Source: SikhSangat.com

http://www.sikhsangat.org/publish/article_1230.shtml

On August 4, 2006 SikhSangat.com reported, "Dr. Rajwant Singh, Chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE), was honored by Gurmat Gian Missionary College in Ludhiana recently. He came to Punjab after participating in the 400th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev ji in Lahore, Pakistan, where he had landed from USA. Gurmat Gian Trust was founded by the late Jagjit Singh Sidki who was a scholar of Gurbani. He lived in America and envisioned an institution which would train Sikh preachers who are fit for modern times and who can communicate with Sikh youth in their idiom. He visited the Missionary College and had an interactive session with the 50 students who are aspiring to be the Preachers of the Sikh religion who are currently enrolled. Dr Singh also met with over 75 Sikh kids of ages 10 - 19 who were being trained on Gurmat by a special project of the college called - GRACE (Gurmat Renaissance Academy For Counseling and Excellence) Naunihal Group. The kids enthusiastically displayed their spirit through skits and lectures. Dr. Singh said, 'This is truly a thrilling experience to witness such spirit among our youth in in this college in Punjab. This is quite a contrast to other side of the picture of Punjab where a large number of Sikh youth have cut their hair and are under the influence of drugs and alcohol. These positive initiatives need to be supported by Overseas Sikhs.'"