Amritsar: Jasdeep Singh Gill has been nominated as the spiritual head of Radha Soami Satsang Beas. The announcement was made by the current sect chief Gurinder Singh Dhillon. The sect has a large number of followers in the country and abroad. Top political leaders of the country keep visiting the sect headquarters from time to time. Confirming this important development, a top Dera official said, “Baba Ji, who was out of town for some time, returned to Dera Beas yesterday. Today morning he called a meeting of all senior officials, including the Dera secretary and other regional heads, in which the name of his next successor was announced.” Reacting to reports about Dhillon’s health, the official clarified that he is “perfectly fine”. Forty-five-year-old Gill holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from Cambridge and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He was the chief strategy officer and senior management personnel at Cipla in India and left the post earlier this year.
His wife is a doctor.
Meanwhile, RSSB secretary Devendra Kumar Sikri, in a written statement issued on Monday, said, “Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon has named Jasdeep Singh Gill, son of Sukhdev Singh Gill, as the Patron of Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society with immediate effect from September 2, 2024.” “Jasdeep Singh Gill will replace Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon as the Sant Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas Society and will have the authority to give Naam Diksha.” Sikri further said, “Baba Ji has expressed that just like he has received the full support and love of the ‘sangat’ after Huzur Maharaj Ji, he has desired and requested that the same love and affection be extended to Jasdeep Singh Gill in performing his ‘seva’ as Patron and Sant Satguru.” Gill’s father Sukhdev Singh Gill came to Beas more than two decades ago after retiring from the Indian Army as a colonel. A source in the sect said Jasdeep Singh Gill has been visiting and serving the Dera for the last 30 years.
