By Jonathan Morales

2021年7月20日

 每天晚上睡觉前，Rekhi Singh都会想到所有让他感激的事情，不管这些事情有多小。

It’s just one way Singh ’88 (MBA) practices the science of happiness in his daily life – a science he first became interested in six years ago and has promoted since.

他想要幸福，他也希望别人幸福。 To that end, in 2019, the businessman and entrepreneur established 萨克拉门托 State’s first endowed professorship, the Rekhi Singh Endowed Professor of Happiness.

For Singh’s contributions to the campus, President Robert S. Nelsen has awarded him the 2021 President’s Medal for Distinguished Service. 该奖章颁发给为社会、高等教育或公众和共同利益提供杰出服务的个人。

“As a university dedicated to caring and belonging, I can think of no better place to study happiness,” Nelsen said. “In a year when our students, faculty, and staff have persevered through unprecedented situations, now is the time to reflect on the things that bring us joy.

“Mr. Singh has made a real and positive impact on our campus and our community, and I am so grateful for his generosity.”

这个教授职位设在心理学系，旨在通过学术研究、课程开发、校园合作和其他活动来促进幸福。

Meliksah Demir, a national expert on happiness, 被任命为该职位，并于2021年春季开始授课. 他的学生花了一个学期的时间学习幸福研究的历史，如何衡量幸福，它的好处，不同文化和国家之间的差异，以及如何成为更快乐的人。

Singh said he was glad to see the position filled, and called Demir “highly motivated.”

辛格出生于印度，在印度理工学院（IIT） Kharagpur获得工程学学士学位，并于2017年在那里建立了Rekhi幸福科学卓越中心。 Knowing he wanted to attend graduate school in California, he immigrated to the United States in 1987, settling in 萨克拉门托 by chance and enrolling in 囊状态’s Master of Business 政府 program.

他说，虽然对校园不太熟悉，但他对这个项目的了解给他留下了深刻的印象。 一到博彩平台，他就找到了愿意与学生接触的教授、支持他的同学，以及一个与印度不同的项目，允许他选择课程。 知道自己想创业后，他学习了市场营销。

“Mr. Singh has made a real and positive impact on our campus and our community, and I am so grateful for his generosity.” ——罗伯特·s·尼尔森总统

如今，辛格是R Systems的首席执行官，这是一家他创立的全球上市公司，专门从事跨行业的信息技术外包，包括银行和金融、电信和数字媒体、零售和电子商务、医疗保健、制造和物流。 He also serves as managing director for the company’s board of directors and, with his wife Harpreet Kaur Rekhi, as a trustee of the Rekhi Foundation for Happiness.

“萨克拉门托 State gave me a well-rounded education into business, and I was exposed to the U.S. culture and its way of doing things,” Singh said. “When I look back at my life, I would not be here if it was not for 囊状态 and the education I got there. That is something I feel very grateful about.”

在他送给萨克州立大学的礼物两年后，他给大黄蜂家族的信息都是积极的。

“Happiness is a journey, not a destination,” Singh said. “All we have is a moment. The rest is past, which is gone, and future, which hasn’t arrived. 我们需要为幸福而活。 Time travelling to past and future brings regret, anxiety, worry – unhappiness. Enjoy the moment.”