Mr. Surjit Singh Puri - Sikhs The Supreme

the pioneers of the cooperative movement in the country who held many prestigious posts in the State, the Centre and at the UN. He started his career as D.C. of Gurdaspur and Kulu and initiated the cooperative movement in Punjab & became the Registrar of Cooperatives, Punjab. Then he was selected by Jawaharlal Nehru for permanent commission in the Union Cadre. In 1977 Punjab requisitioned his services as Chief Secretary. In 1979 he returned to Centre as Secretary, Planning Commission and later Secretary, Agriculture and then Secretary Textile. In 1981, he was appointed India's Ambassador to EEC at Brussels. But since his interest was agriculture and cooperative, he preferred to join the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in Bangkok as its Assistant Director General in 1982 and remained in the position for seven years. After retirement he settled in Delhi and died in Dec. 2002. A topper throughout his career, he migrated to India during 1947 partition from Rawalpindi.

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