Navjeet Singh

Navjeet Singh was born in India and had his education from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Ahmadabad. After shifting to USA he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and currently is the Vice President of Commonwealth Corporation where he is responsible for leading the applied research and evaluation team to evaluate effectiveness of workforce development and training programs, research labour market trends and develop performance accountability systems for Massachusetts. Navjeet has previously worked in the areas of new product development, business strategy, and training services in the technology, international consulting and economic development fields including at Lucent Technologies-Bell Laboratories.

He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee for the New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a member of the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Commission. He was also a Member of the Massachusetts Task Force on Performance Standards and Workforce Accountability – appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts (2007-2008). Navjeet has also earned a name for his work for the community. He served Gurdwaras schools in the Management of the Gurdwara and also remained a member of a panel at the World Parliament of Religion in Chicago in 1994. He acted as an interpreter for Jathedar Sri Akal Takht Sahib at the state of the world forum, and was also on the Board of the Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. The role-model Gursikh has worked on Sikh and civil rights causes over the years. Over the past few years he has led SALDEF efforts on training and engaging law enforcement in New England as well as on Sikh advocacy efforts. He has been Vice Chairman of SALDEF (Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund). He lives in Massachusetts with his family.