GURU NANAK SOCIAL MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIPS
Mukhtiar Singh and the Sikh Education Council are delighted by the quality of the applications.
Please follow the below links to read previous essays:
2022: “The welcome to Ukrainian refugees is uniquely compassionate. Discuss”.
- First place: Md Mominul Hamid - [Click here for their essay]
- Second place: Kareena Talwar - [Click here for their essay]
- Third place: Zoya Gokhool - [Click here for their essay]
Please click here for the press release
Although unsuccessful, we were also impressed with the applications of:
- Michael Abiodun Olatokun - [Click here for their essay]
- Shaniqua Butt-McKenzie - [Click here for their essay]
- Kirit Potiwal - [Click here for their essay]
2021: Compare and contrast the rights to protest in England & Wales with such rights in India.
- First place: Anu Radha Lal. [Click here for their essay]
- Second place: Michael Abiodun Olatokun. [Click here for their essay]
- Third place: Haisheeny Kaur. [Click here for their essay]
The press release for the announcement can be found here.
Although unsuccessful, we were also impressed with the applications of:
- Kareena Talwar [Click here for their essay]
- Josie Canham-Williams
- Petr Sivak [Click here for their essay]
- Viman Chander Joshi [Click here for their essay]
2020: The scheme did not run due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019: “what is Sikh jurisprudence?”.
- Winner: Gemma Grant [Click here for their essay]
- Second winner: Brigitta Balogh [Click here for their essay]
- Runner-up: Richard Mahal [Click here for their essay]
2018: “Was Theresa May right when she said Sikh values are values we need more than ever as we forge a new ambitious role for Britain in the world?”
- Winner: Harrison Burroughs [Click here for their essay]
- Second winner: Rehab Jaffer [Click here for their essay]
- Runner-up: Suffian Ali Hussain [Click here for their essay]
Media links:
- Bar Council: Mukhtiar Singh Interview
- Launch of £4000 Guru Nanak social mobility scholarship
- Guru Nanak Scholarship launched
- Sikh Education Council and Barrister Mukhtiar Singh Awards £4000 Guru Nanak Social Mobility Scholarship
- Mukhtiar Singh: Bar Scholarships
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn: Guru Nanak Social Mobility Scholarships
- Extraordinary Working Lives: Mukhtiar Singh
- First Guru Nanak award
- Law Gazette-Mukhtiar Singh seeking to expand scholarship scheme to solicitors.