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Asian Voice | 19th August 2017
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And the shortlists for the 17th Asian Achievers Awards are ....
Friday 22nd September will witness another history in the making. Asian Business Publications Limited (ABPL) will host its 17th annual Asian Achievers Awards at the prestigious Grosvenor House. The event will be attended by over 800 guests, including business tycoons, entrepreneurs, company directors, senior professionals,
members of Parliament and the uniformed services. Last year the total net-worth of the guests who attended were over £40 billion. The Asian community, as an integral part of the British life, plays an increasingly important role in shaping the country’s future. The awards more popularly known as
Achievement in Community service
Akeela Ahmed, Founder, She Speak We Hear
Saba Nasim BEM, Cricket Coach / Lawyer
Vanita Patel MBE, Anti Slavery International
Tanya Nadarajah, Sivakumar Ramasamy, Taekwondo Coach Paralympian
Haseeb Hameed, Cricketer
Davinder Kaur BEM, Chief Executive, SWEDA
Sports personality of the Year
Neethu Haridas, Footballer
Business Person of the Year
Shahid Sheikh OBE, Clifton Packaging
Surinder Arora, Arora Group
Zuber Issa & Mohsin Issa, Euro Garages
Entrepreneur of the year
Lisa Sohanpal , Founder, Nom Noms World Food
Jagdeep Rai, Head of Corporate Banking, Barclays
Alick Varma, CEO, Osper
Madhuban Kumar, CEO, Metafused
Woman of the year
Dr Faiza Shaheen, Director, CLASS
Shivvy Jervis, Digital Specialist
Poonam Gupta OBE, PG Paper company Ltd
Arjuna Gihan Fernando MBE, Founder, Freeformers
Dr Tara Swart, Neuroscientist
The People’s Choice Awards celebrate the outstanding work of South Asian individuals from across a spectrum of backgrounds and professions. Like many other areas, British-Asian representation in areas like Media, Arts and Culture has increased over the last few years, though there remains ample scope to improve it in the coming years. This year’s theme is Media, Arts and Culture, to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of people in these fields and their contributions to the community. It resonates with the theme of the UK-India Year of Culture, that the two nations are celebrating to mark India's 70 years of independence. The awards are therefore attended by the top echelons of the British Asian society. CB Patel, Publisher/Editor, ABPL Group, said: “Asian Achievers Awards aims to recognise and reward genuine
high achievers in the Asian community. The nominations come from the community and the readers of Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar, and an independent panel of judges choose the winner. This makes it 'The People's Choice Awards'. “Given the record number of nominations that we received this year I am filled with awe and respect for the daunting process that the judges must have endured to select the very best from a galaxy of superstars.” Since its launch, Asian Achievers Awards has helped to raise millions of pounds for various charities and this year, the chosen charity partner is the Akshayapatra Foundation.
Professional of the year
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian FRS, British Chemist
Coco Khan, Journalist, Guardian
Nainita Desai, Composer
Fayyaz Afzal OBE, Barrister
Maneesh Juneja, Digital Health Futurist
Prof Sanjay Sharma Cardiologist
Tina Daheley, Broadcast/Journ alist, BBC
Tanika Gupta MBE, English Playwright
Amrit Kaur Lohia, Sarangi Player
Ryan Chetiyawardana, International Bartender
Sharan Ghuman MBE, UK Home Office
Lieutenant Brijinder Singh Nijjar, ARMY
Achievement in Media
Angela Saini, Science Jounalist & Author
Achievement in Arts & Culture
Paul Sinha, Comedian
Uniformed & Civil services
Kulbir Pasricha, Kent Police
Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC, Judge