About me

Gurinder Singh Mann– Historian and Director of the Sikh Museum Initiative. He is a Leicester born Sikh Scholar and historian. He holds an MA in South Asian Religions from De Montfort University, Leicester (2001).  He is author of four books: Sri Dasam Granth: Questions and Answers, (Archimedes Press, 2011) and the Oxford University Press published: The Granth of Guru Gobind Singh: Essays, Lectures and Translations (2015), British and the Sikhs: Discovery, Warfare and Friendship (2020) and The Rise of the Sikh Soldier (2022).

He has been co-convened six International Sikh Research Conferences (ISRC)  at the University of Warwick.  Gurinder has researched and discovered many Sikh artefacts and relics as well as delivering lectures across the world for 25 years. He has appeared on radio and TV, including the BBC, ITV, Sikh Channel, Akaal TV and other channels giving his views on heritage issues as well as theological matters.

He set up the Sikh Museum Initiative to research the numerous Sikh relics and artefacts in the UK. The initiative has already made headway by utilising new technologies including 3d modelling, augmented reality, virtual reality to showcase and preserve Sikh heritage. He curated the exhibition Anglo Sikh Wars: Battles, Treaties and Relics (2017), the Contemporary Sikh Art Exhibition (2018) and is the Digital Curator of the world’s first Anglo Sikh Virtual Museum (2018-2023). He project managed the delivery of the Sikh Troops War Memorial, Leicester (2022). Working with the Royal Armouries, Leeds he projected managed the first 3D Sikh installation in the country (2023).

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