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'''Jessie Singh Saini''' (full name ''Jaswinder Singh Saini'': August 24, 1958 – December 9, 2014) was the founder of BJS Electronics and an American industrialist of Indian descent.<ref>The global Indian: the rise of Sikhs abroad, p 139, Gurmukh Singh, Rupa & Co., 2003</ref><ref name= "Clinton">[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001107/punjab.htm#36 Clinton invites Punjabi to trip, By Sarbjit Singh,Tribune News Service , Tuesday, November 7, 2000, Chandigarh, India]</ref><ref name = "rediff">[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/may/25us.htm Gurdaspur to Los Gatos: The $ 250 million story of Jessie Singh, Sonia Chopra , May 25, 1999 , Rediff.com]</ref> Jessie was also a well known-political donor, in California, and both [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Al Gore]] have paid visits to his house during their incumbencies as president and vice president of the US.<ref name= "Clinton"/>

== Origin and early life==

He completed his education at Punjab Agricultural University at Ludhiana before migrating to the US in 1986.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/Million-dollar-dreams/articleshow/16552183.cms Million dollar dreams, TNN, Jul 21, 2002, 12.00am IST]</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==

Jessie was the first Indian to receive the Civil rights award – the Edna Magee Award from the Santa Clara County in 1998. He also went to the Philippines as a state guest in 1996 and was honored by the Pope for helping to raise money for Vietnamese refugees stranded in the Philippines.

He was also honored in his native Punjab with Punjab Ratan award by [[Prakash Singh Badal]], the [[Chief Minister]] of Punjab.<ref name= "Clinton"/><ref name = "rediff"/>

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Utpal Jivrajani at 21:37, 21 December 2022