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Ludhiana-born Surjit Babra doesn’t hold any MBA or business degree, but he went on become the world’s first Sikh to start an airline in 1988. Born in Ludhiana, Babra left the city for Kenya when was just two. “Our family was moving in and out of Ludhiana quite often.” From Kenya, he moved to London […]

Ludhiana-born Surjit Babra doesn’t hold any MBA or business degree, but he went on become the world’s first Sikh to start an airline in 1988.

Born in Ludhiana, Babra left the city for Kenya when was just two. “Our family was moving in and out of Ludhiana quite often.” From Kenya, he moved to London as a student. “I got parttime work as a helper in a travel office and then a full-time job.That’s how I got a break into this profession.

He describes the airlifting of new 149 birs (copies) of the Sikh holy Guru Granth from Amritsar to Canada by his airline as “the most satisfying event” of his life.