{"id":10624,"date":"2015-05-20T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/05\/20\/asian-women-of-achievement-awards-2\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T17:31:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T17:31:05","slug":"asian-women-of-achievement-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/20\/asian-women-of-achievement-awards-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Women of Achievement Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The winners for the 2015 Asian Women of Achievement Awards have been announced after a successful event, yesterday evening.<\/div>\n

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Now in its16th year, the event aimed to highlight the often overlooked contribution that Asian women make to sectors including business, sport and culture.<\/div>\n

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The awards, were founded by Pinky Lilani, who received an OBE in 2007 for her work to celebrate women\u2019s achievements.<\/div>\n

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Speaking on the announcement of the list, Pinky said, \u201cWhat really makes me happy is seeing these women who are hugely talented but are so collaborative, very kind and humble. They all seem so honoured to be involved.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Winners List:<\/strong><\/div>\n

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RBS AWA Chairman\u2019s Award <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Jyoti Shah (Consultant Urological Surgeon at Burton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)\u00a0<\/div>\n

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Arts & Culture Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\u00a0Sajeela Kershi (Comedian)<\/div>\n

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Business Award Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Sevasti Wong (Managing Director at Accenture)<\/div>\n

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Entrepreneur Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Farzana Baduel (Founder of Curzon PR)<\/div>\n

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Media Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Shivvy Jervis (Head of Digital Media, Telefonica)<\/div>\n

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Professions Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Nicky Jayesinghe, (Head of professional policy division, British Medical Association)<\/div>\n

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Public Service Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Daman Mullhi, (Director of PR, The UK Sepsis Trust)<\/div>\n

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Social & Humanitarian Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Parmi Dheensa, (Executive director, Include Me TOO)<\/div>\n

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Sport Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>Annie Zaidi (Youth engagement coach, Leicester City Football Club Community Trust)<\/div>\n

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Global Empowerment Award<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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Elif Shafak <\/div>\n

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Young Achiever Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Tanya Datta (Store manager, Marks & Spencer)<\/div>\n

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Community Award<\/strong><\/div>\n

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University of East London<\/div>\n

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