Baljit Singh Chadha (born 1951) is a Canadian businessman based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, who is the president and founder of Balcorp Limited which he started in 1976.The company has offices in
Montreal
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,
New Delhi
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and
Mumbai
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. He is a leader of the Sikh community in Canada. Chadha immigrated to Canada in 1973 from
India
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.
His international trading company has also varied interests that include agricultural food products, processed foods, forestry products, and minerals.
Professional life
Chadha graduated from
Bombay University
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with a Bachelor of Science degree. He later obtained an MBA from Concordia University.
He is one of the Directors of the Canada India Business Council (C-IBC), along with a number of other prominent Canadian business people (see https://www.canada-indiabusiness.com)
He was on the Board of Governors of Concordia University and is a major benefactor to the institution. He is currently Emeritus Board Member.
Mr. Chadha’s directorships and memberships extend across many communities in Canada and around the world. Past and current involvement includes: Governor, Montreal Economic Institute; Distinguished Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Vancouver (www.asiapacific.ca); Patron, Historica-Dominion Institute, Toronto; Director, International Tree Nut Congress, Spain; Advisor on Indo-Canadian affairs to the Office of Montreal Mayor Bourque; Member, Advisory Board of the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, Toronto; Member, Board of Directors, Association des Maisons de Commerce Extérieures du Québec (Quebec Association of Export Trading Houses), Montreal.
Personal life
He is married to
Roshi Chadha Roshi may refer to:
*Rōshi, a Japanese honorific title
Food
*''Roshi'' in Dhivehi (Maldivian language) refers to bread or roti
People
*Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, also known as Joshu Sasaki Roshi, and referred to simply as "Roshi" by his followers
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. The couple lives in
Montreal
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.
She was a member-at-large on
McGill University
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's Board of Governors (BoG) and she also served on the governing body of the
Security Intelligence Review Committee
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, the body that oversees CSIS, Canada's spy agency, in Ottawa and was, as a condition for his participation in the Committee, also appointed to the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada
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led by Justice Dennis O'Connor released its report.
The Committee was chaired by
Gary Filmon
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, P.C., O.M., who had been appointed Chair on June 24, 2005. The other Members were Raymond Speaker, P.C., O.C., Baljit S. Chadha, P.C.,
Roy Romanow
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Early life
Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from Or ...
, P.C., O.C., Q.C. and
Aldéa Landry
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She ...