Baljit Singh Chadha
Baljit Singh Chadha, (born 1951) is a Montreal, Quebec, Canada businessman, president and founder of Balcorp Limited which he started in 1976.The company has offices in Montreal, New Delhi and Mumbai. He is a leader of the Sikh community in Canada. Chadha immigrated to Canada in 1973 from India
His international trading company has also varied interests that include agricultural food products, processed foods, forestry products, and minerals.
Professional life
Chadha graduated from Bombay University with a Bachelor of Science degree. He later obtained a MBA from Concordia University.
He is one of the Directors of the Canada India Business Council (C-IBC), along with Stockwell Day, Peter Nesbitt of Export Development Canada (EDC), Peter MacArthur of the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and others.[1][2]
He has sat on the Board of Governors of Concordia University since 2002 having donated thousands of dollars to the institution.
Personal life
He is married to Roshi Chadha. The couple lives in Montreal.
She was a member-at-large on McGill University’s Board of Governors (BoG) and she also served on the governing body of the Canadian Red Cross
Security Intelligence Review Committee Tenure
In 2003 Chadha was appointed by then-prime minister Jean Chrétien for a five-year term position at the Security Intelligence Review Committee, the body that oversees CSIS, Canada's spy agency, in Ottawa and was, as a condition for his participation in the Committee,also appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
He sat on the Security Intelligence Review Committee from 2003-2008.[3]
Baljit S. Chadha was one of the members of the spy agency watchdog in September 18, 2006,the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar led by Justice Dennis O'Connor released its report.
The Committee was chaired by Gary Filmon, P.C., O.M., who had been appointed Chair on June 24, 2005. The other Members were Raymond Speaker, P.C., O.C., Baljit S. Chadha, P.C., Roy Romanow, P.C., O.C., Q.C. and Aldéa Landry, P.C., C.M., Q.C..