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We are proud of the achievements of the

already established Sikh-American
Community in the United States. The Gala is
not just a showcase of these triumphs but
also a realization of the fact that the road to

breaking
success is filled with obstacles. Through
perseverance and commitment, we have
created a platform where aspiring
entrepreneurs, professionals, business

barriers
owners, and students alike all work
together to build a stronger network. Today,
we have a strong local presence through
our regional chapters and a wide global
presence through our new initiative of SCC
Global.

As we continue to break numerous barriers

and glass ceilings on our journey, let us first
take this evening to appreciate all that we
have accomplished as we celebrate our 7th
Annual Gala. Thank you for being a part of
our journey and we hope to be a part of
yours as we empower, promote and unite

SACC
our Sikh community.

The Sikh American Chamber of Commerce (SACC) is a non-profit organization

comprised of a cross section of Sikh American member businesses, ranging
from sole proprietors to large corporations, skilled professionals and young
students and entrepreneurs. Our goal is to provide a forum for effective
business networking, promote entrepreneurship within the community and
provide access to resources for our youth so that they too may thrive in
business or profession. It is through these business driven initiatives that our
Sikh American community may thrive.
7th Annual Gala

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Sukhwinder Singh Kaila
President, SACC Global
CEO, IT By Design, inc.

It has been my pleasure to serve as the President of SACC

since 2011. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the work of
excellent board members, hardworking dedicated volunteers
and professionals who help make this organization a success.
As we look ahead to 2019, we ask for your continued support
and thank you for making this year a great one. We are proud
of the achievements of the already established Sikh-American
Community in the United States. The Gala is not just a
showcase of these triumphs but also a realization of the fact
that the road to success is filled with obstacles. The speakers
this year exemplify the resilience, hard work and determination
that is required to achieve success. Tonight, please join all of
us here at the SACC, in celebrating these exceptional
individuals and use their examples to inspire ourselves on how
to overcome these numerous barriers and glass ceilings on
our journeys.

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 breaking barriers
OUR SPEAKERS

Gurbir S. Grewal Jaideep S. Bajaj Ravi S. Bhalla

Attorney General of Chairman, Mayor of Hoboken,
New Jersey ZS Associates New Jersey

our moderators

Navneet Chugh Gurmeet Sodhi

Managing Partner TV Host & Producer
The Chugh Firm

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 honories

AWARD WINNERS
Ravi Singh Dr. Narinder Kapany Gagan Singh
CEO, Khalsa Aid Father of Fiber Optics Chief Investment
Founder of Sikh Officer, PNC
Foundation

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 it takes a village
Baljeet Singh
Jasbir Chandi
BOARD OF Onkar Singh
DIRECTORS Rajbhinder Singh Badesha
Sukhwinder Singh Kaila
Yadvinder Singh
OUR TEAM

President: Sukhwinder Singh Kaila

 
Vice President: Gundeep Singh
Program Manager: Chandeep Kaur LEADERSHIP
Director of Communications: TEAM
Kamaljit Kaur Kaila
Treasurer: Baljeet Singh

  Ravi Singh - Kentucky

CHAPTER Sukhvir S. Josan - Washington
PRESIDENTS Jagmohan Singh - Delhi
Kaval Kaur - California

Jasvir Gill, CEO - Alert Enterprise

Jassi Chadha, CEO - Axtria ADVISORY
Manmeet Virdi, CEO - Aequor BOARD
Suneet Tuli, CEO - Datawind

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a special thanks to our
Gala Team
Ashu Joshi
Baljeet Singh

GALA TEAM
Chandeep Kaur
Gundeep Singh
Gurmukh Mudhar
Gurvarinder Singh
Harpreet Singh
Inem Chahal
Preanka Singh
Raj Singh
Dr. Rajinder K. Mudhar
Shivpreet Grewal
Sukhdeep Singh
Talwinder Singh
Yadi Singh

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 the why?
Dr. Rajinder Kaur Mudhar
SACC Team Member
TEAM INSIGHTS

Scientist, Troy Corporation

We all have stories to tell. Some experiences are significant and some
are life-altering. As a strong believer in ‘Inspired women inspire women’,
I feel every woman should share their story, personal or professional
and reflect as a source of inspiration to each other. When you shift focus
from competition to contribution, life becomes a celebration. No matter
where you are in life, it is important to empower the women around you.
You may look at me as a successful professional, a dedicated wife and
mom, but I am a woman first. When women collaborate and celebrate
one another, amazing things happen. The SACC provides a unique
platform for both men and women to connect and fulfill their
professional aspirations through various initiatives. SACC’s Women
Leadership Summit is a wonderful opportunity for women mentoring
and pouring into one another.
In the spirit of the SACC’s Gala theme for this year--Breaking Barriers-- I
want to encourage all women to get the leadership advice on how to
break invisible barriers or glass ceilings on your way up. If you have a
vision, make a great plan and put it into action. SACC is here to support
you in fulfilling your aspirations. Let’s get together and set a great
example for our generations to come. As a fellow Sikh and as a woman,
remember to keep your chin up, head high and follow your passion. No
matter how difficult the path is, together we can bring a difference and
reach greater heights.

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 the why?
Kamaljit Kaur Kaila

TEAM INSIGHTS
SACC Director of Communications
President & CCO, IT By Design, Inc.

Our Mantra, Our Passion. Each year people ask us why we

devote our time and resources to this cause? Because we are
blessed, and we know that we have an obligation to give back.
Had we not been educated, had the right mentors, been given an
extra helping hand at critical times in our lives, we would not be
here. It’s about Paying it forward, helping others, building our
community, not as a hobby, but as a Passion. We live this Mantra
in our work and home life. It’s who we are as individuals and
embodies our CORE VALUES as a family.

Every day, when our children leave for school, we don’t tell them
to study hard, or make more friends, we tell them to BE GOOD
HUMAN BEINGS.” That is all we ask. So please,

When you LEARN, TEACH others.

When you GET, GIVE back.
  When you RISE, LIFT others.
LET’S MOVE FORWARD, BY GIVING BACK.
 

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 the why?
Gundeep Singh
Vice President, SACC Global
TEAM INSIGHTS

Senior Manager - Ernst & Young

Let me start by congratulating Sikh American Chamber of Commerce

(SACC) on its 7th annual Gala. I have been very fortunate and
blessed to be associated with this amazing organization for all of
these 7 years. And what better than “Breaking Barriers” as the theme
for this year’s gala. That’s a theme this organization has been living
with since its existence and has achieved ground breaking success
in form of networking gala’s, job fair and mentor connect, leadership
and networking cohorts and many such forums. SACC has helped
our community break the barriers of traditional and siloed thinking
and evolve into a group that’s now talking to each other, learning
from each other, helping each other and celebrating the success of
community at large. As they say - “Success is an eventuality when
good people with good intentions work together”. SACC has been
the glue bringing us all together.
I once again congratulate SACC for all of these achievements and
hope the organization continues to achieve greater heights while
realizing it’s core vision of community empowerment through
entrepreneurship and professional education.
I also want to take this opportunity to Thank you all for joining us for
the gala tonight and for all your contributions towards the success
of Sikh American Chamber of Commerce.
 

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 the why?
Baljeet Singh

TEAM INSIGHTS
SACC Board Member & Treasurer
CPA & Managing Partner, Chugh CPAs

There are a few blessed ones who know what their purpose of life is
while most of us confuse it with the individual goals; whether aligned
with life purpose or not; be it related to education and career,
finances, family or any other related aspect of our lives. Regardless,
being part of a non-profit organization like SACC can directly or
indirectly help us achieve our purpose and/or goals when we align
them with SACC activities.
The way we align SACC activities with our purpose in life is up to
each of us individually to find out for ourselves. SACC provides
fruitful ongoing networking events; meaningful job fairs; and
leadership summits that provide a medium to meet and learn from
thought leaders of our era. SACC is also a great platform to take on
social responsibility, give back and achieve personal satisfaction by
doing so. There are various ways one can contribute such as
volunteering one’s specialized services, sponsoring the events, being
a mentor or an employer at the annual job fair or playing a more active
role by being part of the wonderful executive committees that work
tirelessly to host informative and successful events.
I would like to take this opportunity to urge all to join and be part of
SACC aligning your goals with various potential activities of the
organization that you can be part of and opportunities you can have
here. It has been my great pleasure to be part of SACC and move on a
path of trying to live my purpose and achieve my goals!!

 
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 Gurbir S. Grewal
Attorney General of
New Jersey

Gurbir Grewal is the 61st Attorney General of the State of New Jersey. He is the first
SPEAKER BIOS

Sikh-American Attorney General in United States history. Before becoming New Jersey
Attorney General, Grewal served as Bergen County Prosecutor, the chief law
enforcement officer of the most populous county in New Jersey. As Bergen County
Prosecutor, Grewal supervised a staff of 265 personnel and had supervisory authority
over approximately 2,700 sworn law enforcement officers across 74 law enforcement
agencies. Among other accomplishments during his tenure, he developed and
implemented several creative approaches designed to tackle the heroin and opioid
crisis, including “Operation Helping Hand,” a program that offers low-level drug offenders
treatment options upon arrest.
From 2010 to 2016, Grewal worked as an Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) in
the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New
Jersey, where he served as Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit from 2014 to 2016 and
oversaw the investigation and prosecution of all major white collar and cybercrimes in
the District of New Jersey.
Before becoming a federal prosecutor in New Jersey, Grewal also served as an AUSA
in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of
New York from 2004 to 2007, where he was ultimately assigned to the Business and
Securities Fraud Unit. As an AUSA in the Eastern District of New York, he investigated
and prosecuted a wide range of narcotics offenses, white collar crimes, and terrorism
cases.
In addition to his work as a federal prosecutor, Grewal has also worked in private
practice, including at Howrey LLP. While at Howrey LLP, he counseled clients on a
range of matters including securities, trademark, antitrust and Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act issues; represented individuals and companies in government
investigations and criminal proceedings; conducted internal investigations for public
corporations; and conducted civil trials.
Attorney General Grewal graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Foreign
Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1995. He obtained
his law degree from the College of William & Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law in
1999.

 
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 Jaideep S. Bajaj
Chairman, ZS Associates

SPEAKER BIOS
Jaideep was born in Chandigarh, India. He grew up in New Delhi and completed his
high school and undergraduate degree in New Delhi. At ZS Associates, he became
partner in 6 years and CEO while he was in his 30’s.

Jaideep is the Chairman for ZS (July 2012 – Present). He was ZS’s Managing Director
/ CEO from July 2003 – June 2012 and has served as a board member from July 2003
until present. Since 2003, ZS has grown seven fold and is now over 6,000
employees. ZS Associates is a global leader in sales and marketing consulting with
work in 80 countries.

EXPERTISE
Jaideep has over 30 years of experience in addressing sales and marketing issues
for clients in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. His areas of expertise
include sales and marketing strategy and effectiveness, and multi-channel
marketing, and his assignments have included work in the United States, Canada,
Australia, Mexico and various other countries. Jaideep has long been involved in
helping the pharma industry evolve its commercial models: Mirroring in the early
days; customer centric marketing in the recent past; and he is now working on
commercial models to address the rise of organized customers and the move to
value-based healthcare.
He has been serving over 10 years on the board of South Asia Pharma Council
(SAPC), a non-profit that helps network individuals in pharma and gives back to the
less fortunate in South Asia. He is also on the board of Healthcare Leadership
Council (HLC) for the last 4 years. HLC is a non-profit, cross health sector policy
group that lobbies for more effective health care in the US.

EDUCATION
Jaideep holds an M.B.A. in Marketing and Finance from the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University, and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and
Operations Research from Columbia University. He also holds a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India.

 
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 Ravi S. Bhalla
Mayor of Hoboken, NJ

Ravi Bhalla is the first Sikh Mayor of New Jersey. Ravi Bhalla was elected
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Hoboken’s 39th Mayor on November 7, 2017 out of a field of six candidates. Born
and raised in New Jersey, Mayor Bhalla is a 17 year resident of Hoboken and
eight year member of the Hoboken City Council.
He received his undergraduate education from the University of California at
Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in Political Psychology. Upon graduation, he
attended the London School of Economics (L.S.E.) in the United Kingdom and
received a Master of Science degree in Public Administration and Public Policy,
and also earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Tulane Law School in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Ravi first set his roots in Hoboken at the age of 26, a bachelor fresh out of law
school starting his first job at a small law firm in Newark, New Jersey. Ravi
earned national recognition in the New York Times for his legal advocacy after
suffering a violation of his own constitutional and civil rights during a jail visit to
a client. The incident motivated Ravi to lead a successful campaign to reform the
federal government’s visitation policies at correctional facilities nationwide.
Ravi married his wife Bindya, and they had two children, Arza and Shahbegh.
Ravi ran for Council alongside Mayor Zimmer and worked tirelessly to get their
message out of restoring honesty, professionalism and fiscal responsibility to
Hoboken. Out of twelve candidates vying for 3 council-at-large positions, Ravi
received the highest number of votes, as a first time candidate for office.
Once in office, Ravi worked hard alongside Mayor Zimmer and his council
colleagues to establish tangible reforms to the way government is run in
Hoboken. Prior to his service as a Councilman, Mr. Bhalla served as a local
Democratic Committeeman for the 2nd Ward, 3rd District of Hoboken from 2007-
2009.
Ravi and his wife Bindya reside on Garden Street with their two children, Arza
Kaur, age 10 and Shabegh Singh, age 5.

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