Jasvir Singh ( Punjabi: ਜਸਵੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ) is a British family law barrister, media commentator and social activist. He is a co-founder of

South Asian Heritage Month South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month-long celebration in the South Asian diaspora to celebrate the heritage of people with roots in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhut ...

. Jasvir regularly appears in the British media to speak about the British Sikh experience and also interfaith related matters.

Career

Jasvir Singh OBE accompanying the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India

Asian Professional Awards Jasvir Singh OBE Parliamentary Launch

Born in London, Singh has worked as a family law

barrister A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advocacy and litigation. Their tasks include taking cases in superior courts and tribunals, drafting legal pleadings, researching law and ...

since 2006. He made the decision to join the legal profession after he saw one of his close aunts go through a traumatic divorce when he was 8. He is the chairperson for the Faiths Forum for London, an interfaith organisation based in London representing the interests of the 9 major faith traditions. He is chairperson for

City Sikhs City Sikhs (formerly City Sikhs Network) ( Punjabi: ਸਿਟੀ ਸਿੱਖ) is a nonprofit organisation, and a registered charity which describes itself as "A voice for progressive Sikhs". It promotes networking, education and volunteering among ...

, a charity which represents the interests of progressive Sikhs. In 2016 he also became an associate of St Paul's Institute. He is a presenter of the

Thought for the Day ''Thought for the Day'' is a daily scripted slot on the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 offering "reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news", broadcast at around 7:45 each Monday to Saturday morning. Nowadays lastin ...

segment on

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Today programme ''Today'', colloquially known as ''the Today programme'', is a long-running British morning news and current-affairs Radio program, radio programme on BBC Radio 4. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am, it is produced by BBC N ...

. He also contributes to British and overseas newspapers including The Times, The Guardian and The Independent. Singh is a Labour Party activist and following the successful election of

Sadiq Khan Sadiq Aman Khan (; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's sof ...

to the position of

Mayor of London The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum, Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first Directly elected may ...

in May 2016, he was selected to join the shortlist of Labour candidates for the

Tooting Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross. History Tooting has been settled since pre- Saxon times ...

by-election. In 2017, Singh was instrumental in launching the Grand Trunk Project in partnership with

DCLG The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), formerly the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for housing, communities, local government in ...

to mark the 70-year anniversary of the independence of India, creation of Pakistan, and the partition of Punjab and Bengal with the aim of bringing the diverse communities of South Asia together. The project was named after the Grand Trunk Road which has connected Bangladesh, India and Pakistan for over 2,000 years. Singh is the founder of

in the UK, an awareness month which aims to celebrate British South Asian culture and identity. In February 2021, he was appointed to the

Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm The Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm is an initiative established on 9 June 2020 by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to review public tributes in the British capital, including statues and other landmarks. History The commission was ...

Honours, awards and recognition

Singh was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(OBE) in the

2017 New Year Honours The 2017 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours were awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...

for services to promoting community cohesion and

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(CBE) in the

2023 New Year Honours The 2023 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 15 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebration ...

for services to charity, faith communities and social cohesion. In 2018, he was made an honorary fellow of the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion based at the University of Birmingham in recognition of his Interfaith work.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Jasvir Living people Radio presenters from London People educated at King's College School, London Lawyers from London Year of birth missing (living people) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English Sikhs English barristers English people of Punjabi descent

Career

Honours, awards and recognition

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