• Jaswant Kaur; Spouse: Jagjiwan Singh Sodhi; Offspring: Kultaran (Kuku) Singh, Gurpreet (Jugni) Singh, and Manpreet (Raja) Singh
  • Jaswant practiced gynecology in Dehradun. She succumbed to leukodystrophy.
  • Jagjiwan was a physician with the Indian Railways.
  • Kultaran is retired as Lt. Col. from the Indian army and now operates a photography business in New Delhi with his wife Gurmeet (Meeta) Kaur. They have two daughters, Simran and Mallika. Simran, a chartered accountant (C.A.), married Vikas Sekhri on August 28, 2005. Simran and Vikas will be settling in Houston, Texas, where Vikas recently joined PricewaterhouseCoopers.
  • Gurpreet is a chartered accountant (C.A.) operating his practice out of Dehradun and New Delhi, India. He is married to Renu Kaur. They have two sons, Hargun and Harman. Hargun is pursuing the C.A. designation.
  • Manpreet received the President's Gold Medal from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Roorkee (India), for his undergraduate work in mechanical engineering. In 1984, he founded B.S.S. Softwares Pvt. Ltd. with offices in Singapore and Mumbai, India. Manpreet is married to Jitinder Kaur (nee Kochhar). They have a son, Angad, and a daughter, Bali. Angad completed grade 12 from Christ Church High School, Bombay, and is presently pursuing a Bachelor of Business Management (B.B.M.) at the Singapore Management University.

• Tej Kaur (Bedi); Offspring: Har Kanwar (Gullu) Singh, Sher Jasjit (Toni) Singh, Preet Kanwar (Dinny) Singh, and Malti Kaur
  • Tej passed away prematurely in an automobile accident.
  • Har Kanwar is retired from the Indian army. He is married to Dammi Kaur. They have a son, Jyoteshwar (Jyot), and a daughter, Harneet (Neeta). Jyot is married to Gaganinder (Dimple). They have a son, Angad Veer (born December 29, 2003). Neeta is married to Gurpreet Malhi (a captain in the merchant navy). They have a son, Dilsher. Har Kanwar is presently suffering from leukodystrophy.
  • Sher studied mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T., New Delhi, India) and earned an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management (I.I.M., Ahmedabad). He is currently senior vice president of marketing for L.G. Polymers India Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai. He is married to Neelam Kaur. They have a son, Har Karan, and a daughter, Dipanjali. Karan completed post-graduate studies in telecommunications at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a project manager for Coalfire Systems at Boulder. Dipanjali is a senior physiotherapist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in London, England.
  • Preet was educated at Delhi University's St. Stephen's College and is regarded as one of India's advertizing visionaries. A recognizable face on Indian television, Preet is also one of the oldest prime time English newsreaders on India's state-run television channel, Doordarshan. Preet has served as director of Lowe (formerly Lintas), where he worked for 15 years and was widely speculated to be the successor to Lowe's current managing director, Prem Mehta. He has served as president and C.E.O. of T.B.W.A. Anthem and president of Rediffusion-DY&R. He is presently chief executive officer at Percept Picture Company. He is married to Sangeeta (nee Verma), a prime time English newsreader on Doordarshan. Preet and Sangeeta have a daughter, Arzoo.
  • Malti passed away at an early age in an electrocution accident.

• Rana Daljit Singh; Spouse: Satwant Kaur; Offspring: Navdeep (Sonny) Singh and Mandeep (Honey) Singh
  • Rana retired as Brigadier from the Indian Army's dental core. Rana and Satwant celebrated their 50th (Gold) wedding anniversary in 2005.
  • Navdeep is a graduate of the Armed Forces Medical College (A.F.M.C.) in Pune (Maharashtra, India). He is currently serving as Lt. Col. at the Command Hospital in Kolkata (Calcutta, India), specializing in anaesthesia and neuro-anaesthesia. Navdeep's next posting is expected to be A.F.M.C., Pune. He is married to Preeti (nee Bassi). They have a son, Nikesh, and a daughter, Akanksha. Preeti's father, Amrik Singh Bassi, and brother, Randeep, live in Delmar, New York. Randeep has two sons, Udeep (8) and Amandeep (4).
  • Mandeep is managing director of Dawnay Day Hotels India. He was previously president of Fortune Park Hotels, New Delhi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of I.T.C.-Welcomgroup. He is a recipient of the Udyog Ratna Award, conferred by the Institute of Economic Studies, Delhi. Mandeep is married to Sukrita (nee Dabur), who runs a restaurant chain, Cafe Simbly South. Mandeep and Sukrita are both graduates of the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology, and Applied Nutrition at the Pusa Complex in New Delhi. Mandeep's first gig upon graduation was with Wimpy's Connaught Place outlet in New Delhi. They have a son, Mansukh, and a daughter, Kamna. Mansukh completed grade 12 from Salwan Public School, Gurgaon, in 2005 and is currently studying hotel management.

• Joginder Singh; Spouse: Darshan Kaur; Offspring: Mohet (Monty) Singh and Malika (Lovee) Kaur
  • Joginder was employed with the Indian Merchant Navy and succumbed to leukodystrophy in 1997.
  • Mohet studied marine engineering and economics and is employed with the Indian Merchant Navy, based in Mumbai. He is married to Preeti. They have a son, Gaurang (3). The family is planning to move to Malaysia, where Mohet is taking up employment.
  • Malika earned an M.B.A. from the Symbiosis Institute of Management at Pune, India and is married to Vikash Verma. Vikash studied industrial engineering at the Birla Institute of Technology and was president of worldwide sales and field operations for P-Cube until the company was recently acquired by Cisco. Malika teaches grade 1 at a private school. They reside at Cupertino, near San Francisco, California with their daughter, Tanvi (9).

Shobha and his wife raised three children (not necessarily in chronological order):

• Satinder Kaur (Rekhi); Offspring: Two daughters and a son, Ishpal Singh
  • Satinder is suffering from leukodystrophy.
  • Ishpal completed a B.Tech. in mining from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University (I.T.-B.H.U.) in 1987 and earned a doctorate in mathematics (Dissertation: Models for Continuous Improvement of Productivity and Quality) from Purdue University in 1995. He is assistant professor of operations management at California State University at San Marcos and performs supply chain development for Hewlett Packard at San Diego. He is married to Punam. They have two daughters, Gurveen and Diya.

• Pardamban Singh; Offspring: Preet Kaur, Sumeet Kaur, and Kabir Singh
  • Pardamban succumbed to leukodystrophy.
  • Preet studied at the Birla Institute of Techlonogy at Pilani. She is married to Suvendu Halder. They are both settled in the U.K.
  • Sumeet is married and settled at Nanded, Maharashtra.
  • Kabir is employed with Wipro Technologies at Kolkata.

• Tejinder Kaur
  • Tejinder is suffering from leukodystrophy.

Mallika, Kultaran, and Gurmeet - Mandeep and Sukrita's place - March 25, 2006



Simran and Vikas, just married - Penang, Malaysia - 2005



Simran's wedding - Banquet Hall, Defence Services Officers Institute (D.S.O.I.), Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi - August 28, 2005

Sitting (L to R): Sher, Satwant, Rana, and Renu

Standing (L to R): Sukrita, Mansukh, Mandeep, Preet, Manpreet, Navdeep, Hargun, and Gurpreet



Navdeep Singh Lamba (left) with Puneet - Delmar, New York - June 3, 2005



L to R: Mohet, Gaurang, and Darshan - Bombay, India - March 2005



Ishpal - California - 2005



Vikash - California - 2005



L to R: Nikesh, Akanksha, Preeti, and Navdeep on their apartment balcony - Calcutta, India - July 25, 2004



L to R: Rana, Nikesh, Mansukh, Mandeep, Kamna, Sukrita, Satwant, Preeti, Akanksha, and Navdeep - India - June 4, 2004



Ria with Bali - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - December 29, 2003



Manpreet and Jitinder - Singapore - October 22, 2003



Har Karan - University of Colorado, Boulder - 2002



L to R: Rana, Puneet, Samita, and Satwant - Chandigarh, Punjab, India - Jul., 1996



L to R: Gurpreet, Renu, Samita, and Puneet - 104-C, Racecourse, Dehradun, India - July 1996