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When he came home after
scoring good marks in examinations, his grandfather,
Sardar Ujjager Singh, gave him ‘thappi’ (Buckup,
Shabashi) which has been his main source of motivation
and encouraged him to attain new heights and achieve his
goals.
This secret of success was revealed to
Ramgarhiakom by Sardar Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi who was
till recently taking care of two Punjab Government
Departments. He is presently Director cum Secretary-
Department of Information Technology and left the charge
as Director Cum Secretary-Department of Technical
Education & Industrial Training, Government of Punjab
after serving the department for six long years.
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Sardar Nirmaljeet Singh did his B.E. in Electrical
Engineering in 1979 from University of Roorkee
(presently Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee).
Thereafter, he did his M.Tech. in Computer Technology in
1981 from I.I.T., New Delhi. At both places he stood
first in his entire examination career. He stood 4th in
All India Engineering service in Electrical Engineering
Exam taken by Union Public Service commission. He got
36th rank in Civil Services Exam in 1984 and was
selected into the Indian administrative Service (IAS). |
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He had served the Punjab Govern-ment as SDM Anandpur
Sahib, ADC Ludhiana (August 1988-May,1990) and District
Magistrate, Batala (June1990-July1991). There after, he
was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Sangrur (August
1992-July1994) and Deputy Commissioner Faridkot (August
1994-July1995). He has served as Additional Secretary to
CM in the Congress Government and also as Special
Secretary to CM in the Akali Government. He is member,
life member, Chairman, President Secretary & Honorary
Member of various Boards & Societies.
He is a good player of Badminton, Cricket, Lawn Tennis,
Football and other Adventure sports.
In badminton he had represented India in three World
Championships as team manager. He has visited USA,
CANADA, UK, SCOTLAND, SWEDEN, FINLAND, JAPAN, KOREA,
CHINA, HONG KONG, THAILAND, BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA. |
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He designed, developed and launched a number of web
sites including the official website of Punjab
Government which is rated as a five star site by
Encyclopedia Britannica.
He was responsible for timely and efficient execution of
the World Bank Projects 1998-99 both in technical
education wing and industrial training wing. The over
all performance of Punjab was rated in the top 3 states
of the country. |
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He got married to Smt. Namrita Soundh daughter of Sardar
Gurbachan Singh Saundh of Ferozpur on 5th October, 1986.
Smt. Namrita Kalsi is a B.Arch. from Punjab University,
Chandigarh a pass- out of 1984. Then she did Computer
aided designing in 1996 & 1997. She is involved in
designing of banks, showrooms, industrial complexes,
factories, schools, restaurants, bungalows, commercial
buildings, colonies, residential societies etc. |
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She also executed the eye-catching and scaping of BMC
Chowk, Jalandhar City( Punjab). She had also worked as
Registrar Punjab State Board of Technical Education and
Industrial Training from October 1995 to July 1996.
Currently she is working with Punjab Urban Planning &
Development Authority as Assistant Architect. The couple
is blessed with a daughter Simran and a son Bikramjeet,
The couple is strong believer of Shri Guru Granth Sahib. |
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