In a significant development President of India Droupadi Murmu has nominated educationist and the founder of Chandigarh University (CU) Satnam Singh Sandhu as a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Congratulating Sandhu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on X, “I am delighted that Rashtrapati Ji has nominated Shri Satnam Singh Sandhu Ji to the Rajya Sabha. Satnam Ji has distinguished himself as a noted educationist and social worker, who has been serving people at the grassroots in different ways. He has always worked extensively to further national integration and has also worked with the Indian diaspora. I wish him the very best for his Parliamentary journey and am confident the Rajya Sabha proceedings will be enriched by his views.”
As per the official notification, Sandhu, who is the son of a farmer, is one of the country’s leading educationists. He is an agriculturist, who struggled to get proper education in his childhood.
Sandhu was instrumental in the establishing Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CGC) at Landran in Mohali in 2001. He also founded the Chandigarh University in 2012.
Moreover, Sandhu has been actively involved in large-scale community efforts to improve health and wellness and to advance communal harmony via his two NGOs — the Indian Minorities Foundation and the New India Development Foundation.
Sandhu thanked the Prime Minister for having faith in him.
“Thank you PM @narendramodi Ji for the faith you have placed in me and the opportunity you have given me to become a small part of your monumental mission. There can be no bigger testament to the new India you are building than the fact that someone like me, from a humble family of farmers, has been given such an opportunity to voice the aspirations of the people. My life is devoted to one mission- to strengthen every effort you make for our nation and to build a Viksit Bharat by 2047,” Sandhu replied.
