RAJINDER SINGH MAGO
CHICAGO: The Punjabi Cultural Society (PCS) hosted its 19th annual Punjabi Youth Graduation and Scholarships Awards Night June 2 at the Viceroy of India Banquet Hall in Lombard, a suburb of Chicago.PCS scholarships were awarded to the winners and all Punjabi class of 2019 graduates who attended were honored with gifts and certificates. The keynote address was given by Amrith Kaur, Legal Director of Sikh Coalition, a civil rights organization based in New York.
The youth speaker was Dr. Sukhraaj Singh Basati, who has a doctorate in biomedical engineering and works as a Systems Engineer at Baxter International. Gurleen Kaur of Wheeling High School won the $1500 first place scholarship while Seerat Kaur of Downers Grove North High School won the $1000 second place scholarship. The participants, item coordinators and emcees of “Rangla Punjab 2019”, the annual PCS Vaisakhi cultural program, received appreciation awards and gift certificate.
PCS president Harwinder Paul Singh Lail introduced the PCS officials and thanked the graduates, Rangla Punjab participants, item coordinators, parents, all guests, and the event sponsors.PCS chairman Gurdeep Singh Nandra praised the 25 years of community service and meaningful work being done by PCS. He also encouraged the community members to support PCS.
The graduation night was made possible by the generous sponsorships of Dr. Bhupinder Singh Saini, Dr. Narinder Singh Grewal, Dr. Surjit Singh Patheja, Kevindeep Singh Atwal, Rajpreet Kaur Dhaliwal, Rajneesh Kaur Nandra, Mohina Ahluwalia, Amrit Mittal, Harinder Singh, Late Dr. Pritam Singh’s daughters, Dr. Jasvinder Singh Chawla, Dr. Amarjit Singh, and Jasbir Singh Bhalla among others. PCS of Chicago is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit community service organization devoted to promoting Punjabi culture, language, performing arts, healthy lifestyle, sports, education, and good citizenship in the metropolitan Chicago area and beyond.
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