Honourable Baljit Singh Chadha (born 1951) is a Canadian businessman based in

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, who is the president and founder of Balcorp Limited which he started in 1976.The company has offices in

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and

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. He is a leader of the

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community in Canada. Chadha immigrated to Canada in 1973 from

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. His international trading company has also varied interests that include agricultural food products, processed foods, forestry products, and minerals.

Professional life

The Honourable Baljit S. Chadha, P.C. The Honourable Baljit Singh Chadha is a highly respected and successful entrepreneur, philanthropist and engaged citizen. Born in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1951, Mr. Chadha obtained his undergraduate science degree (B.Sc.) at the University of Bombay before immigrating to Canada. He obtained a Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Concordia University in Montreal. He also holds corporate director certification (ICD.D) from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Beginning with just a rented desk and 100% borrowed capital, Mr. Chadha founded his own business, Balcorp Limited, in Montreal in 1976, later opening offices in Bombay and New Delhi. Balcorp is now an international marketer of a broad range of products and services. Mr. Chadha is known for his depth of knowledge and expertise in international trade and strategic planning, both within his own company and across the breadth of his growing global business interests. In 2003, the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada, named Mr. Chadha to the Security Intelligence Review Committee, as well as to the Queen’s Privy Council of Canada.

Personal life

He is married to Roshi Chadha. The couple lives in

. She was a member-at-large on

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's Board of Governors (BoG) and she also served on the governing body of the

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for a five-year term position at the

Security Intelligence Review Committee The Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC; ) was a committee of Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Privy Councillors that was empowered to serve as an independent oversight and review body for the operations of the Canadian Security Intellige ...

, 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

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. He sat on the Security Intelligence Review Committee from 2003 to 2008.Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Reports on Plans and Priorities - 2007-08 accessdate=2014-03-04.
/ref> Baljit S. Chadha was one of the members of the spy agency watchdog on 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

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, P.C., O.M., who had been appointed Chair on June 24, 2005. The other Members were

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, P.C., O.C., Baljit S. Chadha, P.C.,

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, P.C., O.C., Q.C. and

Aldéa Landry Marie-Marthe Aldéa Landry, (born December 27, 1945) is a lawyer and business woman in the Canadian province of New Brunswick who has been a civil servant, legal practitioner in the private sector, and a politician and cabinet minister. She wa ...

, P.C., C.M., Q.C..

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