The main members of the team are based in Leicester, UK. The team is represented by the individuals below:
Gurinder Singh Mann
Gurinder holds an MA in South Asian Religions from De Montfort University (Leicester, UK, 2001). He is co-author of the four books on Sikh history: Sri Dasam Granth: Questions and Answers, (Archimedes Press, 2011) and the Oxford University Press published: The Granth of Guru Gobind Singh: Essays, Lectures and Translations (2015), British and the Sikhs: Discovery, Warfare and Friendship (2020) and The Rise of the Sikh Soldier (2022). He has appeared on TV and Radio sharing his knowledge on original sources of Sikh history. He has been co-convened six International Sikh Research Conferences (ISRC) at the University of Warwick. Gurinder has researched and discovered many Sikh artefacts and relics as well as delivering lectures across the world for 25 years.
He set up the Sikh Museum Initiative to research the numerous Sikh relics and artefacts in the UK. The initiative has already made headway by utilising new technologies including 3d modelling, augmented reality, virtual reality to showcase and preserve Sikh heritage. He curated the exhibition Anglo Sikh Wars: Battles, Treaties and Relics (2017), the Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition (2018) and is the Digital Curator of the world’s first Anglo Sikh Virtual Museum (2018-2023). He project managed the delivery of the Sikh Troops War Memorial, Leicester (2022). Working with the Royal Armouries, Leeds he projected managed the first 3D Sikh installation in the country (2023). His personal website is www.sikhscholar.co.uk
Raj Mann
Raj Mann bring much needed communications and engagement with the community. He was Chairman of the Leicester Sikh Alliance between 2013 and 2015 which was a platform to promote community engagement with public bodies and education. He has strong links with many of the Midlands Sikh temples. He has appeared on BBC TV and Central TV and BBC radio many times as well as being interviewed for the Leicester Mercury and Times Newspaper.
He also trustee of the Guru Arjan Dev mission a registered charity which alleviates preventable blindness in India. Raj has project managed 10 Free eye care camps in Punjab,India. He is the Sikh representative of the Bishop of Leicester’s Faith Leaders Forum and Leicestershire Police Community Gold.
Taranjit Singh
Taranjit is an expert in 3D technologies and has worked as a 3D designer and visualiser within the architectural and engineering industries for the past 12 years. He has a special interest in Sikh relics, Interactive applications, augmented reality and realtime 3D engines. He has been modelling numerous objects for the last few years and has now perfected this art.
He was also curator and developer of the Sikh Cyber Museum project which was the first online Anglo-Sikh heritage resource in 2003. He is currently working with The Sikh Museum Initiative to model Sikh relics and artefacts as well as undertaking commercial projects to develop 3D printing of Sikh figurines. His personal website can be seen at www.taran3d.com.
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