Asian Achievers Awards
10 Asian Voice - Saturday 31st July 2010
The past shortlisted and the winners - Asian Ac We have been receiving enquiries from readers about the nomination process for the AAA 2010 Awards. We understand that the sheer number of prominent Asians in so many walks of life can make the nomination process an overwhelming one. Having said that, we would like to remind readers that the Asian Achievers Awards, unlike so many others, has always been a 'peoples' awards and we leave it entirely to the prerogative of the readers to exercise their discretion whilst making their choice. As you can see from the names below the nominations and winners come from various walks of life. It is entirely possible that a colleague at work, a family member, a friend or a neighbour could be worthy of being nominated. Or it could be someone who has already carved out a niche in business, the professions, civil or uniformed services. There is bound to be someone you know. If you require any further assistance in this regard please feel free to speak to L George at 020 7749 4013.
Business Person of the Year Short listed Dr Kartar Lalvani Vitabiotics Ltd Sir Anwar Pervez Bestway Cash and Carry Thakrar Brothers - Tilda Rice Ltd Kirit Pathak - Patak Spice Jayendra Ravjibhai Patel Sherwood Agencies Ltd Firoz Kassam - Firok Group Sir Anwar - Bestway Holdings Ltd George Jatania Lornamead Ltd Hitesh Chandra Patel Director at Carwarehouse Group Moni Varma - Chief executive - Veetee Group D.K Kewalramani Travelin Style Pramod Thakkar - Meera Nursing Home Kantesh Popat - Finance House Ltd Ravi Gill - London College of Accountancy Arvind Halai - GXI Janak Ondhia - Locum Express Ltd Kishor Patel - Nisa Local stores, Bedfordshire Pradeep Pandya - Baba Holidays Ltd Dr Kartar Lalvani Vitabiotics Ltd Parween Warsi - S&A Foods Mukesh Nakar - Chatham Printers Bikhu and Mr Vijay Patel Waymade Plc Navin Engineer Chemidex Karamjit Khera Hyperama Cash and Carry Vijay and Bhikhu Patel Waymade Healthcare Plc Bharat Shah - Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd Bharat Shah - Sigma Pharmaceutical George Jatania Loranamead Group Surjit Singh Pandher Himalaya Carpets and Furniture Ltd
Tavi Thevarajah - Carlton Leisure Bemal Patel - Pharmacist Hasmukhbhai Patel Director of Mukti Tea Dolar Popat - Founder of TLC Group Thariq Mohammed – Director – T&M Investment, City Express, Sajways Koolesh Shah – Director LTH Kirit Patel – Chief Executive – Day Lewis Pharmacy Group
Winners Lakshmi Mittal - Mittal Steel Company Kartar Lalwani Vitabiotics Rami Ranger - Sea, Air and Land Forwarding Ltd Ranjit Baxi - J & H Sales International Ltd Nat Puri - Purico Group of Companies Nadir Lalani - 99p Store Manish Shah - Sigma Parmaceuticals Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE - Bestway Holdings Ltd Ashok Patel - Travelpack Sir Gulam Noon - Noon Plc Yogesh Mehta Managing Director of Amertrans Shipping Anil Maneklal Solanki – Director – Taj Group of co.
Professional of the Year Short listed B N Patel - John Cummings Ross Subhash Thakrar BlackStone Franks & Co Kapil Dudakia - OFSTED Inspector of Schools Dr Navnit Shah - ENT Specialist Dr Sadru Kheraj - GP, Herne Hill Group Practise Prakash Patel - Senior Partner Magwells Solicitor Anuj Chande - Business advisory partner Grant
Thronton Dr Simon Singh - Science Journalist and Broadcaster Harin Thaker - CEO, Europe, Hyo Realestate Bank International Shami Chakrabarti Director of Liberty Jiva Odedra - Executive Of Lesestershire Asian Business Association(LABA) Reena Ramesh Shah Veterinary Surgeon Parm Sandhu Metropolitian Police Services Puneet Arora - Bombay Halwa Ritu Sethi - The Sethi Partnership Dr Satya Narayan Agarwal - Orthopaedic Surgeon Naguib Kheraj - Barclays Capital KB Shankar - HSBC South Asian Banking Vinay Pattni - Business Manager Abbey National Dr Kamlesh Chandra Chakrabarty - Bank of Baroda Sunil Patel - RA Insurance Rajesh Patel - RJ Insurance Brokers Tiku Patel - Managing Director of Barclays Premier Banking Anuj Chande - Grant Thornton UK LLPRaj Joshi - Red Lion ChamberDr Akbar Ali Malik -Solicitor Supreme Court Cheryl Dhillon – COOOtsuka Mohammad Asghar Accountant Zafar Siddique - CPS
Winners Vijay Acharya - Director of Indian Banking at Credit Suisse KB Shankar - Head of South Asian Banking HSBC Jitesh Gadhia - ABN Amro Bank Naynesh Desai - Ellis Taylor Capt Ashvini k Sharma -
Air India Dr Jatin Pandya - GP Shany Gupta - Founder, Duncan Lewis Dr Madhusudhan Gandhi Dentist Nishma Gosrani Consultant at Price Waterhouse Coopers Dr Manjul Vasant Dentist
Achievement in Community Services Short listed Bhanubhai Mehta Samanavaya Parivar Ram Gidoomal - Inlaks Group Ishwar Tailor - Gujarat Hindu Society Pravin Amin - Community Worker Rati Shah - Active involvement in Chartitable organisation. Ramesh Vala - Asha Foundation Vilasgauri Dhanani Social Worker Shahida Parveen Jamal Social Worker Nalini P Mandalia - Social and Health Services Officer Vijey Ratan - Actice Campainer for Women and Children rights Ramesh Gandhi Mahendra Jadeja Madat Ahamed Manubhai Makwana Gopalbhai Popat & Induben Mehta - Asian Foundation for Help Raj Loomba - Founder of Shrimati Pushpawati Loomba Trust Shaunaka Rishi Das Director of Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Vinod Kapashi - President of Mahavir Foundation Bobby Grewal - Voluntary Charity Worker Bhanumati Piparia Community Worker Chandrakalaben Patel Community Worke Vinod Kapashi - Literary Fugure Bhadresh Trivedi - Hindu Chaplain Gordhandas S Patel Voluntary Services Chhotalal Narottam Chauhan – Community & Charity Worker Madhurika Patel – Social Activists Chhotalal Limbachia Community & Charity Worker
Winners Viral Acharya - Founding Memeber/President of Pratham UK/USA Rati Shah Dr Shiv Pande Firoz Kasam APS Chawla - Chairman of MKC Kanti Nagda - Sangat Community Centre Dr Rami Ranger Chairman of India, PAK, UK Friendship Forum Vraj Pankhania – Wescombe Group
Achievements in Media, Arts and Culture Shortlisted Avtar Lit - Sunrise Radio Raj Kumar - Spectrum Radio Amit Roy - Journalist Javed Hussain - Media Reach Advertising Reginald Massey - Art Critic Bhupendra Desai - Artist Rasik Patel - Artist Manish Patel - Jounalist and Author Shanti Panchal Painter/Artist Chandu Matani - Founder of Sona Rupa, leading music company Sanjay Suri - Jounalist OutLook Vijay Dutt - Senior Editor, Hindustan Times Javed Hussain - Media Reach Honey Kalaria Choreographer Mira Kakad - Fashion Designer Ravi Sharma - Presenter, Sunrise Radio Mira Trivedi - BBC Radio Leicester Rakhi Sood - Professional, Teacher, Performer, Choreographer, Model and Actress Ashish Joshi - Sky News Dr Nanda Kumar Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Lisa Aziz - Broadcaster Javed Hussian - Media Reach Advertising Raza Jaffery - Actor Nitin Sawhney - Musician Avtar Lit - Sunrise Radio Jay Kumar - Bollywood Dance Choreographer Nikita Thakrar - Finest Dance Artists Paresh Shah - Musician, Entertainer, Magician Ashish Amrit Kotak – Writer Jeet’s Screenidolz – Dance, Drama Artist Jasvinder Singh Bal – Director Brit Asia TV
Winners Sonia Deol - BBC Asian Networks Raghav - Singer and Performing Artist Dr Avtar Lit - Sunrise Radio Renu Patel - Kaybee Pictures Mihir Bose - Reporter Telegraph and at present BBC Sports Vikram Jasani - Forefront in the development of Asian Music Circuit Gurinder Chadha - Film Director Alpesh Patel - Tradermind Ravi Sharma Radio Ambassador India & UK Chamanlal Chaman – Broadcaster – Panjab Radio
Achievement in Sport Short listed
2010 Chunilal Jobanputra World Wheelchair Bowls Game Fauja Singh - Marathon Runner Ajit Medtia - Polo Player Arvind Parmar - Tennis Player Aman Dosanj - Footballer Ajmal Shahzad - Cricket Player Owais Shah - Cricketer Saima Hussain - Rugby Player Kiran Mathru - Golfer Kamlajit Singh - Martial Arts Champion Micheal Chopra - FootBall Harpal Singh - Football Monty Panesar - Cricketer Sajid Mahmood Cricketer Prince Naseem Hamed Boxer Shivam Shah - Guinness World Record holder Rashmi Yadave - Marathon Runner Manjit Singh - Record Holder Guinness Book Ashwin Bhatt - Cricket Shivam Shah – Play Bridge Samit Rohit Patel - Cricket
Winner Hunisha Bharat Patel Karate Isa Guha - Cricketer Monty Panesar - Cricketer Amir Khan - Boxer Vikram Solanki - Cricketer Maiyuran Ratneswaran Fencing Rajeev Bagga – Badminton Champion
Women of the Year Shortlisted Usha Dhirajlal Pandya Barnet Women Association Surekha Mehta - Navanat Vanik Asociation Cllr Ansuya Sodha Shobha Tailor - Shobha Tiffin Jyoti Taglani - Joshiv beauty products Ritu Sethi - The Sethi Partnership Solicitors Smita Oza - Corporate Lawyer, Hilton Group Plc Afsana Shukur - Head of the Ethnic Minority Employment Unit, Deratment of Work and Pensions Trupti Patel - Acting assistant director and Salford Council Mrs Deepak Patel - Golfer Gita Jobanputra Practitioner in Head Massage Nilam Patel - Partner,Wine Cellar Consolidations Dipa Jethwa - The Taj Medical Group Ltd
* Please note that the prize winners of past Awards should not be nominated. There may be many more Asians who deserve this honor . Please send your nomination and let your friends know.