Inderjit Kaur
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_Inderjit_Kaur_at_Civil_Investiture-II_Ceremony%252C_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan%252C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_10%252C_2008.jpg) Kaur receiving the Padma Bhushan award from Pratibha Patil in 2008 | |
| Born | 25 July 1942 |
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| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2008) |
Inderjit Kaur (born 25 July 1942) is an Indian doctor who serves as the president of All-India Pingalwara Charitable Society. She is a 2008 recipient of Padma Bhushan for social work.
Early life
Inderjit Kaur was born on 25 July 1942 to Harbans Singh and Ranjit Kaur.[1] She completed her high school studies in 1957, and then enrolled for an F.Sc Medical course at the Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, which she completed in 1960.[2] From 1960-1965, she pursued Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery,[3] and then joined Government Medical College, Patiala for her MBBS, completed the degree in 1967.[4]
Career
Kaur began serving at a government hospital in Barnala in 1967 with a monthly salary of 700 Indian rupees.[4] She resigned from the government service in 1974, and started working at their own family hospital.[5]
She joined the All-India Pingalwara Charitable Society, a Sikh faith-based institution for human service, in 1986[6][7] She subsequently became vice-president a year later.[6], and following the death of Bhagat Puran Singh, she was chosen as the institution's successor.[8]
Kaur serves the Pingalwara society as president.[6] Through Pingalwara, she supports the poor and needy.[9] In 2008, she was awarded with Padma Bhushan for her social work.[10] In 2010, she authored A spiritual way of life.[11]
References
Citations
- ↑ Chhina 2015, p. 19.
- ↑ Chhina 2015, pp. 28, 35.
- ↑ Chhina 2015, pp. 35, 37.
- 1 2 Chhina 2015, p. 38.
- ↑ Chhina 2015, p. 50.
- 1 2 3 Kulkarni, Shweta (12 April 2021). "Dr. Inderjit Kaur: The greatest virtue of Sikhism is Sewa and Simran". Darpan.
- ↑ Chitando, Ezra; Nickles, Peter (eds.). "Pingalwara: A Towering Organisation engaged in care of the chronically ill (The home of physically and mentally challenged sick and destitute". What’s faith got to do with it?. Norwegian Church Aid. pp. 39–40.
- ↑ Chhina 2015, p. 82.
- ↑ "Biography of Pingalwara director released". Tribune India. 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "119 get Padma awards". Hindustan Times. 25 January 2008.
- ↑ "Inderjit Kaur, 1942-". viaf.org.
Sources cited
- Chhina, Sarbjit Singh (March 2015). Life with a Mission: Biography of Dr Inderjit Kaur. Amritsar: CITIZENS WELFARE TRUST.