Three hundred of the most remarkable British Indians are shortlisted as finalists for the 7th British Indian Awards 2019.
They received hundreds of nominations throughout the country. The awards recognise a wide range of achievements. These include people from the worlds of business, charity, sport, arts, culture, education and medicine. There are 10 finalists from Leicester across a range of categories.
The awards showcase the strength of the British Indian community, the impact they have on British culture and their progression over the last year. Categories encompass Rising Star, Young Achiever of the Year and Best in Sport among many others.
The Awards will be held at The Birmingham Conference & Events Centre at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre on Friday 26th of July in Birmingham.
The British Indian Awards 2019 are organised by Oceanic Consulting – the UK’s leading ethnic awards company. CEO Irfan Younis said “All finalists should be proud to represent British Indians, highlighting all the wonderful achievements of this diverse and brilliant community. Our finalist list is full of talent and leadership, and I’m confident these awards will be the best yet. The awards provide a platform to thank those who do what they know best, thrive in their fields and provide future generations with inspirational role-models.”
With 13 years of experience, Oceanic Consulting host annual award ceremonies in major English, Scottish and Irish cities. Campaigns include the Curry Awards, Asian Business, Asian Food, British Muslim, British Indian and Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards.
The finalists for the British Indian Awards 2019 are:
Rising Star of the Year
Nav Singh (Arsenal FC, London)
Satvinder Dahri (The Great Victoria Hotel, Bradford)
Deepa Arjan (Goldman Sachs, London)
Shipra Gill (Infosys, London)
Anshoo Kapoor (Tata Consultancy Services, London)
Sejal Amin (ISLA, London)
Bijal Majithia (Ernst & Young, London)
Jasveer Saund (Coventry Building Society, Coventry)
Best in Creative Industries
Cary Rajinder Sawhney (Imagine Asia Productions, London)
Radhika Seth (Sequoia London, London)
Gurdip Bhangoo (Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham)
Indhu Rubasingham (Kiln Theatre, London)
Science & Technology Professional of the Year
Sanjay Gandhi (University of Bristol, Bristol)
Chintan Patel (Cisco, London)
Madhavi Reddy (Fujitsu UK, London)
Anu Ojha (National Space Academy, Leicester)
Mirra Sondhi (Schroders, London)
Shweta Singh (Warwick Business School, Coventry)
Poonam Singh Nigam (Ulster University, Coleraine)
Inderjit Singh (NHS England, Leeds)
Medical Professional of the Year
Sunil Shah (Midland Eye, Solihull)
Rajat Gupta (Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham)
Prithwish Banerjee (Coventry University, Coventry)
Swaran Singh (Warwick Medical School, Coventry)
Paramjit Gill (University of Warwick, Coventry)
Dakshina De Silva (University of Lancaster, Lancaster)
Azhar Farooqi (East Leicester Medical Practice, Leicester)
Salman Siddiqui (University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester)
Dhiraj Gupta (Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool)
Harminder Dua (Laservision, Nottingham)
Civil Services & Third Sector Professional of the Year
Bal Dhanoa (Progress, Wolverhampton)
Kris Murali (Sense, London)
Kulvinder Singh (NHS West Kent CCG, Kent)
Zamila Bunglawala (Race Disparity Unit, London)
Jin Sahota (NHS Supply Chain Co-ordination, London)
Paul Singh (Dudley & Walsall Mental Health Partnership, Walsall)
Arnab Dutt (The Federation of Small Business, London)
Manmeet Singh Panesar (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, London)
Rajesh Patel (NHS England, London)
Rani Gundhu (West Midlands Police, Birmingham)
Media Professional of the Year
Anushka Arora (Sunrise Radio, London)
Balvinder Sidhu (ITV Central, Birmingham)
Tejinder Kaur (ITV Central, Birmingham)
Sangeeta Bhabra (ITV London, London)
Ranvir Singh (Good Morning Britain, London)
Babita Sharma (BBC News, London)
Dharshini David (BBC News, London)
Anushka Asthana (The Guardian’s Today in Focus, London)
Manish Bhasin (Premier League Productions, Swindon)
Education Professional of the Year
Vikas Kumar (University of West of England, Bristol)
Indrajit Ray (Cardiff Business School, Cardiff)
Kamlesh Khunti (University of Leicester, Leicester)
Anand Menon (King’s College London, London)
Jaywant Singh (Kingston Business School, London)
Harminder Singh Dua (University of Nottingham, Nottingham)
Amarjit Cheema (Perry Hall Multi- Academy Trust, Wolverhampton)
Sudhesh Kumar (Warwick Medical School, Coventry)
Rana Shantashil Rajeswar Mitter (University of Oxford, Oxford)
Business Professional of the Year
Peter Chana (Stace LLP, London)
Hiten Sonpal (Lombard, London)
Amrit Bahia (Royal Bank of Scotland, London)
Amandeep Madra (GSK, London)
Anuraag Badola (CBRE, London)
Puneet Kanuga Queensgate Investments, London)
Mandeep Rajput (Clydesdale Bank, Birmingham)
Vimal Shah (PSJ Alexander & Co, London)
Archana Nair (Mears Group, Gloucester)
Legal Services Professional of the Year
Aarti Thakor (Charities Commission for England and Wales, London)
Shruti Ajitsaria (Allen & Overy, London)
Satpal Roth (Kher Solicitors, Halifax)
Sanjeev Sharma (J M Wilson Solicitors, Birmingham)
Kam Johal (George Green Solicitors, Wolverhampton)
Surjit Gangar (Gangar & Company Solicitors, West Bromwich)
Vinod Kusuma (Shri Venkateshwara Solicitors, London)
Arts & Cultural Awareness Award
Blast! Festival (West Bromwich)
Behind the Netra (London)
Dawinder Bansal (Wolverhampton)
New Art Exchange (Nottingham)
Rifco Theatre Company (Watford)
Shaanti (Birmingham)
The Sujata Banerjee Dancy Company (London)
Akademi (London)
Tara Arts (London)
South Asian Arts – UK (Leeds)
Indian Spirit in the Community
Sejal Thakrar/ Manoj Thakrar (Smile with Shiv, Harrow)
Gian Kaur (Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara, Wakefield)
Sanju Pal (Rise, London)
Harjit Singh Bhania (British Wheelchair Basketball, Loughborough)
Amrik Singh Basi (Fairbairn Amateur Boxing Club, London)
Mandeep Kaur (UK Armed Forces, London)
Kuljit Sagoo (UK Home Office, London)
Charulata Patel (Cricket Daadi, London)
Young Achiever of the Year
Sanjeev Singh Sahota (Frank Warren Promotions, Essex)
Manraj Othi (KPMG, London)
Kiran Kaur and Amna Akhtar (Girl Dreamer, Birmingham)
Ranveer Singh Sandhu (Ranveer Singh Sandhu – Business Consultant, Croydon)
Retail Business of the Year
Pick n Save (London)
Saris of London (London)
Bollywood Borrowed (London)
SND Electrical (Birmingham)
Payals (Birmingham)
Diya’s (Birmingham)
Mr Singhs Pizza (West Bromwich)
Financial Leader of the Year
Rattan Mahon (KPMG, London)
Suri Shandilya (HSBC, London)
Dixit Joshi (Deutsche Bank, London)
Akshay Shah (New York Life Investments, London)
Asita Anche (Barclays, London)
Vi Davda (ABN AMRO Bank, London)
Snigdha Singh (Bank of America Merrill Lynch, London)
Sanat Rao (Finacle, London)
Dara Chauhan (Natwest, London)
Gurpreet Manku (The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, London)
Charity of the Year
Social Education Voluntary Association (SEVA) Trust UK (Bedford)
Kusuma Trust UK (London)
India Direct (Bicester)
The Hope Foundation (Kent)
Raindrop Campaign (Kent)
India Association (Denham)
Women’s India Association of the UK (London)
Karuna Trust (London)
Action Village India (London)
Businesswoman of the Year
Shavata Singh (Shavata Brows, London)
Priya Lakhani (Century Tech, London)
Nadia Sood (Credit Enable, London)
Belkis Bhegani (Juniper TV, London)
Nisha Katona (Mowgli Street Food Group, Manchester)
Rosie Ginday (Miss Macaroon, Birmingham)
Vanita Parti (Blink Brow Bar, London)
Bini Ludlow (Bini Fine Foods, Somerset)
Anishya Kumar (Zinda Foods, Middlesex)
Businessman of the Year
Pritpal Singh (Premium Foods Ltd/McDonalds, Leeds)
Nish & Sach Kukadia (Secret Sales, London)
Manjit Jhotty (Jhoots Pharmacy, Walsall)
Karthic Jayaraman (Carlyle Group, London)
Srikanth Iyengar (Conduent, London)
Arif Pradhan (Halcyon Care Group, London)
Kanagaratnam Rajamenon (Leaf Hotels, Dover)
Imshan Jamal (EQ Group, London)
Yogesh Mehta (Pickfords, London)
Arjun Waney (Beebas Creations, London)
Business of the Year
Shavata Brows (London)
Lakshmi Brand (London)
Emdico (London)
Numada Healthcare (Hampshire)
Allied Care (Surrey)
Universal Hardware Direct (Surrey)
Cera Care (London)
Cedar Care Homes (Bristol)
Europoint Holdings (London)
Newbloom Healthcare (London)
Entrepreneur of the Year
Vandana Dass (Davenport Solicitors, London)
Avin Rabheru (HouseKeep, London)
Rupa Ganatra Popat (FUTR Group, London)
Sree Varma (iSportconnect, London)
Mital Thakrar (TeamPreReg, Birmingham)
Anil Khanna (KE Hotels, London)
Rohit Shelatkar (Vision World Films, London)
Ash Puri (eNTIER Capital, London)
Vasanth Subramanian (Acasa, London)
Devika Wood (Vida, London)
International Business of the Year
Hostmaker (London)
Nisai Group (London)
Bank of Baroda (London)
Natco Foods (Buckingham)
OYO Hotels UK (London)
RationalFX (London)
42Gears (Manchester)
Cofresh (Leicester)
Shana Foods (Wembley)
Indian Man of the Year
Param Singh (Param Property, London)
Kush Kanodia (Choice International, London)
Ravi Gidar (Gold Care Homes, Uxbridge)
Raj Aggarwal (RK Aggarwal, Cardiff)
Daljit Singh Virk (Bangor University, Wales)
Arun Batra (Ernst Young, London)
Narendra Kantilal Solanki (Vantage Academies, Bolton)
Dal Darroch (The Football Association, Birmingham)
SME Business of the Year
Desai & Co Accountants (Coventry)
Anokhi House of Sarees (Leicester)
Naga King (London)
Go2UKTravels (London)
Thaliwal & Veja Solicitors (Leicester)
Here & Now 365 (London)
Fullhouse Customs (Slough)
CHD Living (Surrey)
Bright Little Stars Nursery (London)
SpotHost (Glasgow)
Influential Leaders of the Year
Priya Shah (BAME in Property, London)
Raj Kalia (Broadband Delivery UK, Manchester)
Anouska Ruane (Tesla, London)
Neeta Patel (New Entrepreneurs Foundation, London)
Mahesh Patel (Kamani Property Group, Manchester)
Vivek Chadha (Nine Hotel Group, Watford)
Renga Rmamoorthy (KTC Edibles, Wednesbury)
Rashpal Martin (Natwest, Leicester)
Ravleen Beeston (Microsoft UK, London)
Sheena Amin (UKTV Ventures, London)
Entertainer of the Year
Anil Banger (Birmingham)
Garry Sandhu (Birmingham)
Luke Sital-Singh (Bristol)
Navin Kundra (Coventry)
Dipps Bhamrah (Birmingham)
H Dhami (London)
Panjabi Hit Squad (London)
Steel Banglez (London)
Rameet Sandhu (Glasgow)
Paul Chowdhry (London)
Rising Star in Law
Gurjit Pall (Thorntons Law LLP, Edinburgh)
Naveen Garg (Garg Solicitors, Birmingham)
Vaishali Thakerar (Lawson West Solicitors, Leicester)
Milli Jones (Harold Benjamin, London)
Baljinder Gill (Balfort Legal, London)
Guvvy Sandhu (Mackrell Turner Garrett, Birmingham)
Harjinder Kaur (Talbots Law, Dudley)
Priya Bissoonauth (Fieldfisher, Birmingham)
Arti Karwal (HRS Family Law Solicitors, West Bromwich)
Neelam Maher (Wilson Browne Solicitors, Kettering)
Community Initiative of the Year
City Sikhs (London)
Midland Langar Seva Society (Walsall)
Cysters (Birmingham)
Anglia Ruskin University (London)
The Sikh Union (Coventry)
Wolverhampton’s Khalsa Academy (Wolverhampton)
Sikh Toy Appeal (Wolverhampton)
Birmingham Asian Resource Centre (Birmingham)
Indian Women of the Year
Parmi Dheensa (Include Me TOO, Wolverhampton)
Rupinder Kaur (Asian Women Mean Business, Surrey)
Kiran Kaur (Boarders Without Borders, Birmingham)
Parosha Chandran (Kings College London, London)
Polly Harrar (The Sharan Project, London)
Sonia Patel (North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, London)
Narinder Kooner (Sikh Women’s Action Network, Birmingham)
Roma Agrawal (Roma The Engineer, London)
Angela Saini (How Indian Science is Taking Over the World, London)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Rishi Chowdhury (IncuBus, London)
Kishan Bodalia (New Street Records, Birmingham)
Aditya Kasana (Josh Fano, Birmingham)
Dhruv Ghulati (Factmata, London)
Imandeep Kaur (Impact Hub, Birmingham)
Aman Bhandal (Chop and Wok, Birmingham)
Akshay Ruparelia (Doorsteps, London)
Shivani Sharma and Anisa Haghdadi (Class Careers, Birmingham)
Creative Entrepreneur of the Year
Amit Gudka (Bulb Energy, London)
Avi Mehra (Doctorpreneurs, London)
Sai Lakshmi (Echo, London)
Ishani Patel (Lantum, London)
Kiran Bhagotra (ProtectBox, Ballyclare/London)
Joyeeta Das (Gyana, London)
Bruce and Paramjit Nagra (Crazy Gin, Southam)
Harry Jawanda (Wambiz, London)
Nakul Sharma (Hostmaker, London)
Mahbir Thukral (Mahbir Premium Indian Saffron, Coventry)
Impact Business of the Year
Enigma London (London)
Designer Cakes of London (London)
Galaxy Real Estate (London)
Green Sisters (Birmingham)
Galaxy of Homes (Peterborough)
Mahirs Experience (Birmingham)
Simtom Food Products (Leicester)
AJB Group (Corby)
CBS Packaging (West Bromwich)
Influencer of the Year
Akanksha Narang Goel (Ms Tantrum, Milton Keynes)
Ankur Modi (Status Today, London)
Shivvy Jervis (FutureScape 248, London)
Opinderjit Takhar (University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton)
Harpz Kaur (BBC Asian Network, London)
Rajeev Rana (Itihaas, Birmingham)
Sanjeeta Bains (Birmingham Live, Birmingham)
Jagbir Jhutti-Johal (University of Birmingham, Birmingham)
Jasbir Jaspal (Wolverhampton Council, Wolverhampton)
Small Business of the Year
Jasmin Caan Photography (Birmingham)
Nims Boutique (Leicester)
Gill’s Jewellery (Birmingham)
The Indian Streatery (Birmingham)
Gokul Foods (Leicester)
Mister Singh’s India (Glasgow)
Phoenix Assist (Bedworth)
Bliss Barfi (London)
Glimour Jewellery (London)
Devangi Indian Jewellery (Wellingborough)
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