Adil Rashid amongst British Asians recognised in King’s Birthday Honours Listing

By:
Sarwar Alam

ENGLAND’S world cup successful cricketer Adil Rashid is among the many British Asian names recognised in King Charles’s inaugural Birthday Honours Listing introduced at this time.

With docs, politicians, educators, authors, group leaders and philanthropists among the many 11 per cent of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background, the record showcases the immense contribution British Asians make to the nation.

For Rashid, his Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) is a fruits of 4 years of success which noticed him win the one-day world cup at Lord’s in 2019 after which the T20 world cup in Australia final 12 months.

The honours record is a mirrored image of the range of British society.

Of the 1,171 individuals who acquired an award, 586 (50 per cent) are girls.

Of the 11 per cent from ethnic minorities, six per cent are Asian. Twenty-three per cent of recipients thought of themselves to return from deprived socio-economic backgrounds.

A exceptional 608 (52 per cent) are recognised for endeavor excellent work of their communities.

Amongst them is musician Rekesh Chauhan who acquired a Medallists of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) for his companies to music and likewise for companies to charity and to psychological well being within the British Asian group.

A famend pianist and composer, Chauhan has carried out in locations just like the Royal Albert Corridor, Birmingham Symphony Corridor, the Homes of Parliament and in arenas with over 60,000 individuals. His expertise has seen him collaborate with the likes of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Hans Raj Hans, Talvin Singh and Soumik Datta

He additionally makes use of his platform to help others. He’s an envoy for Future Expertise, a charity based by the Duchess of Kent and Nicholas Robinson which goals to offer gifted younger musicians from low-income backgrounds flourish.

Throughout the pandemic, Chauhan tells Japanese Eye, he discovered that he might help individuals with their psychological well being by way of his music.

“I used to be questioning how I might make the most effective use of myself and the way can I exploit music in a constructive approach as a result of I do know music connects with so many individuals in so many various methods,” stated Chauhan.

“Throughout the pandemic, one of many issues I did was I labored with numerous charities to lift consciousness of the work that they do, but additionally to attempt to scale back stigma round psychological well being, particularly in south Asian communities the place psychological well being through the pandemic was a bit extra pronounced.

“I wished to have the ability to use music to inform tales of individuals struggling with their psychological well being after which with a transparent name to motion of how individuals can get the help that they want.”

Chauhan admits the award, which he says he’ll acquire from Buckingham Palace along with his mother and father, offers him additional incentive to hold on with charity work.

“I wish to proceed to make use of music in a approach that has a constructive affect on individuals,” he stated.

One other pandemic-related award went to postmaster Kuldeep Dhillon and his spouse, Balbir Kaur, who’ve served the group in Locking Stumps, Warrington for over 40 years. They have been awarded a BEM.

They have been a part of a group of eight individuals, from their Sikh temple, who fundraised to purchase substances to make nutritious meals that they served to frontline NHS employees, which allowed them to proceed working above and past.

Their effort helped present 35,000 meals for these at Warrington and Halton hospitals within the first 12 months of the disaster.

Their Nisa retailer’s buyer loyalty scheme has raised round £7,000 for native good causes together with the college, soccer group and youth golf equipment. Kaur bought home-made curries to lift £4,000 to purchase extra produce for foodbanks.

Dhillon stated: “I actually love being a postmaster and operating my store due to the interplay with individuals. I’ve earned my residing from this group for the previous 40 years, so I like to offer one thing again to my group to thank them.

“Folks ask me after I’m going to retire, however I’ve no plans to retire. I like my work serving individuals and having a chat and fun with prospects. I joke with prospects that what would I do if I retired. I’d be bored at residence. I must go to the pub to speak to strangers for somebody to speak to! Why do this, after I can keep it up working right here, the place I can chat to so many individuals I do know. I’ve recognized three generations of the identical household and folks know my title, even younger kids are available in and say ‘Good morning Mr Dhillon’.”

Anuj Chande, company finance companion and head of the south Asia group at Grant Thornton, one of many world’s main organisations of unbiased assurance, tax and advisory companies, was awarded an OBE for over three a long time of supporting companies construct partnerships between Britain and India.

He has been concerned in attracting Indian funding into the UK and vice-versa. He has additionally helped numerous Indian firms increase cash on the London inventory market and been concerned in variety of acquisition transactions for Indian firms within the UK, together with the acquisition of JLR by Tata Motors.

Since 2013, he has been the architect of Grant Thornton’s India meets Britain Tracker report which is the definitive information to monitoring the footprint of Indian firms working within the UK.

This 12 months’s report discovered that the variety of Indian-owned firms working within the UK has reached a document excessive of 954. A major improve in comparison with 900 the earlier 12 months, and the best quantity ever recorded by the analysis.

“I first began wanting on the potential of India from a UK perspective in 1991. I used to be a little bit of a lone voice in these years. However now it’s nice to see that this 12 months, hopefully with the upcoming UK-India Free Commerce Settlement (FTA), the connection and potential has now flourished and goes to go to larger heights,” Chande informed Japanese Eye.

Chande added that it was vital for south Asians to be recognised for the contribution they make to Britain.

“The south Asian diaspora make an enormous contribution not simply economically but additionally culturally, socially and politically. We contribute quite a bit to this nation,” he stated.

“Most of us are immigrants and I feel it’s vital to for society to bear in mind that immigration is sweet and will help the nation.”

Charles Wilson, former chief govt of Booker Wholesale and currently president of business charity GroceryAid, was awarded a CBE for companies to enterprise and philanthropy.

Wilson was the recipient of the Ram Solanki Lifetime Achievement Award on the Asian Dealer Awards 2020 (held in February 2021).

“I’m humbled to have been awarded a CBE and am proud to simply accept this recognition on behalf of everybody concerned in GroceryAid,” Wilson informed Japanese Eye.

“GroceryAid helps take care of the three.6 million individuals who work within the grocery business. The group and volunteers do a superb job, and it has been a privilege to be the president of this nice charity.

“I’ve additionally been an avid reader of Asian Dealer (revealed by Japanese Eye publishers the Asian Media Group) for over thirty years and thank the Solanki household, the editorial group and all of the readers for the good job they do in serving the group”

Among the many variety of inspiring girls bestowed with awards is Anita Parmar, head of the Holocaust Academic Belief’s classes from Auschwitz undertaking, and a former historical past trainer who acquired an MBE.

The skinny-tank works to make sure that individuals from each background are educated concerning the Holocaust and the vital classes to be realized for at this time.

The undertaking lets pupils discover the risks of prejudice, racism and intolerance by way of workshops. It targets areas the place racial rigidity is on the rise.

“I’m delighted to be recognised by His Majesty the King in his Birthday Honours Listing. This actually is a mirrored image of the dedication of the entire group on the Holocaust Academic Belief who work day in and time out, to make sure that the horrors of the previous are understood and remembered, and that the legacy of the Holocaust continues,” stated Parmer.

“I’m so proud to work for such an vital trigger, alongside Holocaust survivors who’re an unimaginable inspiration to me and who play a key function in educating the subsequent technology concerning the previous.

“The Belief’s flagship academic programme, the Classes from Auschwitz Mission every year has a profound affect on 1000’s of younger individuals throughout the nation and I’m so grateful to His Majesty the King for recognising the significance of this work with this honour”.

Asians within the King’s Birthday Honours Listing 2023

Companions of the Order of the Bathtub

Emran MIAN OBE -Director Common, Regeneration, Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For companies to Regeneration (London, Larger London)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Professor Paliarkarakadu Assen Muhammed BASHEER FREng, Chair in Structural Engineering, College of Leeds. For companies to Civil Engineering (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

Khurshid ALAM -Chair, Academy for Superior Research and Coaching UK Worldwide. For companies to BAME Healthcare and the Skilled Improvement of BAME Docs (London, Larger London)

Dr Parvinder Kaur ALEY -Director of International Operations, Oxford Vaccine Group, College of Oxford. For companies to Vaccination throughout Covid-19 (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Anuj Jayantilal CHANDE -Companion, Grant Thornton. For companies to Worldwide Commerce and Funding(London, Larger London)

Professor Aravinthan COOMARASAMY -Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Drugs, College of Birmingham. For companies to Maternal Well being (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Professor Prokar DASGUPTA -Basis Professor of Surgical procedure, King’s Well being Companions and Chair in Robotic Surgical procedure and Urological Innovation, King’s School London. For companies to Surgical procedure and Science (London, Larger London)

Varinder HAYRE -District Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service, London. For companies to Regulation and Order (London, Larger London)

Ishtiaq HUSSAIN -Assistant Director, Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. For Public Service (London, Larger London)

Dr Kavitha KISHEN -Deputy Director, Safety, Resilience and Technique, Authorities Workplace for Science. For companies to Nationwide Resilience and Variety in Authorities Science and Engineering (St Albans, Hertfordshire)

Anju KUMAR -Advisor Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. For companies to Ladies’s Well being and Welfare in Wales (Cardiff, South Glamorgan)

Amar LATIF -Founder and Chief Govt Officer, Traveleyes. For companies to the Visually Impaired and to Entrepreneurship (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Dr Navaratnam PARTHEEBAN -Co-Founder, British Veterinary Ethnicity and Variety Society. For companies to Inclusion (Battlesbridge, Essex)

Sunand PRASAD- MBE Chair, UK Inexperienced Constructing Council. For companies to Regeneration (London, Larger London)

Dr Amarjit RAJU -Chief Govt, Incapacity Direct. For companies to Folks with Disabilities, to Carers and to Psychological Well being (Derby, Derbyshire)

Professor Rama Shankaran THIRUNAMACHANDRAN -DL Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church College, Canterbury, Kent. For companies to Increased Schooling (London, Larger London)

Mohammad Amjid WAZIR- Member and Deputy Chief, Stoke-on-Trent Metropolis Council. For Political Service and to the group in Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)

Mohammed YOUNIS- Proprietor, Star Day Nurseries, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. For companies to Early Years Schooling and to the group in Peterborough (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Muhammad Arif ANIS -Co-Founder, One Million Meals. For companies to Frontline Staff throughout Covid-19 (Epsom, Surrey)

Roma BHOPAL -Physiotherapist and Specialist Hand Therapist. For companies to Physiotherapy (Edinburgh, Metropolis of Edinburgh)

Nizamuddin Noordin DAMANI -Advisor Microbiologist, Southern Well being and Social Care Belief. For companies to An infection Prevention and Management in Northern Eire and to the World Well being Organisation (Portadown, County Armagh)

Bawa Singh DHALLU- Currently Councillor and Mayor, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, West Midlands. For Political and Voluntary Service (Smethwick, West Midlands

Sandeep DWESAR -Chief Working and Monetary Officer, Barbican Centre. For Public Service within the Metropolis of London (London, Larger London)

Mohammed FAHIM -For companies to the group in Walsall, West Midlands, notably throughout Covid-19 (Walsall, West Midlands)

Aqil FAROOQ – Police Sergeant and Chair, Employees Affiliation, Avon and Somerset Police. For companies to Policing and to Variety and Inclusion (Gloucestershire)

Kapaljit Singh JHUTI -Head of Providers, Transport and Passenger Logistics, Heathrow Airport, London. For companies to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (London, Larger London)

Sardarni Navleen KAUR -Founder, Sahara Sisterhood. For companies to Ladies and to Interfaith Relations (London, Larger London)

Ritu KHURANA -Disc Jockey and Broadcaster. For companies to Music and to Broadcasting (London, Larger London)

Dr Nihara Sonali KRAUSE- Founder and Chief Govt, Stem4. For companies to the Psychological Well being of Younger Folks (London, Larger London)

Rizwana MAHMOOD-AHMED -Headteacher, Carlton Junior and Infants College, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. For companies to Schooling (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire)

Rizwan Wali MOHAMMED -For companies to the group in Glasgow (Glasgow, Metropolis of Glasgow)

Professor Raja Anindya Sekhar MUKHERJEE- Advisor Psychiatrist, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Basis Belief. For companies to Folks with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Issues (Horsham, West Sussex)

Shiva Chandra NIRAULA- Pandit, Brigade of Gurkhas, Ministry of Defence. For pastoral companies to Army Personnel (Aldershot, Hampshire)

Asitha PANDITHARATNA- Director of Employment Providers, The Ahead Belief. For companies to Additional Schooling and Abilities (London, Larger London)

Anita PARMAR -Head, Classes from Auschwitz Mission, Holocaust Academic Belief. For companies to Holocaust Schooling and Remembrance (London, Larger London)

Professor Kanwal John PASI- Currently Centre Director, Royal London Haemophilia Centre, Barts Well being NHS Belief. For companies to the NHS (London, Larger London)

Jay Prakash PATEL -Certified Particular person Assessor, AstraZeneca. For companies to Public Well being throughout Covid-19 (Crewe, Cheshire)

Jeeta PATEL- Currently Senior Coverage Adviser, Cupboard Workplace. For Public Service (London, Larger London)

Dr Shubha PLATT (Shubha Sathyendranath) Advantage Scientist, Distant Sensing, Plymouth Marine Laboratory. For companies to Oceanography (Plymouth, Devon)

Dr Sandrasekeram PREMACHANDRAN- Advisor, Care High quality Fee and Emergency Drugs Advisor, Frimley Well being NHS Basis Belief. For companies to Well being and Care (Camberley, Surrey)

Aftabur RAHMAN -Chief Govt Officer, Legacy West Midlands. For companies to Heritage and to the group in Birmingham (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Nimisha RAJA – Founder, Nim’s Fruit Crisps. For companies to Small and Medium Enterprises (Sittingbourne, Kent)

Adil RASHID For companies to Cricket (Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Narinder Singh SAGOO For companies to Charity (London, Larger London)

Bilal Bin SAQIB -Co-Founder, One Million Meals. For companies to the NHS and to the group in Stanmore, London Borough of Harrow (London, Larger London)

Prodaman Kumar SARWAL -Currently Trustee, Chatham Historic Dockyard Belief and Chair, Grasp Ropemakers Ltd. For companies to Heritage and to the Charitable Sector (London, Larger London)

Dr Farrukh Tasnim SHAH Advisor Haematologist, Whittington Well being NHS Belief. For companies to Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Sufferers (London, Larger London)

Dr Inderjit SINGH- For voluntary and charitable companies to the group in Scotland (Glasgow, Metropolis of Glasgow)

Harvinder SINGH RAI -Sergeant, West Midlands Police. For companies to Policing and to the Sikh Group (Walsall, West Midlands)

Hina SOLANKI -Founder, Sol Cosmedics. For companies to Enterprise and to Charity (London, Larger London)

Jyotsna SRIKANTH -Violinist. For companies to Music (London, Larger London)

Dr Shivani Anika WALIA -Founder, Anika Meals Charity. For companies to the Alleviation of Meals Poverty (London, Larger London)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire

Idris ALI -Provision Contracts Supervisor, Division for Work and Pensions. For voluntary service to the group in Oldham, Larger Manchester (Oldham, Larger Manchester)

Perminderjeet Kaur BANWAIT- Founder and Managing Director, Banwait Group Holdings. For companies to

Social Care (Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Balvir Mohan BHALLA -Founder, Tremendous Cool Buddies Charity. For companies to the group in Ilford, London Borough of Redbridge, notably throughout Covid-19 (London, Larger London)

Nighat BHOLA- Director, Humdum UK. For companies to Meals Provision and to the group within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, notably throughout Covid-19 (London, Larger London)

Rekesh CHAUHAN- Pianist and Composer. For companies to Music, to Charity and to Psychological Well being within the British Asian Group, notably throughout Covid-19 (Birmingham, West Midlands)

Ehsan Shahid CHOUDHRY- Co-Founder, MH The Open Kitchen. For companies to the group within the London Borough of Hounslow (London, Larger London)

Balbir DHILLON -Postmaster. For companies to the group in Birchwood, Cheshire (Warrington, Cheshire)

Kuldeep Singh DHILLON- Postmaster. For companies to the group in Birchwood, Cheshire (Warrington, Cheshire)

Krishna GHOSH -For companies to Schooling and to the group in London (London, Larger London)

Dr Priya KUMAR -Common Practitioner, Kumar Medical Centre, Slough. For companies to Well being Enchancment in South East England (Virginia Water, Surrey)

Kailash MALHOTRA -Peer Educator Volunteer, Kidney Analysis UK. For companies to Kidney Organ Donation for Minority Ethnic Teams (Glasgow, Metropolis of Glasgow)

Dr Aruna MENE -Artist. For companies to Cloth Artwork, to Charity and to Sustainability (Hatfield, Hertfordshire)

Mohammad MIRZA -Caseworker, HM Income and Customs. For companies to Psychological Well being (Stalybridge, Larger Manchester)

Hetalban Mayank PATEL -Compliance and Investigation Officer, HM Income and Customs. For companies to Homeless Folks in Newcastle upon Tyne (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Put on)

Virendra Mahendrakumar PATEL -Technical Assist Companion, John Lewis and Companions. For companies to the group in Hampshire (Southampton, Hampshire)

Yasmin SIDHWA -Founder and Director, Mandala Theatre Firm. For companies to Drama (Oxford, Oxfordshire)

Salma Bano ZULFIQAR -For companies to Artwork and to Schooling (Solihull, West Midlands)

OVERSEAS AND INTERNATIONAL LIST

ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

OBE

Omar DAAIR, British Excessive Commissioner Kigali, Rwanda. For companies to British International Coverage and to Worldwide Improvement.

Shamini JAYANATHAN, Barrister-at-law; Chief Govt Officer, Arcturus Consultancy Ltd; Affiliate Tenant, Foundry Chambers, London. For companies to the Rule of Regulation and to Worldwide Improvement.

MBE

Fouzia YOUNIS, currently Head of Communications, British Excessive Fee Islamabad, Pakistan. For companies to British International Coverage.

ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE

CMG

Kumar IYER, Director Common, Economics, Science and Expertise, International, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace. For companies to British International Coverage