Born and brought up in Patiala, Dr Karminder Singh has become the second Sikh medical specialist to be commissioned as a Captain in the US army. The 36-year-old doctor, who completed MD (Internal Medicine) in June 2020, is also one of the few senior officers in the US armed force who will don a turban along with other articles of Sikh faith.

Dr Karminder shifted to the US in 2013 after completing post-graduation from Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana. In 2017, he did MBA in Health and Business Administration with distinction from California. He has also been selected as a fellow, Doctorate of Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, at Eisenhower Medical Center, California, and has become a commissioned officer in the US army.