Turn of the Century: Sikh Concerns and Responses

Dr Kharak Singh, was an agricultural economist par excellence, brilliant scholar of Sikhism, thinker, visionary, ideologue and Sikh servant.He was the founder of many institutions and organisations, dedicated Sikh philanthropist, besides being an ideal, selfless Sikh leader and a trailblazer, all rolled into one. After his Doctorate from Ohio State University in the US, he excelled in his chosen professional field of agriculture at the state, national and international levels.After serving the FAO, an agency of the UN, as an expert in several countries for about 14 years, he took a voluntary retirement from his lucrative international assignment to work for laying down the contours of a paradigm for the resurgence of Sikh society and its institutions.