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Oceanic Consulting are delighted to announce that Birmingham will once again host the second annual British Indian Awards presented by business advisory and accountancy firm, BDO LLP. The prestigious event will be held on the 16th of May at the St. Johns Hotel.
After months of fierce competition, nominations for this year’s British Indian Awards presented by BDO have now closed. Thousands of nominations came in from across the country, and the race to be crowned at this year’s awards ceremony guarantees to be an extremely tight contest.
Once again, Birmingham’s St Johns Hotel will play host to the awards on the 16th May 2014 and will be an evening of recognition, rewarding the continuing strength of the British Indian community, recognising those who thrive, evolve and capture the multicultural spirit of Great Britain.
The British Indian Awards have partnered with the award-winning accountancy firm BDO, the largest global accountancy organisation aimed at the mid-market, operating in 138 countries and employing nearly 55,000 people worldwide.
Twenty awards will be presented on the evening, whilst the Lifetime Achievement Award is kept under wraps, the awards and finalists are:
Best in Science & Engineering
Dr. Shini Somara (London)
Dr Santosh Bhanot (London)
Dr Hinanya Peiris (London)
Professor Sunil Vadera (Salford University, Salford)
Professor Sondipon Adhikari (Swansea University, Swansea)
Professor Awadhesh Jha (Plymouth University, Plymouth)
Professor Ravi Kumar (Strathclyde University, Glasgow)
Best in Civil Services & Armed Forces
Milkinder Jaspal (Wolverhampton)
Prit Patel MP (Witham)
Seema Malhotra MP (London)
Jatenderpal Singh Bhullar (The Army, Bromwhich)
Captain Makand Singh (The Army, West Midlands)
Raj Kohli (Met Police, London)
Sir Suma Chakrabarti (The European Bank, London)
Best in Education
Ranu Mehta-Radia (Sai School, London)
Dame Asha Khamka (West Nottingham)
Professor Monder Ram (Birmingham)
Professor Aditi Lahiri (Oxford University, Oxford)
Dr Tarun Ramadoria (Oxford)
Professor Sugata Mitra (Newcastle University, Newcastle)
Professor Sunil Khilani (Kings India Institute, London)
Spirit of Britain
Joban Sher Gill
Ninder Johal (Wokingham)
Reena Ranger (Middlesex)
Jas Jassal (London)
Piara Power (London)
Sanam Arora (London)
Mandeep Sanghera (London)
Arts & Culture Awareness
Rishi Rich (London)
RDB (Leeds)
Meera Syal (London)
Nitin Ganatra (London)
Nehru Centre (London)
Milap Fest (Liverpool)
Saurav Dutt
Young Achiever of the Year
Peter Sahota (Birmingham)
Nehal Bhogaita
Mohini Samani (CLIC, Smethwick)
Ranji Venkateswaran (Leeds)
Pav Shergill (Monsoon Venue, Birmingham)
Keaton Singh Samra (Kent)
Arjun Anand (Madhus, Middlesex)
Best in Sports
Indy Aujla (Boston United Footbal Club, Bradford)
Yan Dhanda (Liverpool FC, Birmingham)
Suki Hayer (Wokingham)
Vishal Ladwa (England Kabaddi Team Captain)
Dylan Lall (Brighton FC, Brighton)
Manisha Tailor (North London)
Akaash Batia (London)
Entrepreneur of the Year
Hreesh Kenth (Great Hampton Group, Birmingham)
Dr Amit Sra (Jaguar Energy, London)
Neil Patel (DDMG Ltd/Dunkin’ Donuts, London)
Shavata Singh (Shavata Brow Studios, West London)
Jess Jeetly (Jeetly.com, Walsall)
Vini/Bal Aujula (Rustic Indian Foods, Kent)
Davinder Bal & Jasvinder Bal (DBS Law/BritAsia, Birmingham)
Family in Business
Jain Family (Birmingham)
Arora Brothers (B&M, Manchester)
Jatania Brothers (Lornamead Cosmetic Group, London)
Kishore Lulla & Family (Eros International)
Nick Dhandsa & Family (London)
Pradip & Manish Dhamecha (Dhamecha Group, London)
Helen & Pammie Dhaliwal (Red Hot World Buffet, Nottingham)
Rising Star Award
Yamini Mehta (Sothebys, London)
Ila Amba (Knight Frank, London)
Shweta Jhajharia (Action Coach, London)
Sharonne Bansal (Clyde Union Pumps, London)
Ravi Sidhoo (Brown Shipley, London)
Roma Agrawal (WSP, London)
Shahin Virani (Bonhams, London)
Businessman of the Year
Jindy Khera (KTC, Birmingham)
Sonny Thakhar (Syco Music, Leicester)
Dr Richie Nanda (Tops Security, London)
Paavan Popat (TLC Group, London)
Daksh Gupta (Marshall Motor Holdings, Milton Keynes)
Ashwin Mistry (Brokerbility, Leicester)
Professor Nat Puri (Purico Group, London)
Businesswoman of the Year
Dr Rubinder Buttar (Clintec International, Glasgow)
Dr Deepa Apte (Ayerveda Pura, London)
Shashi Gossain (Pharmaclinix, London)
Geeta Sidhu Robb (Nosh Detox, London)
Jaya Chakrabarti (NameLess Creative, London)
Parminder Vir (PVL Media, London)
Kavita Oberoi (Oberoi Consulting, Derby)
Business of the Year
Rational FX (London)
Diamond Box (Birmingham)
Bright Sun (London)
Group Sigma HSE (Hampshire)
Southall Travel (London)
Octavian (Nottingham)
MW Eat (London)
Best in Accounting
Dipan Shah (PwC, London)
Andep Mangal (Thapers Chartered Accountants, Birmingham)
Madhan Salhan (Salhan Accountants, Birmingham)
Rohit Salanki (Essar Accountants, London)
Gulraj Mankoo (Stanley Yule, Birmingham)
Leaders in Finance
Souman Das (Capital and Counties Properties Plc, London)
Mihir Kapadia (Sun Global, London)
Nandita Sahgal (Langham Capital, London)
Balbir Binning (Chisties, London)
Mohsin Jameel (Tradenect Global, London)
Tarsem Dhaliwal (Iceland, Deeside)
Best in Legal Sevices
Alias Dass (Dass Solicitors, Birmingham)
Mitesh Patel (Levenes Solictors, London)
Pavani Reddy (Zaiwalla & Co, Liverpool)
Kiran Sharma (Ropes & Gray, London)
Rupinder Bains (Pinder Reaux, London)
Reena Popat (Darlingtons, London)
Mukesh Patel (Freeth Carthwright Solicitors, Leicester)
Best in Media
Rahila Gupta (London)
Manish Bhasin (BBC, London)
Amar Singh (Evening Standard, London)
Dr Ranj (Cbeebies, London)
Usha Parmar (Sunrise Radio, Yorkshire)
Jay Singh Johal (Sky News, London)
Raj & Pablo (BBC Asian Network, London)
Best in Creative Industries
Professor Poonam Kumar (Mega Ace Consulting, London)
Jat & Julia Mann (PC PAL, Birmingham)
Inderpal Panesar (Mesh-Net, London)
Gurbakhash Sanghera (NSM Music, Leicester)
Ash Gangotra (FashTex, Nottingham)
Best in Medical
Dr Gupta (London)
Raj Jhamat (Birmingham Childrens Hospital, London)
Dr Sanjiv Nichani, Healing Little Hearts, Leicester)
Dr Ramesh Mehta (Bedford)
Dr Mohammed Shafiulla Shali (London)
Dr Gaggandeep Singh Alg (London)
Professor Rajan Maddock (Manchester)
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Check out last years event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIp9OA6e1dc