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Verpal Singh
Verpal in 2007
Founder Chairman of Sikh Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2007
President Bachan Singh Nihalgarh
Deputy B Kaur
Founder Secretary of Sikh Council of New Zealand
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2007
Member, South East Asian Advisory Board, Counties Manukau Police
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2009
NZ Delegate to 5th Asia-Pacific Regional Interfaith Dialogue
Personal details
Born (1974-03-13) March 13, 1974 (age 51)Punjab, India
Political party Labour
Spouse B Kaur
Residence(s) Papatoetoe, Auckland
Profession Publisher

Verpal Singh heads The Sikh Centre, a not-for-profit organisation engaged in promoting greater interaction between Sikhs and the wider New Zealand community. He also runs a small publishing company specialising in niche areas.

He is a writer, with a novel and a book of analytical essays in the pipeline. Through the Sikh Centre, he has been involved in running three annual competitions in the field of Painting, Short Story Writing, and traditional Punjabi embroidery art of Phulkari. He is an active participant in the ongoing inter-faith dialogue amongst various faith communities of New Zealand. Verpal Singh is a keen student of history, especially religious history.[1]

Works and publications

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Verpal Singh has contributed editorially or contributed a chapter to the following books produced by various publishing agencies.

Author: Daljit Singh; ISBN 81-85815-12-7

Author: Jagjit Singh; ISBN 81-85815-13-5

Editor: Kharak Singh; ISBN 81-8092-001-1

Editor: Kharak Singh; ISBN 81-85815-11-9

Author: Gurbaksh Singh; Publisher: SGPC, Amritsar

Author: Harjot Oberoi; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

Author: Gurbaksh Singh; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

Editor: Kharak Singh; Publisher: Institute of Sikh Studies, Chandigarh

Author: GBS Kahlon; Publisher: Punjab Institute for Sustainable Development, Ludhiana

In addition, he has published essays and research articles in AEN Journal, Abstracts of Sikh Studies and The Sikh Review amongst others.

  1. ^ "AEN".