Dr Poonawalla, Irrfan Khan, V Ramakrishnan receive UK’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement



Photo: Dr Poonawalla, Irrfan Khan, V Ramakrishnan receive UK’s 2014 Asian award for outstanding achievement
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of  Poonawalla Group won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award - Asian Business Leader of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine.
Film and TV actor Irrfan Khan was chosen for the Asian outstanding achievement in Cinema award while Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry received the Asian outstanding achievement award in Science and Technology.
South African Activist, Ahmed Kathrada, to receive prestigious Founders Award at The Asian Awards, London, 4th April, 2014

About Asian Awards
The Asian Awards, an annual awards ceremony founded by business man Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group company. The awards also support charities through the event. The Asian Awards is an award ceremony which takes place in the United Kingdom that recognises and rewards exemplary achievement across 12 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel consisting a panel chaired by Baroness Verma of Leicester. The Asian Awards, reward outstanding achievement from within the Asian community. In 2010 and 2011, the awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. In 2013, the Asian Awards were opened to all people of both South and Southeast Asian origin. The 4th Asian Awards will take place on 4 April 2014 in London.
Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of  Poonawalla Group won the United Kingdom’s 2014 Asian award - Asian Business Leader of the Year for his outstanding contribution to the field of medicine.

Film and TV actor Irrfan Khan was chosen for the Asian outstanding achievement in Cinema award while Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry received the Asian outstanding achievement award in Science and Technology.
South African Activist, Ahmed Kathrada, to receive prestigious Founders Award at The Asian Awards, London, 4th April, 2014

About Asian Awards
The Asian Awards, an annual awards ceremony founded by business man Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group company. The awards also support charities through the event. The Asian Awards is an award ceremony which takes place in the United Kingdom that recognises and rewards exemplary achievement across 12 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel consisting a panel chaired by Baroness Verma of Leicester. The Asian Awards, reward outstanding achievement from within the Asian community. In 2010 and 2011, the awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. In 2013, the Asian Awards were opened to all people of both South and Southeast Asian origin. The 4th Asian Awards will take place on 4 April 2014 in London.

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