established. He was born
on September 17, 1930 at Emanabad, District Gujranwala,
West Punjab (Now in Pakistan) to parents S.Arjan Singh
(Post Master) and Smt. Ravel Kaur. He passed his
Matriculation from R.B.Sunder Das High School in First
Division. After Partition of India, he came to Jalandhar
in 1947 with his parents. He had a narrow escape while
crossing the border; his two brothers, sister and
sister-in -law were killed in riots.
He started his career as a lecturer in Punjabi in Hans
Raj Manila College, Jalandhar. Thereafter, he joined
Panjab University Library in March 1960 and later became
the first Deputy Librarian before migrating to U.S.A. in
June 1970 along with his family. During his ten years
tenure at Panjab University, he taught P.G. Diploma in
Library Science Course, published books and contributed
a lot to the profession of librarianship in different
capacities. While in U.S.A., he worked as a Librarian
inI.I.T. Library, Chicago.
In addition to a number of research papers, Mr. Jagindar
Singh Ramdev has authored, edited, compiled and
translated as many as 9 books in English and Punjabi
languages. Various newspapers, media persons,
journalists, academicians and authorities in the field
of librarianship have appreciated and praised these
works and their reviews have been published in dailies
and journals of national/international repute.
He has been not only a good teacher and researcher in
Punjabi Literature and Library Science, but also an
excellent guide for research in Library Science. He has
been an able librarian and a good administrator. He held
offices in professional associations, literary and
academic organizations at regional and national level.
He has organized and attended several national and
international conferences seminars and symposia. He is a
widely traveled person, having visited entire European
and Asian continents.
Mr. Ramdev is a known philanthropist and has donated
liberally. To cite a few examples, he donated lac of
rupees Cheshire Home for the handicapped children in Dehradun, to Desh Bhagat Board, Jalandhar, to orphanage in Amritsar; to
Gurudwara Rajouri Garden, Delhi; to Gurudwara
Shahid Bunga at Village Tanda near Taran Tarn (in the
memory of his mother at her birth place). He has
instituted three gold medals i.e. one in Lib. & Inf. Sc.
At G.N.D.Univ, Amritsar (in memory of his wife-Mrs.
Satinder Kaur Ramdev); and in Lib. & Inf.Sc. at Panjab
University, Chandigarh (in the memory of his father);
and one in M.A. in Punjabi., (in memory of his mother).
He has donated about Rs 8 lacs to the "Satinder Kaur
Ramdev Memorial Trust for Advancement of
Librarianship"(SATKAL) in the memory of his beloved late
wife.
Mr. Jagindar Singh Ramdev is a contended, God-fearing,
humble and kind-hearted human being, well settled in
U.S.A and enjoying retired life in the company of his
children and grandchildren. SATKAL wishes him a long,
happy and healthy life. |
