Author: AAA team
LONDON, 13 AUGUST 2024: The stage is set and the red-carpet is getting laid out as the shortlist for potential winners of the 22nd Asian Achievers Awards, the UK’s most prominent and longstanding celebration of British Asian achievement across multiple fields, are announced. This year’s Awards will take place on Friday 20th September 2024 at the prestigious London Hilton on Park Lane. Nearly 600 guests include celebrities, business leaders and global stars. Over the last few editions, the net worth of the room has consistently been over £40 billion.
In the upcoming edition, more than 500 nominations were received across all the categories. These include: Arts And Culture, Business Person Of The Year, Community Service, Entrepreneur Of The Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Media, Professional Of The Year Sports Personality Of The Year and Woman Of The Year.
Judges were chosen to represent a wide cross-section of society from charity, public services, business, entrepreneurship and politics. They include Cmd Umer Khan OBE (Commander of City of London Police), Dinesh Dhamija (former President of TiE and founder of eBookers), Lubna Shuja (Immediate Past President of the Law Society of England and Wales), Myles Stacey OBE (Former Advisor to PMs Johnson and Sunak), Priya Aggarwal-Shah (Founder and Director of PREACH Inclusion) and Aashni Shah (Founder and CEO of Aashni + Co)
This year’s shortlist includes accomplished figures across various fields. This includes billionaire Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Apollo Tyres Neeraj Kanwar, the founders of Indian street food cafe Chaiiwala, Conde Nest’s Divia Thani, Global Co-Head of Real Estate at Jeffries Rishi Bhuchar, founder of Naak Nam Satpal Singh, Indian Summers actor Nikesh Patel, cricketer Adil Rashid and women’s health specialist Dr Nighat Arif.
Speaking about this year’s programme, Pratik Dattani, Managing Director of EPG, says: “We see in the Shortlist that the Awards represent the best and brightest in South Asian excellence across the country. We have community leaders, innovators and job creators that have added to the social, cultural and business fabric of the UK. Congratulations to all the shortlist and best of luck for the Awards.”
South Asians in the UK today occupy leadership positions across a range of fields, including politics, business and civil society. The Asian Achievers Awards continue to recognise the outstanding work of such individuals within the South Asian community. The event is organised by global advisory firm EPG, supported by embedded finance specialist Andaria, ayurvedic beauty specialist Forest Essentials, Indri single malt, LycaRadio, Asian Voice, Gujarat Samachar and others, with expected funds of upwards of £150,000 expected to be raised for charity partner The Leprosy Mission on the night.
Nitin Ganatra OBE (Eastenders), entrepreneur, philanthropist and documentary filmmaker, returns as the host of the evening. Joining him as the co-host is winner of the Media category at AAA last year, news presenter Anila Dhami. Ganatra says: “The Asian Achievers Awards celebrate the best of the awe-inspiring talent we have in the South Asian community today. Every year I come to these Awards and am impressed by the standard of nominations and the quality of the shortlist. Just look back at the last two decades of winners and you’ll see the event has tracked the growth of our community for more than a generation.”
The evening will contain a stand-up performance from the BBC’s Ahir Shah, with DJ Vallisa Chauhan hosting the afterparty.
Arts and Culture:
Business Person of the Year:
Community Service Person of the Year:
Entrepreneur of the Year:
Media Person of the Year:
Professional of the Year:
Sports Personality of the Year:
Woman of the Year:
To find out more about the AAA and to book your ticket, visit asianachieversawards.com or call 020 7993 6851.