Ushering in the 17th year of Asian Achievers Awards to celebrate diaspora success

Friday 22nd September will witness another history in the making. Asian Business Publications Limited (ABPL) will host its 17th annual Asian Achievers Awards at the prestigious Grosvenor House. The event will be attended by over 800 guests, including business tycoons, entrepreneurs, company directors, senior professionals, members of Parliament and the uniformed services. Last year the total net-worth of the guests who attended were over £40 billion.

The Asian community, as an integral part of the British life, plays an increasingly important role in shaping the country’s future.

The awards more popularly known as The People’s Choice Awards celebrates the outstanding work of South Asian individuals from across a spectrum of backgrounds and professions. Like many other areas, British-Asian representation in areas likew Media, Arts and Culture has increased over the last few years, though there remains ample scope to improve it in the coming years.

This year’s theme is Media, Arts and Culture, to acknowledge the outstanding achievements of people in these fields and their contributions to the community. It resonates with the theme of the UK-India Year of Culture, that the two nations are celebrating to mark India's 70 years of independence. The awards are therefore attended by the top echelons of the British Asian society.

CB Patel, Publisher/Editor, ABPL Group, said: “Asian Achieveres Awards aims to recognise and reward genuine high achiebers in the Asian community. The nominations come from the community and an independent panel of judges choose the winners. This makes us 'The People's Choice Awards'.

"This year's theme also talks about our role as a media, and the growing importance of British Asians in this field. Celebrating UK-India Year of Culture, this is our humble way of recognising those contributing in the areas of art and culture too.

“Given the record number of nominations that we received this year I am filled with awe and respect for the daunting process that the judges must have endured to select the very best from a galaxy of superstars.”

Since its launch, Asian Achievers Awards has helped to raise millions of pounds for various charities and this year, the chosen charity partner is the Akshayapatra Foundation.

The short-listed candidates for the 17^th Asian Achievers Awards are as below: