In London, last night, the announcement of the winners from the 66 Asian women across 13 categories, who were shortlisted for their achievements in making a valuable and important contribution to British life, was made.
The Asian Women of Achievement Awards, founded by Pinky Lilani CBE in 1999, created the prestigious awards to celebrate multicultural Britain and recognise the contribution that Asian women from diverse cultures and talents bring to UK society.
The awards are not simply a night of recognition but a community and a programme of initiatives that offer the opportunity for candidates to meet like-minded women and build business contacts.
The sister initiative, the Women of the Future Programme, also enables opportunities through the Women of the Future Network and Women of the Future Ambassadors Programme.
The ceremonial awards have reportedly led to the creation of numerous initiatives and projects designed to help women and improve opportunities for the next generation.
Fatima Patel, Managing Editor at RF Media, and Publishing said “They say behind every successful man is a woman and I say behind every successful woman is also a woman. This award is a reward for all the sacrifices my mother, my team and I have made to make our newspaper the title it is today and I am honoured and humbled to be sharing the same platform with such stupendously incredible women.
“Thank you to everyone who made this achievement possible,” says the owner of Asian Standard.
A panel of 23 judges from different ethnic backgrounds selected the winners from each category, as the announcement commenced, the 2022 winners in order of category were as follows:
The Entrepreneur Award was sponsored by World Pay and went to Fatima Patel, Managing Editor at RF Media, and Publishing.
The Media Award was sponsored by Omnicom and was received by Darshna Soni Home Affairs Correspondent at Channel 4 News.
The business Award sponsored by Reed Smith went to Tara Teubner, Director at Westgate Healthcare.
The Public Service Award, sponsored by Saïd Business School, was won by Rachna Vyas Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group.
In the Sports category, the award went to Sabah Mahmood, Head Girls Coach at FC Leytonstone.
The Award for Real Estate Infrastructure and Construction sponsored by RICSnews was won by Jyoti Sehdev Group Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Costain Group.
Technology and Digital Award sponsored by Aviva plc went to Carol Yung Senior Experience Design Lead at Deloitte Digital.
Social & Humanitarian Award sponsored by Enterprise, went to Dr Homira May Rezai, Chief Operations Officer, MirZayme Therapeutics.
The Science Award sponsored by Accenture was won by Dr Pavani Cherukupally, the Research Associate at Imperial College London.
The winner of the Professions Award sponsored by Teneo was Prof Parveen Ali, Professor of Nursing and Gender-Based Violence, University of Sheffield.
The Young Achiever Award sponsored by Visa, were joint winners Qudaija Bhayat, Senior Manager at KPMG and Kim Dewe, Head of SEO at Blue Array.
The Arts & Culture Award sponsored by LSEG was received by Usha Sharma, Director, Writer and Producer, Usha Productions.
The NatWestBusiness Chairman’s Award was jointly won by Dr Olivia Ahn, CEO, Planera and Waad Al-Kateab.
