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Community News
PALATINE, IL: The Palatine village council voted unanimously to
appoint Mr. Mohinderjit Singh Saini as a Regular Member of the
Palatine Zoning Board of Appeals to fill a five year term. Mayor of
Palatine Ms. Rita Mullins proposed Mr. Saini's name proclaiming that
he was an extremely qualified candidate because of his education,
professional background, past experience with the village activities,
and community service record in Palatine.
Zoning board of appeals is an advisory body for the hearing of special
use and variation petitions. Under state law it acts as the public
hearing body for the Village Council. Members listen to the public,
the petitioner, and Village staff and makes decision in accordance
with the village code, ordinances and standards for residential,
commercial or industrial zones.
Mr. Saini, a post graduate in civil engineering from University of
Illinois at Chicago and a graduate from Guru Nanak Engineering
College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, is an experienced construction
engineering professional. He was the chairman of Ethnic & Cultural
Diversity Committee of "Vision in Progress" a village of Palatine and
Inverness initiative. He served on the committee to organize
Palatine's Quasqui-centennial (125th. year) celebration activities in
1991.
He serves on the Asian American Advisory Council to the State of
Illinois Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, and is the "Passport to the
World - Ambassador" of Chicago Children's Museum. Mr. Saini was the
Program Chairman of the 20th and 12th Annual Asian American Coalition
of Chicago's Dinner Banquets in 2003 and 1995. He was honored by the
Asian American Coalition of Chicago with a community service award in
1992.
Mr. Saini, is the past president and has served Punjabi Cultural
Society of Chicago
www.PCSChicago.org in many capacities since its inception. He is
also the past executive secretary, finance secretary and social
secretary of Sikh Religious Society of Chicago which operates a Sikh
Gurdwara (place of worship) in Palatine. He is an active member
of Sikh American Heritage Organization
www.SikhAmerican.org .
Mr. Saini headed the committee to publish Punjabi community resource
directory "Punjabi Pages" in 1999 and 2001. He was honored with
community service award by Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago in 1997
and "Chitrahar TV" in 2001. A known performing artist, Mr. Saini also
teaches Punjabi folk dance "Bhangra" to the next generation. He has
organized various Punjabi Cultural, Sikh American and Asian American
mainstream events in Chicago for the last 17 years.
Currently, Mr. Saini is a construction consulting engineer with Teng
and Associates, Inc. of Chicago at LaGrange Rd. reconstruction
project.
The Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago is a not-for-profit community
organization devoted to promoting Punjabi culture, language,
performing arts , healthy life style and sports in the metropolitan
Chicago area.
PCS News Release by:
Rajinderbir S. Mago
PUNJABI Cultural Society of Chicago,
P.O. Box 1244, Palatine, IL 60078
Ph: 847-359-5727, Fax: 847-359-1107
e-mail to info@PCSChicago.org
PCS website www.PCSChicago.org
Click here: Punjabi Cultural
Society of Chicago
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