Trustees/Donors

A writer by inclination. conserver of heritage by passion and a philanthropist by conviction, Sardar Onkar Singh Sandhu, Harjindra wale, a leading Industrialist of Amritsar, engaged in manufacturing corrugated board and Box Making Machinery by profession is an embodiment of simplicity, dignity, integrity and believes in equality and the brotherhood of mankind. S. Sandhu is always ready to help the needy. Less fortunate and deserving members of society in solemnising the marriages of their daughters, for the education of their wards or for their own medical treatment etc. etc.

As a writer, his serial Veehvin Sadi De Anmol Heere, detailing therein life of Ramgarhia celebrities, appear in various papers like Ramgarhia Parliament, Ramgarhia Manch, Vishavkarma Prachark, Daler Khalsa, Man sarowar and others. On heritage front, he could get the names of Chatiwind Gate and Ghee Mandi Gate Amritsar renamed as these were called in the nineteenth century i.e Ramgarhia Gate & Ahiuwalia Gate respectively and the Katra Ramgarhian. Design for these Gates have already been approved. Efforts are, however, afoot for fund raising and construction of these Gates.

A notice board displaying brief history of Ramgarhia bunga in English and Punjabi could be installed in the perambulatory path of Darbar Sahib for the benefit of visitors and devotees. He is also vigorously pursuing for the release of a commemorative postal stamp in memory of Maharaja Jassa Singh Ramgarhia with the concerned Deptt. in the Central Government.

Towards his philanthropist pursuits, S. Sandhu, mooted the idea of an Old Age Home in Amritsar, being a necessity to serve the senior citizens, who are left all alone due to various reasons and provide them with suitable shelter and care.