Political & Public Life Awards 2014

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Political & Public Life

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Celebrating the leading lights of Britain

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t is with great pleasure that we are hosting the Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards in the House of Commons for the 8th time, joined by such distinguished guests. The recipients of these awards are well recognised and respected in their fields, such as members of the Parliament, Peers, Public Servants and also people with Her Majesty's honour.

The Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards are unique as our readers and supporters carefully select and nominate people from all corners of the world, representing different ethnicities and religious backgrounds. The selection of winners in each category depends entirely upon an independent panel of judges, who choose the most deserving candidates from hundreds of nominees.

I extend my warm wishes to all of you, who are receiving the awards today. May you continue to achieve even higher levels of public acclaim for your noteworthy contributions to our country. For those who are not included, may you be duly honoured in the near future.

I would particularly like to thank Rt Hon Keith Vaz, MP and the panel of judges for making these awards such a success. I also must appreciate the contribution of our supporters, readers and the hard working team of ABPL, for making this award increasingly popular every year.

CB Patel Publisher/Editor

Rt Hon Keith Vaz, MP Chair, Home Affairs Committee

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n behalf of the panel of judges, I am delighted to welcome you to the eighth annual Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards at the House of Commons.

Founded decades ago by the doyen of British Asian Publishing, the legendary CB Patel, the Asian Voice newspaper has the largest readership amongst the Asian community in Britain. It has been at the forefront of ensuring that the issues of concern to Britain’s glorious ethnic minority communities are brought into the public domain. The paper is one of a number of outlets that bridge the gap between communities in Britain. At least 5 million BME people reads one of these newspapers each week.

The British Asian community has made a great contribution to our country. We are key stakeholders in politics, industry, business and even showbusiness. Tonight we celebrate the accomplishments of a few of them.

The uniqueness of these awards is that they are held in the mother of Parliaments and that they honour and recognise political figures who have really impressed the British Asian community. They also celebrate Asian talent of those in the public and political sphere outside of Westminster.

This year’s rollcall of senior political figures include the Rt Hon George Osborne MP, who as Chancellor of the Exchequer has the job of piloting us through the worst recession of this generation; Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP who as Opposition Chief Whip has proved adept at the unenviable task of keeping in line the 256 Labour MPs in the House of Commons; and newly appointed Minister for Crime Prevention Norman Baker, who has brought vast knowledge and new ideas to the Home Office. These awards also celebrate the new class of political talent, such as Nicola Blackwood MP, who has championed the plight of women and young girls who have been sexually groomed.

We will also recognise the public figures who have made this year special. Including Metro Bank and its CEO Craig Donaldson, who has driven forward Britain’s first new High Street bank for a century.

I hope the evening will be remembered as one where we celebrated achievement but also looked to the future.

We remain citizens of the most multicultural country in the world and you tonight are a mirror of that world.

Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP

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Politician of the Year

Rt Hon George Osborne MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer The Rt Hon George Osborne MP was born and educated in London, studying modern history at Oxford University. He became Chancellor of the Exchequer in May 2010 and has been the Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire since June 2001. George has worked as Political Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition before being elected to Parliament. He entered Parliament as the youngest Conservative MP in the House of Commons. After serving on the Public Accounts Committee and holding a number shadow ministerial posts, he was appointed to the position of Shadow Chancellor in 2005, aged 33. He was the youngest Chancellor to take office since Randolph Churchill in 1886.

Shadow Cabinet Minister of the Year

Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton was re-elected MP for Doncaster Central in May 2010.

Educated at St. Mary's Danum Grammar School for Girls and then reading for a BA in History at the University of Hull in 1979, Winterton first worked as John Prescott's Constituency Personal Assistant from 1980 until 1986, and then Parliamentary Officers. After working for four years in the private sector, as MD of Connect Public Affairs, Winterton returned to politics to assist John Prescott in 1994, as the Head of Office for the then-deputy Party Leader until 1997.

Winterton became an MP in the 1997 election. She entered government in 2001, and she was elected as Labour's shadow chief whip after the 2010 general election .

Liberal Democrat Minister of the Year

Norman Baker MP, Minister for Crime Prevention Norman Baker was appointed as the Minister for Crime Prevention in October 2013 and is the Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes. He born in Aberdeen and raised in Hornchurch, before going on to earn a BA degree in German from the University of London. He was formerly the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport since May 2010. Prior to entering the House of Commons in 1997 he had a variety of jobs, including periods as an executive for Our Price Records and as an English teacher. He also served as a local councillor in East Sussex before becoming Leader of Lewes District Council in 1991.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Moira Stuart

Moira Stuart's career in radio and television spans three decades. She started her BBC career as a production assistant in Radio's Talks and Documentaries department in the 1970’s, before moving on to become a BBC Radio 4 announcer, and a newsreader, and programme presenter. Moira moved to television news in 1981 becoming the first female African-Caribbean newsreader on British screens. She went on to present every type of BBC News bulletin, before leaving in 2007. In 2001 she received an OBE for her services to broadcasting, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in 2006. She also received an Honorary Doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University at Canterbury Cathedral in January 2013.

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Helen Grant MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities Helen Grant is the Minister for Sport, Tourism & Equalities. She is the Conservative MP for Maidstone and the Weald in Kent. Helen studied law at Hull University and practised as a family solicitor after qualifying in 1988. She set up Grants Solicitors in 1996, focusing specifically on the problems of family breakdown. She served on the Justice Select Committee until 2011 and was appointed to the Conservative social justice policy group in 2006. She joined Iain Duncan Smith’s think tank the Centre for Social Justice, for which she has written extensively on family policy. Helen is married with 2 sons.

Conservative Backbencher of the Year

Nicola Blackwood MP

Nicola was born in 1979 in Johannesburg but raised in Oxford. She was elected Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon in 2010 and is secretary of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development and a Member of the Home Affairs Committee. She worked as a volunteer on human rights and aid projects in the Middle East, Mozambique, Rwanda and Bangladesh. In 2013, Nicola was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Skills & Enterprise, Matthew Hancock MP.

Labour Backbencher of the Year

Karen Buck MP

Karen Buck was elected MP for Westminster North in May 2010.

She was educated at the Chelmsford County High School for Girls and the London School of Economic. She was elected as a councillor to the City of Westminster Council in 1990 and was elected at the 1997 General Election as the Labour MP for Regent's Park and Kensington North. Following her election to Parliament, Karen Buck joined the Social Security Select Committee, and after the 2001 General Election on the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

She became a member of Tony Blair's government in the wake of the 2005 General Election as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport.

Conservative Councillor of the Year

Councillor Robert Davis, Deputy Leader of Westminister Council Robert has been a Westminster Councillor for 28 years and in 1996-7 served as Lord Mayor of Westminster. Currently, Robert is Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for the Built Environment having served as chairman and cabinet member for a number of committees and portfolios during his long service on the Council. He is also Chairman of the London Mayors' Association.

He is a Chairman of the Board of the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park and one of Her Majesty's Deputy Lord Lieutenants for Greater London. He is also currently President of the Westminster Guide Lecturers Association and is one of several Councillors who regularly undertake duties as Deputy Lord Mayor.

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Journalist of the Year

Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan is a British political journalist, broadcaster and author. As a journalist and author, Hasan is the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and the political editor of the UK version of The Huffington Post. From a British Indian background, he is the presenter of Al Jazeera English shows The Café and Head to Head. He is a frequent guest on panel shows such as the BBC's Question Time programme, and the Sunday morning programmes The Big Questionsand Sunday Morning Live. He is currently the Political Director of the respected internet newspaper The Huffington Post UK.

Labour Councillor of the Year

Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council Cllr Muhammed Butt has lived in Brent his whole life. He attended Oakington Manor Primary School, Alperton Secondary School and Kilburn Polytechnic.

Muhammed married his wife in 1991, and they have three children aged between nine and 19. He started his career as an engineer at BT and worked his way up to become a project manager. He also previously worked at the then Department for Health and Social Security and owned several businesses in Brent. Cllr Butt entered politics through community organising when be first began to help residents in his local area with their problems, which made him want to become a councillor. He was elected to Brent Council in 2006, became shadow Lead Member for Finance in 2008, Deputy Leader of the council in 2010 and Leader in May 2012.

Bank of the Year

Metro Bank - Craig Donaldson CEO As Chief Executive Officer of Metro Bank, Craig Donaldson is responsible for providing executive leadership to the bank’s rapidly expanding team. He is chartered with guiding the bank’s evolution from fresh, new entrant in retail banking to trusted financial services partner to millions of UK customers. From helping define Metro Bank’s brand values, to hiring its inaugural employees and ensuring that the bank’s staff deliver daily customer delight; Craig has been instrumental to Metro Bank from day one. His prior roles included Managing Director of retail products at RBS, as well as senior roles with Barclays and HBOS. Craig is a keen supporter of Sunderland AFC and is lucky enough to have a young family to enjoy.

Breakthrough Woman of the Year

Sam Bailey

Sam was born in Bexley, London and grew up in Sidcup, London. She went to Cleeve Park School and Bexley College. She is an English singer, known for winning the tenth series of The X Factor in 2013. Following her win, her debut single "Skyscraper" (originally sung by Demi Lovato) was released on 16 December 2013, achieving the Christmas number one on 22 December 2013.

She currently lives in Leicester with her husband Craig Pearson, whom she married on 29 January 2003, their two children, Tommy and Brooke and their deaf Springer Spaniel, Molly. She is a Leicester City fan.

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Michael Crick

Michael Crick is a journalist, biographer and broadcaster. Michael was born in 1958, Crick was educated at Manchester Grammar School and New College, Oxford. After two years as a trainee journalist with ITN, he was a founder member of Channel 4 News in 1982, and later served as the programme's Washington Correspondent. He joined the BBC in 1990, first as a reporter on Panorama. From 1992 he worked part-time for Newsnight. From 2007 to 2011 he was the political editor of Newsnight. After that he returned to Channel 4 News as political correspondent. In 1998 he organised the group Shareholders United Against Murdoch which helped block the BSkyB takeover of Manchester United.

Entertainer of the Year

Shazia Mirza

Shazia is an award winning British stand up comedian and writer originally from Birmingham England. She works all over the world and has toured the US, Sweden, Denmark, France Holland and Germany. She has appeared on CBS 60 Minutes, NBC's Last Comic Standing, and Have I got News for You. As a writer Shazia formerly penned a fortnightly column for The New Statesman for which she won 'Columnist of the Year 2008' at the prestigious PPA Awards. She has written for the Guardian for many years and currently has a new weekly column in their Weekend magazine entitled 'Dairy of a Disappointing Daughter'.

Breakthrough Man of the Year

Jermain Jackman

Jermain Jackman is a 19 year old singer-songwriter and aspiring politician from Hackney in East London. He is currently appearing on the hit BBC show ‘The Voice’ with Will.I.Am. In 2010 he performed in the 02 Arena in front of 12,500 people. In 2012 he won the Hackney Versus Harlem competition. Jermain recently won a Spirit of London Award for his music and his work in the Youth Parliament in Hackney, and is shortly due to perform for the Prime Minster David Cameron. His influences are noted as Luther Vandross, Patti Labelle, Sam Cooke, Adele, Donnie McClurkin & Aretha Franklin.

Professional of the Year

Vijay Vaidyanathan

Vijay Vaidyanathan is unique in being a Senior Marketing Professional of Asian origin in the UK, with immense knowledge of consumers and shoppers of various ethnicities across the World. With sharp commercial acumen and extensive brand management, product development and activation experience, Vijay has driven businesses forward by striking the right balance between offering customer satisfaction and maximizing shareholder value. After several positions during his ten year stint at Unilever, he joined Tilda. With Vijay's implementation of the science of marketing, Tilda brand has overseen a massive growth, doubling the turnover to over £100 million. After a thoroughly enjoyable decade there, Vijay joined the Global Business Unit at Tesco in July 2013.

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Health Professional of the Year

Dhirindar Bhullar

Dhirindar is an Osteopath with two successful clinics. He was educated at the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2000 and at University of Surrey Institute of Osteopathic Medicine (SIOM). He was lectured at an osteopathic institution in Venice, teaching osteopathic technique and anatomy. He teaches cadaver dissection anatomy to the osteopathy students at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He also teaches human anatomy, neuro-anatomy, pathology, neurology, physiology and osteopathic technique at the Irish College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dublin. Dhirindar is also a cranial osteopath, specialising in the treatment of newborn babies, infants and toddlers suffering from a wide variety of complaints.

Parliamentary Journalist of the Year

Tom Harper

Tom Harper is currently the investigations reporter at the Independent and prior to that worked for the Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, and Sunday Telegraph.

Awarded the Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards in 2009, Tom was described by the judges as "a story-setter in the true sense of old fashioned reporting". He has continued this impressive work and has broken several high profile stories, most notably on Blue Chip Hacking, which has uncovered the use of Private Investigators by those in the legal, insurance and accountancy profession.

Service Provider of the Year

VFS Global, Zubin Jal Karkaria

VFS Global is the world's largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The company manages visa and passport issuance-related administrative and non-judgemental tasks for its client governments. With1182 Visa Application Centres and operations in 108 countries across five continents, VFS Global serves the interests of 45 client governments. The company has successfully processed over 74 million applications since its inception in 2001.

Innovation of the Year

Dharmesh Lakhani and Kamal Prabhakar The forced exodus of Indians from Uganda to Leicester in 1972 included Mr Bhagwanjibhai and Mrs Manglaben Lakhani, the founders of Bobby’s. Based on the core values of authenticity, affordability and quality, Mr and Mrs Lakhani opened the doors of Bobby’s (aptly named after Mr Lakhani’s favourite Bollywood film of the era) on St Valentine’s Day 1976, creating an atmosphere in which tradition, food and love could all coexist. Dharmesh Lakhani, owner of Bobby's Restaurant, and Kamal Prabhakar who supply ingredients to make unique sugarless sweet to help and encourage people to eat less sugar especially people who are diabetic.

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Air India - Kailash Singh Air India is the flag carrier airline of India owned by the government run Air India Limited (AIL). Headquartered in New Delhi, the airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving various domestic and international airports.

It has received a series of awards and entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people evacuated by a civil airliner. Mr Kailash Singh, is currently the Regional Manager of Air India for UK, Ireland and Europe. He had joined Air India as Traffic Assistant in 1981 but quickly climbed the success ladder and in 2011 got posted to London as Deputy General Manager Heathrow Airport and later promoted as the Regional Manager in 2012.

University of the Year De Montfort University

De Montfort University (DMU) is a world-renowned, first-class institution based in Leicester in the East Midlands. Four faculties offer 400 diverse undergraduate and postgraduate subjects, with full-time, part-time and distance learning options offering flexibility. The University’s 22,000 strong student body is supported by 2,700 staff. Professor Shellard is currently Vice Chancellor of DMU and is an English academic and educationalist who has written extensively on post-war British theatre.

Entrepreneur of the Year

Sunny Patel and Meraj Alam

Sunny Patel 31 and Meraj Alam, 34, are the founders of the Haathee Group, an Indian property development company. They have two high end developments in Gujarat; Ivory Gardens and Riviera in Vadodara, formerly Baroda. They are considered to be the next big thing in Indian real estate for non resident and resident Indians alike. Though the two friends and partners have had a meteoric rise to stardom, they claim not to have fulfilled their ambitions yet. There passion and hunger to achieve everything that they always wanted kept them going and grounded. It is unbelievable how quickly their company Haathee Group has grown from nothing about five years ago to its current status.

Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Vivek Chadha

Vivek Chadha is a Hotel Owner, Residential Developer and Major Commercial Investor in UK Real Estate. Vivek graduated from University College London in 2010 with a MEng in Civil Engineering. At the age of 19, Vivek completed 4 interior decoration projects for major banks. He completed his very own project only in 2012 of 23 pre fabricated low carbon footprint modular houses. He then acquired various distressed investment portfolios and currently through various acquisitions has over 120 tenants from Regus, Santander, Iceland, HMCS Government Courts, Enterprise, AC Nielson and many more. Currently at the age of 26 he also is the youngest Franchisee of ‘Intercontinental Hotel Group’ and owns and operates 3 ‘Holiday Inn’ Hotels in London, Birmingham and Essex.

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Media Personality of the Year

Rajan Singh

Rajan has served as CEO for ZEE TV in the UK and Europe. During his stint at Sony Entertainment Television Asia as the Executive Vice President for 13 years he was the highest ranking Executive in the South Asian Pay-TV market.

Since joining the Star Network in 2010, Rajan has secured Star's pole position across the global Asian television space. He has also pioneered the launch of Star Plus HD on Sky in the UK making Star Plus the first & only full HD channel in the UK. Rajan work with a diversity of people from his hometown of Leicestershire, politicians, Bollywood filmmakers, event agencies, content owners, multi-platform conglomerates, CEOs of multinationals & charitable trusts.

Financial Services Provider of the Year

Tradenext - Jagjeet Singh

Jagjeet Singh is co-founder and director of Tradenext. A UK backed FCA regulated financial services provider of electronic trading solutions. Mr Singh is a seasoned entrepreneur with 20 years of experience running and managing high scale businesses across different sectors in Europe and Asia, these include semi-banking, real estate, news & media & investment management. Mr Singh, a graduate of Gurunanak Dev University is focused on corporate initiatives that add value to society, through his financial services firm he has built up a large financial literacy program for members of ethnic minorities. Mr Singh is the Chairman of Crown Group of Companies and is a board member of various charities. Mr Singh is a family man, community member and a motivational speaker with a vision to financially educate the masses.

Innovative Business person of the Year

Frank Khalid

Fukhera Khalid, also known as Frank, was born into a family of retail business people. Frank's entrepreneurial flair took off when he seized the opportunity to buy a dilapidated Cash & Carry with his uncle. Dropping out of school without qualifications, Frank’s plan was to make the business a success, and if it failed, he would return to education. Elbrook Cash & Carry was founded in 1984 by Frank and Mohammad Arshed and by 2012 it was hugely successful with an annual turnover of £124 million. The phenomenal success of Elbrook, lead Frank into the banqueting industry, and in 2005 Chak 89 was founded. Chak 89 is an ideal banquet hall for weddings and other large-scale occasions.

Community Service Award

Mahendra Kaul CBE

Mahendra Kaul, is first NRI to be awarded OBE (1975) in Britain after the WWII for services to race relations through his BBC TV programmes for Asian viewers. Born and educated in Kashmir, Kaul worked for Radio Kashmir and All India Radio besides assisting the films division to promote rural development.

Editor of the Indian Services at VOA (1955-60), he later joined BBC external services. In 1966, he joined the immigrants programmes unit of the BBC, producing two weekly TV programmes for Asian viewers for nearly two decades. He was brought in to present a series of such programmes to help immigrants to settle and integrate in the UK. He later received the Duke of Edinburgh award.

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Guests of Honour

The Rt Hon The Baroness Betty Boothroyd OM PC Speaker of the House of Commons 1992 - 2000

The Rt Hon John Bercow MP Speaker of the House of Commons

Boothroyd served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West between 1973 and 2000. She was the first and to date only female Speaker, serving between 1992 and 2000. As controller of the Commons proceedings and spokesperson for the lower house of Parliament, Boothroyd became a familiar figure to the British nation. She added her own trademark to the familiar cry of "Order, order" long used to urge unruly MPs to behave themselves. She ended the twice weekly Prime Minister's Question Time sessions with a cry made familiar by barmaids in public houses and bars across the country: "Time's up." In 2001 she was created a life peer taking as her title Baroness Boothroyd of Sandwell in the County of West Midlands.

Mr Speaker, John Bercow was elected as the 157th Speaker of the House of Commons on the 22nd June 2009. He was educated at Finchley Manorhill School, and the University of Essex where he graduated in 1985 with a First Class Honours in Government. Prior to becoming an MP he served in numerous positions including as National Chairman of the Federation of Conservatives Students. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Buckingham in May 1997. He married his wife Sally in December 2002. They are now the proud parents of Oliver, born in December 2003, Freddie, born in November 2005 and Jemima, born in April 2008.

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Outstanding achievers at the gala evening

Rt Hon Theresa May MP receiving the Cabinet Minister of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Chuka Umunna MP receiving the Shadow Cabinet Minister of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Rt Hon Ed Davey MP receiving the Liberal Democrat Minister of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Anna Soubry MP receiving the Junior Minister of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Richard Bacon MP receiving the Conservative Backbencher of the Year award from Anna Soubry MP

Jeremy Corby MP receiving the Labour Backbencher of the Year award from Chuka Umunna MP

Hon Mohammad Azharuddin MP accepting his Award for Influence in Indian Politics from Baroness Boothroyd

Sudhir Maheshwari, Member of the Group Management Board - ArcelorMittal, accepting Changing the face of Britain Award on behalf of Lakshmi Mittal from Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Deepak Kuntawala, Chairman of the DVK Group accepting his award for Entrepreneur of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

James Whale, LBC accepting his award, Broadcaster of the Year award from Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Bobby Karia, Director Whizz Group of Companies receiving the Young Business Person of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Navin Kundra accepting the Entertainer of the Year award from Anna Soubry MP

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Outstanding achievers at the gala evening

Baroness Helena Kennedy receiving the Peer of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Andrew Norfolk accepting The Reporter of the Year award from Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Laura Jane Elliot, Internationally renowned disc Jockey receiving her award for Charity Worker of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Dr Sunil Chopra, Consultant Dermatologist receiving the Professional of the Year award from Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Arjun Anand from Madhu’s receiving the Rising Star of the Year award from Rt Hon Theresa May MP

Amin Ali of Channel i receiving the TV Channel of the Year award from Rt Hon Ed Davey MP

Dr Sonal Minocha accepting her award for Academic of the Year award from Chuka Umunna MP

Prabhat Verma, General Manager, Taj Group of Hotels receiving the International Cooperation between the UK and India award from Baroness Boothroyd

Kabir from EastzEast receiving the award for Restaurant of the Year award from Baroness Boothroyd

Harish Bhimani - Voice Over artist and writer receiving the Media Professional of the Year award from Anna Soubry MP

Dr Sandeep Shah, Co-Founder of Tarilian Group accepting his award for Innovation of the Year from Rt Hon Ed Davey MP

Maya Deepak accepting her award for Contribution in Art & Culture award from Baroness Boothroyd

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Outstanding achievers at the gala evening

Kanti Nagda of Sangat Centre receiving Achievement in Community Service award from RAF Group Captain Gregg Hammond

Valerie Vaz MP and Baroness Boothroyd receive bouquet from ABPL thanking them for being a part of the Asian Voice Political & Public Life Awards 2013

Team from Anglo Arab Organisation receiving the Community Organisation of the Year award from Rt Hon Ed Davey MP

Valerie Vaz MP addressing the guests

Team from Snappy Snaps, Edgware receiving the High Street Enterprise of the Year award from Rt Hon Ed Davey MP

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YEARS GONE BY 2009

Opposition Parliamentarian of the year Sarah Teather MP Parliamentarian of the year Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP Govenment Backbencher of the year Robert Howard Marris MP Community Award Lord Dolar Popat International Entreprenuers of the year Mr Naresh Goyal & Mrs Anita Goyal Entreprenuer of the year Mr Bhanu Choudhrie Media Company of the year Ms Natasha Mudhar Restaurant of the year Mr Amin Ali Lifetime Achievement Award Mr Mohammed Ajeeb and Marsha Singh Parliamentary Jounaist of the year Ms Ann Treneman Special Award for International Achievement Slumdog Millionaire Asian Broadcaster of the year Mr Rajesh Rupani of Sony TV Journalist of the year Mr Dipankar De Sarkar Peer of the year Baroness Uddin TV Personality of the year Ms Nina Wadia Professional of the year Caroline Flint MP

2010

Politician of the year Rt Hon David Cameron MP Lifetime Achievement Awards Rev Jesse Jackson Labour Parliamentarian of the year Stephen Pound MP Lilberal Democrat Parliamentarian of the year Simon Hughes MP Conservative Parlaimentarian of the Year Damian Green MP Minister of the year Rt Hon Ed Balls TV Personalilty of the year Mr Nitin Ganatra Journalist of the Year Ms Shefali Oza Special Award for International Achievements Mr Som Mandal Media Company of the Year Ms Sheena Bhatessa Restaurant of the year Moti Mahal Asian Broadcaster of the Year Mr Dhruv Gadhvi

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Political& Campaign of the Year Incredible India Parlaimentary Journalist of the Year Mr Joe Murphy Male Entrepreneur of the year Dr Rami Ranger MBE, FRSA Female Professional of the year Ms Rhaynukaa Soni News Agency of the Year NDTV Community Award Mr Joginder Sanger Sports Personality of the year Mr Rendall Munroe Female Entrepreneur of the Year Ms Namita Panjabi Male Professional of the Year Professor Jaspal

2011

Parliamentarian of the Year Rt. Hon Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition Conservative Minister of the Year Rt. Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education Junior Minister of the Year Ed Davey MP, Parliamentary UnderSecretary of State (Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs) Special Award for Achievement in Film – The Kings Speech Tariq Anwar, Film Editor Conservative Backbencher of the Year Nadhim Zahawi MP, Stratford-on-Avon Liberal Democrat Backbencher of the Year Dr Julian Huppert MP, Cambridge Labour Backbencher of the Year Anas Sarwar MP, Glasgow Central Journalist of the Year Paul Lewis, The Guardian Business in Community Kantesh Popat FIBA, Director – Finance House Limited Lifetime Achievement Award Nirmal Sethia Local Government Award (Joint Award) Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Dr Neeraj Patil, Mayor of Lambeth Charity of the Year Path to Success, Anita Choudhrie Business Person of the Year Fukhera Khalid, Managing Director – Elbrook C&C & CHAK89 Contribution to Sport in the UK Leicester City Football Club Columnist of the Year Yasmin Alibhai Brown, The Independent TV Personality of the Year Rudolph Walker Restaurant of the Year Curry Fever, Sunil Anand Asian Broadcaster of the Year B4U

Public Life Awards

Face of Future Award Arjun Rajyagor, Winner of BBC One’s Junior Apprentice 2010 International Entrepreneur of the Year Subaskaran Allirajah, Group Chairman, Lycatel and Lycamobile Community Award Ranjit Mathrani, High Sherriff of Greater London Professional of the Year Professor Iqbal Singh Creative & Entertainment Company of the Year Naz Choudhry, FlexFX Productions

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