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Sarah Caldwell is a representative from the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz and is here today to express gratitude on behalf on the university for the community’s support of the Sikh and Punjabi Studies program.

The Sikh and Punjabi Studies program has become a vibrant scholarly endeavor on campus, offering an Introduction to the Sikhs course, Punjabi language teaching, faculty research, and support of the Sikh Student Association activities.

The program is headed by Prof. Nirvikar Singh who is in Europe and unable to join. It was started in 2011 by the establishment of a  chair funded by Hardit Singh Arora. Another round of funding to support the program was provided by the San Jose area Sikh Community.

 

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