Gurujot Kaur Khalsa was appointed in 2009 as Secretary General and CEO of Sikh Dharma International.  As CEO/ Secretary General she is responsible to oversee the management of the business affairs of SDI in fulfilling its mission and purpose.  She is also responsible for the administration and oversight of the International Khalsa Council, the leadership body and advisory council for the Sikh Dharma/3HO community and non-profit organizations.

 Gurujot Kaur also serves as a board member of the Siri Singh Sahib Corporation, having been elected in 2012, and re-elected in 2015.  She is very dedicated to working with the Sikh Dharma/3HO family of organizations and communities around the world to foster inclusiveness and to work together to establish a foundation of leadership and structure that will serve our Dharma for generations to come.  Ordained as a Sikh Minister by the Siri Singh Sahib in 1974, Gurujot Kaur has been working and serving our Dharmic mission for many decades.

With her extensive organizational, administrative and team building skills, and her deep love for our Dharma and our Dharmic community, she has served in many capacities, on local, national and international levels.

She resides in Herndon, Virginia with her husband and is an active member of the Herndon Sangat, which has a very vibrant and successful Gurdwara and Kundalini Yoga center.  She has two adult children, 2 adult step-children and 2 beautiful grand children.

I was blessed to find the Guru in August of 1977 at the Golden Temple Conscious Cookery in Reno, Nevada where I was studying music at the University. After taking a few Kundalini Yoga classes I attended morning Sadhana at the local ashram which changed my life. Reading the Japji Sahib English translation while it was being read in Gurumukhi opened my mind and consciousness to the vast expanse of Guru Nanak’s universe and universal language of the soul. I fell in love.

I’ve been love crazy ever since, thanks to Guru’s protection, guidance and a lot of gentle to rough pushing, shoving and cajoling by the Siri Singh Sahib Ji (and the Guru) who entrusted me with serving Guru Ram Das Ashram in Los Angeles (where I moved in 1981) as the Secretary of Gurdwara beginning in 1985. I had the privilege for decades of being a part of the Siri Singh Sahib’s welcoming and hospitality team in Los Angeles which allowed me to meet and serve, along with my wife of 35 years Siri Bhrosa Kaur, countless of Siri Singh Sahib Ji’s and our Dharma’s guests from India and abroad.

My professional career has centered around sales and marketing and along the way I worked for a couple of our Golden Temple Restaurants, Golden Temple’s Food Brokerage Company SGN, Sunshine Oils and Yogi Tea.

I had the privilege of serving for more than ten years on the Sikh Dharma International Board of Directors, seven years as its Chair and served for six years on the Yogi Tea Board, including four years as the Chair.

I’m grateful to now be part of this great SDI team (since January, 2019) as COO and Funds Development Director and welcome all input, suggestions and ideas about how we may serve you and serve with you to continue to bring to the world this bounty of Sikh Dharma and the love of Guru that Siri Singh Sahib ji shared with us so passionately.

Guru Jaswant Kaur was raised in the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico, but as of this year she has lived more than half of her life in Asia! Beginning with boarding school in India and then living and working in Singapore and Malaysia for the past 13 years, Guru Jaswant has been an international Sikh sevadar and community leader for many years. She participates in regular Camp Miri Piri Sikh youth programs in Singapore and Malaysia, and is a member of the sevadar youth groups in those two countries.

Raised in Sikh Dharma, she studied with the Siri Singh Sahib and firmly established the ethics of simran, seva, bana and bani into her personal lifestyle. She also teaches yoga regularly and participates in training new teachers in Southeast Asia. She is happy to be a part of the international team and working with SDI.

Sada Bahar Kaur Khalsa is both Khalsa Council Secretary and Director of Global Leadership & Community Support, and has been working with SDI since November 2013. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Sada Bahar Kaur practiced as an Acupuncturist, taught Kundalini Yoga and served as Gurdwara Secretary at Raj Yog Nivas / Yoga West.  She served at Miri Piri Academy in Amritsar, India for three years. Sada Bahar Kaur has completed a Chaplaincy Residency at CPMC hospital in San Francisco CA.

Sada Bahar Kaur and her husband, Mahan Atma Singh, live in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sada Bahar Kaur is honored by this opportunity to bring her life experience to serve the Dharma through SDI.

OngKar Kaur grew up in the Sikh Dharma/3HO community after her parents met Yogi Bhajan (the Siri Singh Sahib) in 1969.  She and her husband lived in the Virginia Sangat for 34 years, where they raised their two sons.  OngKar began working for SDI in 2015 as Program Director and currently is both the Marketing Director and the Corporate Secretary for the Board of Directors.  She is grateful for the blessing of having the Siri Singh Sahib as her Spiritual Teacher and sharing his teachings and the teachings of the Gurus to inspire others.

Guru Amrit Kaur Khalsa serves as a Marketing Assistant at SDI. She is also currently a Public Affairs Coordinator with Sikh Dharma of Virginia.  She is a part of the Herndon, Virginia sangat and serves as the Executive Secretary of the Administrative Council of the community.

Guru Amrit attended Miri Piri Academy for three years, and then completed high school in Catholic School.  She obtained her undergraduate degree in journalism from Ohio University in 2011, then went on to obtain a master’s degree from American University in international affairs (with a concentration in South Asian history and politics).

She served as a Foreign Affairs Officer (Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs) at the U.S. Department of State from 2016-2018.

Guru Amrit is passionate about the work she does for Sikh Dharma, as well as interfaith collaboration. She previously served as a fellow with Interfaith Youth Core (2011) and served as an organizer of the 2018 “Reimagining Interfaith” conference in Washington, D.C. She completed intensive advocacy training with the Sikh Coalition in 2018.

Guru Amrit is happily married to Gurvinderpal Singh.

Guru Amrit joined SDI in January of 2018. She feels it is an absolute honor to be working for SDI, and draws upliftment and inspiration from her work sharing teachings from Sikh Dharma and the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan every day.

SS Rupinder Kaur Khalsa is blessed to serve as a Marketing Assistant at SDI. Among her tasks, are Translations coordination and Social Media management.

She completed her Business and Marketing studies in 2013, and served as the Executive Director for Woman of Light Foundation in Chile.

She has been a Sikh Dharma representative in several Interfaith collaboration meetings, and she is passionate to be working to Stop Violence Against Women and rising Mental Health Awareness in her community.

In 2016, she moved to Ottawa, Canada and currently serves the Sikh community in town.

Rupinder and her husband  Dr. SS Harsimranjeet Singh Khalsa, ND are both dog-lovers! they have two lovely puppies: Haru and Pumpkin.