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Celebrating Asian Success Woman of the Year
Achievement in Community Service
Winner - Jasuben Seghani - Shop Owner
Winner: Chandubhai Kanani Founder member- Lohana Community of West London
Shortlisted nominees Shahin Badar - Award winning Singer and Song Writer Shashi Kiran Gossain - Owner MercsOnly Honey kalaria - Actress, Singer and Businesswoman
Shortlisted nominees Vijey Ratan - Social worker Manubhai Makwana - Social Service Gopalbhai Popat and Induben Mehta Founders Asian Foundation for Help
Lifetime Achievement
Winner - Dr Avatar Lit founder- Sunrise Radio
Founder Vascroft Contractors Ltd.
Shortlisted nominees
Shortlisted nominees K.B Shankar - Head of South Asian Banking HSBC Yogesh Mehta - MD Amertrans Shipping Dr Mohan Kaul - Director/CEO Commonwealth Business council.
Mira Trivedi - Gujarati Presenter BBC Rakhi Sood - Performing Arts Ashish Joshi - Reporter-SKy news
Business Person of the Year
Achievement in Sports
Winner - Nadir Lalani Founder 99p Stores
Winner: Hunisha Bharat Patel - Martial Arts
Shortlisted nominees
Shortlisted nominees Monty Panesar - Cricketer Sajid mahmood - Cricketer Prince Naseem Ahmed - Boxer
Kantesh (Ken) Popat - Director Finance House Limited Ravi Gill - Founder London College of Accountancy Arvind Halai - Founder GXI
Achievement in Community Service
Woman of the Year Winner: Dr Usha Menon Lecturer UCL, Head of Gynaecological cancer research centre
Winner: Capt. Ashvini Sharma Regional Director AirIndia, UK
Shortlisted nominees
Jiva Odedra - CEO Leicestershire Asian Business association Reena Ramesh Shah - Veterinary Surgeon Parm Sandhu - Chief Inspector MPS
Achievement in Media Arts and Culture
Winner - Arjan Vekaria -
2006 Professional of the Year
New Market Entrant Winner - Manoj Ladwa and Vikas Pota Founders Saffron Chase
Shortlisted nominees Suresh Vagjiani - Director Sow & Reap Ltd Suresh Kotecha - Director- Big Ben Properties Ltd. Jess Kaur - Founder PR Vibe Raj Bakrania - Partner PR Vibe
Business in Community Winner - Manish Shah Partner Sigma Pharmaceuticals Plc
Shortlisted nominees Mr. D K kewalramani - Owner-Travelin Style Pramod Thakkar- Founder Meera Nursing Home
Innovation in Business Winner - Arvind Malhotra Owner GapGuru
Shortlisted nominees
Winner: Viral Acharya Founder- Pratham USA and pratham UK
Shortlisted nominees
Shortlisted nominees
Dipa Jethwa-Founder member of Taj Medical Group Manisha Tank - TV presenter – BBC world CII Anjana Patel - Treasurer- Barclays Bank
Raj Loomba - founder Shrimati pushpawati Loomba Trust Shaunaka Rishi Das - Director-Oxford centre for Hindu Studies Vinod Kapashi - President Mahavir foundation
2007
Young Entrepreneur of the year
Business in Community Award
Winner : Dalip Kumar Founder Travelin Style
Winner - Nat Puri Purico Group of Companies
Shortlisted nominees
Janak Ondhia - Founder Locum Express Ltd Kishor Patel - Owner- Nisa Local Stores Pradeep Pandya-Founder–Baba Holidays Ltd
Shortlisted nominees Sanjay Vadera - Owner- Pre Scent Shamir Shah - Founder and MD East India Tea House. Vikkas Puri - Owner Ace Communications
Sport Personality of the Year Winner: Monty Panesar Cricketer
Shortlisted nominees
Shashi Gossain - Founder-Pharmaclinix Nikunj Shah - Founder Sugam Paneer
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Firoz Kassam Entrepreneur – Hotels and B&B's
Shortlisted nominees Bobby Grewal - Athlete for charities Bhanumati Piparia - Charity & Social Service Chandrakalaben Patel - Founder of Charitable trust
Professional of the Year
Achievement in Community Service
Winner: Naynesh Desai Solicitor
Winner: Rati Shah Fund Raiser- Social Service
Shortlisted nominees
Shortlisted nominees
Owais Shah : Cricketer Puneet Arora - Chef Dr Ramesh Gandhi - Fund raiser Saima Hussain : Rugby Player and Sports Ritu Sethi - Lawyer- sethi partnership solicitors Mahendra Jadeja - Charitable work Development officer Dr Satya Narayan Agarwal Orthopaedic Surgeon Madat Ahamed - Social Welfare Kiran Matharu : Golfer
Achievement in Media Arts and Culture Winner: Renu Patel - Performing Arts
Shortlisted nominees
Honey Kalaria - Stage Performer Mira Kakad - Fashion Designer Ravi Sharma - Presenter-Sunrise Radio
Woman of the Year
Winner: Shriti Vadera - Parliamentary Under secretary of state for International Development
Shortlisted nominees
Mrs Deepakben Patel - Professional Golfer Gita Jobanputra - Professional masseuse and Teacher of Complimentary Therapies Nilam Patel - Partner Wine Cellar Consolidations Asian Voice & Gujarat Samachar Asian Achievers Awards 2009
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