After months of fierce competition, nominations have now closed for the inaugural British Indian Awards presented by the award-winning accountancy firm BDO LLP.
Amit Arora, Business Development Director of event organiser Oceanic Consulting said: “We are delighted and overwhelmed with such a great response of nominations from the public. The British Indian Awards are a great platform for people of Indian heritage to be recognised and rewarded for their achievements. We wish the finalist the best of luck, I am sure it will be a fantastic evening celebrating success!”
The main sponsors of the evening are BDO LLP, and Pratham UK are this year’s charity partner. Other sponsors and partners of the event include: Carlton International, Confederation of Indian Industry, Indo European Business Forum, Chilli Tickets, Saffron Events Uk, Asians UK, Grafx Media, De:strukt, Asian World, The English Curry Awards and the Asian Wealth Magazine.
“The British Indian community continues to contribute to the British economy and has continued to grow in what is a difficult economic time. This is through tenacity, perseverance and demonstrating great entrepreneurial skills, we at BDO are delighted to be involved in celebrating the great achievement of all the nominees.” commented Arbinder Chatwal, Head of India Advisory Services, BDO LLP.
There are eighteen awards to be presented on the night, the finalists are:
Young Achiever of the Year
Dev Patel (British Indian Actor)
Sanju Pal (Accenture)
Anjali Pathak (Pataks )
Shireen Irani (I-Probono)
Natasha Mudhar (Sterling Media)
The Community Award
I-Partner India
Asian Foundation of Philanthropy
Loomba Foundation
Jas Jassal
Mandy Sanghera Foundation
Sports Achievement of the Year
Paranveer Singh Sethi (Watford FC)
Ravinder Bopara (England Cricketer)
Netan Sansara (FC Vestsjaelland)
Monty Panesar (England Crickter)
Akaash Bhatti (Professional Featherweight Boxer)
Best in Arts & Culture
Anish Kapoor (British Born Sculptor)
Tigerstyle
Gurinder Chadha (British Film Director)
Eternal Taal
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Best in Civil Service & Armed Forces
Baroness Shreela Flather
Parmjit Dhanda MP
Priti Patel MP
Aekta Mahajan (HM Government)
Keith Vaz MP
Best in Medical
Sam Singh (Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital)
Bijayendra Singh (Indian Orthopeadic Society)
Ramesh Mehta (British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin)
Sunita Verma (Sparkle Dental Boutique)
Kamlesh Khunti (Primary Care Diabetics Society)
Best in Accountancy & Finance
Jagdeep Kaur Rai (Barclays Bank)
Baroness Shriti Vadera (Investment Banker)
Kamel Hothi (Lloyds Banking Group)
Dalip Puri (HSBC)
Sarika Patel (Zeus Capital)
Best in Legal Services
Gurjit Kaur Chahal (Charles & Co Solicitors)
Amarjit Singh (Dutton Gregory LLP Solicitors)
Mitesh Patel (Levenes Solicitors)
Renukah Pragalathan (DBS Law)
Ritu Sethi (The Sethi Partnership Solicitors)
Best in Education
Sukhbir Singh Kapoor (World Sikh University)
Ravinder Maini (Imperial College)
Spinder Dhaliwal (University of Surrey)
Parthivadi Bhayankaram Anand – (University of Bradford)
Dr Bela Aora (University of Wales)
Best in Media
Rajan Singh (Star TV)
Avtar Lit (Sunrise Radio)
Reeta Chakrabarti (BBC)
Dr Arun Bajaj (Radio XL)
Krishan Guru-Murthy (Channel 4 News)
Best in Creative Industries &Technology
Harvinder Hungin (OrbitSound Ltd)
Moneeb Awan (eSAY Solutions Ltd)
Satwant Bains (Restaurant Sat Bains)
Arinder Bhullar (Arinder Bhullar|Asian Fashion & Bridal Couture)
Sheetal Walsh (Shanti Microfinance)
Financial Director of the Year
Bidesh Sarkar (British Council)
Tarsem Dhaliwal (Iceland)
Kulwant Singh (Delcam Plc)
Ken Sawhney (AIB Foods Ltd)
Nilesh Pandya (Skrill)
Businesswoman of the Year
Perween Warsi (S&A Foods)
Shahshi Gossan (Pharmaclinix)
Dr Rabinder Buttar (Clintec International Group)
Helen Dhaliwal (Red Hot Buffet)
Kamal Basran (Authentic Indian Food Company)
Businessman of the Year
Ranjit Singh (2 Sisters Food Group)
Kuljinder Singh Bahia (Southall Travel Ltd)
Daksh Gupta (Marshall Motor Group)
Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia (Euro Car Parts)
Arora Brothers (B&M Retail Ltd)
Business of the Year
East End Foods
Perfection Foods
Siva Plastics Ltd
HT & Co (Drinks) Ltd
Park Garages Group Plc
Entrepreneur of the Year
Rajesh Agrawal (RationalFX)
Dr Kartar Lalvani (Vitabiotics)
Manoj Badale (Blemheim Chalcot)
Amit Bhatia (Swordfish Investments)
Deepak Kuntawala (DVK Group)
Best in Science & Engineering
Roma Agrawal (Chartered Structual Engineer)
Professor Tejinder Singh Virdee (Imperial College)
Professor Varinder Kumar Aggarwal (University of Bristol)
Professor Shankar Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge)
Professor Dr Kirpal Nandra (Max Planck Institute Extraterrestrial Physics)
Outstanding Achievement Award
Ramesh and Pratibha Sachdev (Life Style Homes)
Harpal Singh Kumar (Cancer Research Technology)
Fauja Singh (British Centenarian Marathon Runner)
Further information about the event be found on their website here