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| birth_date = 1 December 1918
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| birth_place = Badhai Cheema, [[Sialkot]], [[British India]]
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| death_date = 18 July 1982
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| death_place = Tanzania
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| occupation = Homoeopathic physician
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| spouse = Raminder Kaur Gill
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| children = Jatinder Cheema<br>Jagdeep Cheema<br>Boona Cheema
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'''Amrik Singh Cheema''' (1918 - 1982) was an Indian civil servant, author<ref name="All Book Stores">{{cite web | url=http://www.allbookstores.co.uk/author/Amrik+Singh+Cheema.html | title=All Book Stores | publisher=All Book Stores | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref>, an advocate of [[green revolution]]<ref name="Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=prhRl6DYXRMC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=Dr.+Amrik+Singh+Cheema&source=bl&ots=E03EphH1s2&sig=02Ok7aTGDvNaP_B3PHi5tvSK9AE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Nu9QVfDbDIH-ygOpiIDACw&ved=0CCAQ6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=Dr.%20Amrik%20Singh%20Cheema&f=false | title=Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary | publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group | author=Hyung-chan Kim | year=1999 | pages=430 | isbn=9780313289026}}</ref> and a former vice chancellor of the [[Punjab Agricultural University]],<ref name="Punjab Agricultural University">{{cite web | url=http://web.pau.edu/index.php?_act=manageLink&DO=firstLink&intSubID=115 | title=Punjab Agricultural University | publisher=Punjab Agricultural University | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> known for his contributions to the agricultural initiatives of the Indian government.<ref name="Orkut">{{cite web | url=http://orkut.google.com/c25054095.html | title=Orkut | publisher=Orkut | date=2015 | accessdate=May 11, 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1969, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | accessdate=November 11, 2014}}</ref>
'''Krikshna Gopal Saxena''' was an Indian homoeopathic physician.<ref name="Padma Shri Awardees Doctors Forum">{{cite web | url=http://padmaawardeedoctorsforum.emedinews.in/?page_id=138 | title=Padma Shri Awardees Doctors Forum | publisher=Padma Shri Awardees Doctors Forum | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> He was the first Honorary Advisor of the Homoeopathic Reference Committee, constituted by the [[Government of India]] in 1952.<ref name="History of Homoeopathy">{{cite web | url=http://hpathy.com/past-present/history-of-homeopathy-in-india-2/ | title=History of Homoeopathy | publisher=Hpathy | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1969, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | accessdate=November 11, 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Amrik Singh Cheema was born on 1 December 1918 at Badhai Cheema village in [[Sialkot]] district (presently in Pakistan) in the [[British India]].<ref name="Orkut" /><ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust">{{cite web | url=http://cheematrust.org/page/Dr-Amrik-Singh-Cheema | title=Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust | publisher=Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust | date=2015 | accessdate=May 11, 2015}}</ref> He secured his masters degree in agrculture fom [[Punjab University, Chandigarh, India|Punjab University]] and a doctoral degree in Agriculture Extension from [[Cornell University]], USA.<ref name="Orkut" /><ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust" /> Starting as an agricultural assistant, he pursued a notable career during which he served in various positions such as the Director of Agriculture, [[Faridkot State|Faridkot]] State, the Joint Director of Agriculture of [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union]] (PEPSU), Director of Agriculture of [[Punjab]], Central Agricultural Production Commissioner<ref name="Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary" /> and Senior Agriculturist, [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (IBRD).<ref name="Orkut" /><ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust" /> He also served as the honorary Advisor on Agriculture to the Government of India and as the vice chancellor of [[Punjab Agricultural University|Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana]].<ref name="Punjab Agricultural University" />

Cheema founded the Punjab Young Farmers' Association (PYFA) (1952),<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/briefly-state-44/ | title=Indian Express | publisher=Indian Express | date=6 May 2011 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> the Rural Youth Volunteers Corps,<ref name="Extending Punjabi agriculture through youth">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/extending-punjabi-agriculture-through-youth/oclc/5665862 | title=Extending Punjabi agriculture through youth | publisher=Hanover, N.H | author=Marcus F Franda | year=1979 | OCLC=5665862}}</ref> All India Chamber of Agriculture and the Punjab Chamber of Agriculture.<ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust" /> His contributions were reported behind the establishment of the Young Farmers' Training Center,<ref name="Encyclopaedia Of Professopnal Education (10 Vol.)">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.ae/books?id=mdjGoXN3y1AC&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq=Young+Farmers%27+Training+Center+at+Rakhra&source=bl&ots=eXBGIKH-G8&sig=y4a4jaLAUOW_mzsyzsx6n2dLqsI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KSNSVfXCO-v7ywOClYCADw&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Young%20Farmers'%20Training%20Center%20at%20Rakhra&f=false | title=Encyclopaedia Of Professopnal Education (10 Vol.) | publisher=Sarup & Sons | date=2003 | accessdate=May 12, 2015 | author=B. R. Sinha}}</ref> Rakhra, a centre for dissemination of scientific knowledge and technology,<ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust" /> with assistance from the [[Food and Agricultural Organization]].<ref name="FAO">{{cite web | url=http://www4.fao.org/cgi-bin/faobib.exe?rec_id=133622&database=faobib&search_type=link&table=mona&back_path=/faobib/mona&lang=sp&format_name=sFMON | title=FAO | publisher=FAO | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref>

Cheema was married to Raminder Kaur Gill and the couple had three children.<ref name="Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary" /> The eldest, Jatinder Cheema, works for [[USAid]]<ref name="US Aid">{{cite web | url=http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/jatinder-k-cheema | title=US Aid | publisher=US Aid | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> while the son, Jagdeep Singh Cheema is the chairman of Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust.<ref name="Cheema Trust">{{cite web | url=http://cheematrust.org/page/Jagdeep-Singh-Cheema | title=Cheema Trust | publisher=Cheema Trust | date=2015 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref> The youngest, Boona Cheema is a social worker, community leader and a former director of Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS), a [[self build]] organization.<ref name="Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary" /><ref name="Berkeley Side">{{cite web | url=http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/boona-cheema/ | title=Berkeley Side | publisher=Berkeley Side | date=22 February 2013 | accessdate=May 12, 2015}}</ref>

Cheema was the author of four books, ''The Geeta and the Youth Today'', ''Namyog'', ''Spiritual Socialism''<ref name="Spiritual socialism">{{cite book | url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spiritual-socialism-Amrik-Singh-Cheema/dp/B0000CQXZR | title=Spiritual socialism | publisher=Kalyani Publishers | author=Amrik Singh Cheema | year=1981 | pages=36 | ASIN=B0000CQXZR}}</ref> and ''Role of cooperatives in package approach and case study on cooperatives in IADP District Ludhiana (Punjab)''.<ref name="Role of cooperatives in package approach and case study on cooperatives in IADP District Ludhiana (Punjab)">{{cite book | ASIN=B0007JERRG | url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007JERRG | title=Role of cooperatives in package approach and case study on cooperatives in IADP District Ludhiana (Punjab) | author=Amrik Singh Cheema | year=1969}}</ref> A winner of the Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1969,<ref name="Padma Shri" /> Cheema died in Tanzania on 18 July 1982, at the age of 64.<ref name="Dr. Amrik Singh Cheema Foundation Trust" />


==See also==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book | title=Spiritual socialism | publisher=Kalyani Publishers | author=Amrik Singh Cheema | year=1981 | pages=36 | ASIN=B0000CQXZR}}</ref>
* {{cite book | title=Role of cooperatives in package approach and case study on cooperatives in IADP District Ludhiana (Punjab) | author=Amrik Singh Cheema | year=1969 | ASIN=B0007JERRG}}




Revision as of 16:56, 12 May 2015

Krikshna Gopal Saxena
Born
India
OccupationHomoeopathic physician
AwardsPadma Shri

Krikshna Gopal Saxena was an Indian homoeopathic physician.[1] He was the first Honorary Advisor of the Homoeopathic Reference Committee, constituted by the Government of India in 1952.[2] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1969, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Padma Shri Awardees Doctors Forum". Padma Shri Awardees Doctors Forum. 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "History of Homoeopathy". Hpathy. 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.


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