Asians recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010
12 June 2010

A number of Asians have been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010: Christopher Rajendran Hyman, CEO of Serco plc was awarded a CBE as was Judge Khurshid Hassan Drabu and Naila Zaffar, Headteacher of Copthorne Primary School in Bradford was recognised with a DBE. Former General Secretary of the Hindu Council UK, Anil Bhanot was honoured with an OBE for his services to the Hindu community and interfaith relations as was Sukhbir Singh Kapoor, Vice-Chancellor of the Word Sikh University. Businessman Dr Kartar Singh Lalvani, founder of Vitabiotics, was awarded an OBE for services to the pharmaceutical industry and charity. An MBE was awarded to Dr Mah Hussain-Gambles, Chief Executive Saaf International Ltd, who has been a trail blazer of ethical skincare, formulating the first western beauty products to be both Halal and organically certified.

The number of women in the list has increased further from 45% at New Year 2010 to 47% in this round. The majority of awards have gone to extraordinary people from a wide range of fields who have made a real difference to life in their communities. This year 336 (56%) of the MBEs on the list were put forward by members of the general public, with nominations coming in from up and down the country. In total 975 people have been recommended to The Queen for an award:

• 836 candidates have been selected at MBE and OBE level, 598 at MBE and 238 at OBE.
• 76% of the recipients are people who have undertaken outstanding work in their local communities.
• There are 460 successful women candidates in the list, including 11 Dames, 33 CBEs and one CB. This represents 47% of the total.
• 7.3% per cent of the successful candidates come from ethnic minority communities.
• Industry and the Economy makes up 13% of the awards; Education makes up about 10%, Health - 9%, Arts and Media - 6%, Science and Technology - 3%, and Awards for Sport make up 3% of all honours.

Asians recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Naila, Mrs ZAFFAR Headteacher, Copthorne Primary School, Bradford. For services to local and national Education. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

• Judge Khurshid Hassan DRABU For services to Community Relations.(Winchester, Hampshire)
• Christopher Rajendran HYMAN Chief Executive Officer, Serco Group plc. For services to Business and to Charity. (Weybridge, Surrey)

Order of the British Empire

• Dr Husna AHMAD Chief Executive Officer, Faith Regeneration Foundation. For services to Disadvantaged People. (London, N11)
• Maqsood AHMAD Lately Head of Police Equality and Diversity Policy, Home Office. (Greater Manchester)
• Dalwardin BABU Chief Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (London, N10)
• Anil Kumar BHANOT, For services to Hindu Community and to Inter-Faith Relations. (London, W13)
• Janti CHAMPANERI Lately Senior Manager, Adult and Communities Directorate, Birmingham City Council. For services to Local Government. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Dr Kailash CHAND MALHOTRA General Medical Practitioner, Ashton-under-Lyne. For services to Healthcare. (Stalybridge, Cheshire)
• Utheshtra CHETTY Lately Senior Consultant Surgeon, Edinburgh Breast Unit. For services to Medicine. (Edinburgh)
• Taha Mohammad IDRIS Chief Executive, Swansea Bay Race Equality Council. For services to Community Relations. (Swansea, West Glamorgan)
• Dr Sukhbir Singh KAPOOR Vice-Chancellor, World Sikh University. For services to Community Relations. (Harrow, Middlesex)
• Dr Kartar Singh LALVANI For services to the Pharmaceutical Industry and to Charity. (London, NW1)
• Deepak LALWANI Director, India, Astaire and Partners. For services to the Financial Services Industry. (Middlesex)
• Kailash Chand MALHOTRA, General Medical Practitioner, Ashton-Under-Lyne. For services to Healthcare.
• Jehangir MALIK For services to Islamic Relief. (London, SE1)
• Mohammad NAZIR Chairman, West Midlands Ethnic Minority Business Forum. For services to Business. (Birmingham, West Midlands)
• Miss Inderjit Kaur SANDHU Headteacher, Launde Primary School, Leicestershire. For services to Education. (Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire)
• Dr Prem Dutt SHARMA For services to Community Relations. (Reading, Berkshire)
• Ms Baljit UBHEY Chief Crown Prosecutor, Thames Valley and Group Chair, Thames and Chiltern, Crown Prosecution Service. (London, W5)

Members of the Order of the British Empire

• Ms Saima AFZAL For services to the Police and to Community Relations in Lancashire. (Blackburn, Lancashire)
• Daljit Singh AHLUWALIA For voluntary service to Community and Inter-faith Relations in Derbyshire. (Derby, Derbyshire)
• Zaheer AHMAD Constable, British Transport Police. For services to the Police. (London, E17)
• Basheer AHMED Honorary Life Vice-President, Race Equality Council of Lincolnshire. For services to Community Relations. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire)
• Ms Shanaz AHMED For services to the Asian community in the East End of London. (London, E1)
• Miss Ronika AMIN Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (Middlesex)
• Prakash DASWANI Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cultural Co-operation. For services to the Arts. (London, HA5)
• Dr Mahvash HUSSAIN-GAMBLES Founder and Chief Executive, Saaf International Ltd. For services to the Beauty Industry and to International Trade. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)
• Bakhtiar Ahmad GILANI For services to the community in Greater Manchester. (Greater Manchester)
• Vithaldas Jeram MAMTORA For voluntary service to Older Asian People in Greater Manchester. (Cheshire)
• Miss Veena Kumari MOHINDRA Executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, Department for Work and Pensions. (Eastleigh, Hampshire)
• Mukesh PATEL Administrative Officer, Customer Operations, Leicester, HM Revenue and Customs. (Leicestershire)
• Sam SAGAR Police Community Support Officer, Bradford. For services to West Yorkshire Police. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)
• Balvinder Singh SOKHI For services to the community in Nottingham. (Nottinghamshire)

Click here for a copy of the Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010.