Indian-origin 'unsung heroes' on King Charles' 2025 New Year Honours List

Community leaders campaigners academics and medics are among over 30 Indianorigin professionals to be recognised in King Charles 2025 New Year Honours List released in London in time for New Years EveRanil Malcolm Jayawardena a Conservative member of Parliament of Sri Lankan and Indian heritage has been conferred a Knighthood for political and public service along with recently resigned England mens football team manager Gareth Southgate for services to the gameLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan and former West Midlands Mayor Andy Street are also among those receiving Knighthoods among more than 1200 recipients on the 2025 honours list released on Monday night across all sectors with particular commendation to role models in sport healthcare academia and voluntary serviceEvery day ordinary people go out and do extraordinary things for their communities UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer saidThey represent the very best of the UK and that core value of service which I put at the centre of everything this government does The New Year Honours List celebrates more of these unsung heroes and I thank them for their incredible contribution he saidThe list released annually by the Cabinet Office in the name of the British monarch includes Commanders of the Order of the British Empire CBEs for Satwant Kaur Deol for services to further education Charles Pritam Singh Dhanowa OBE for services to Competition Law and surgeon Professor Sneh Khemka for services to healthcare science and innovation and technologyOthers of Indian heritage receiving CBEs include Leena Nair Global Chief Executive Officer of Chanel for services to the retail and consumer sector Mayank Prakash President of the British Computing Society for services to the advancement of technology professionals and Purnima Murthy Tanuku OBE chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association for services to early years educationAmong the 2025 Indianorigin Officers of the Order of the British Empire OBEs include cardiologist Professor Sanjay Arya for services to black and minority ethnic doctors and healthcare in northwest England Nandini Das Professor of Early Modern Literature and Culture and Tutorial Fellow at Exeter College University of Oxford for services to interdisciplinary research in the humanities and to public engagement Tarsem Singh Dhaliwal CEO of Iceland Foods for services to the Welsh economy retail and charity Jasmine Dotiwala for services to broadcasting music equality diversity and inclusion Monica Kohli President of Womens International Shipping and Trading Association UK and Chair of the Indian Maritime Association UK for services to promoting diversity in the maritime industry and Soumya Majumdar from the Crown Prosecution Service CPS for services to law and orderOthers making the cut for OBEs include Seema Misra for her campaign in favour of scandalhit subpostmasters Prime Ministers diary manager Ushma Manhar Patel MBE mental health campaigner Gian Singh Power and Sravya Rao from the Department for Business and Trade for Public ServicePhilanthropist Mandeep Kaur Sanghera UK Ministry of Defence professional Savraj Singh Sidhu and fashion industry professional Smruti Sriram also received OBEs for their public service contributionsThe 2025 list of Members of the Order of the British Empire MBEs and Medallists of the Order of the British Empire BEMs also includes a crosssection of British Indians including MBEs for tech expert Dalim Kumar Basu nursing chief Marimouttou Coumarassamy rheumatologist Professor Bhaskar Dasgupta and paediatric haematologist Professor Ajay Jaikishore VoraThe BEM recipients include community workers Sanjib Bhattacharjee and Jagrupe Binnig postal worker Hemandra Hindocha and charity worker Jaswinder KumarMusician Balbir Singh Khanpur Bhujhangy also received a BEM for services to Bhangra music and Punjabi culture in the West Midlands region of EnglandCompanion of Honour of which there are only 65 recipients at any time goes to author and screenwriter Sir Kazuo Ishiguro the JapaneseBritish Nobel Prize winner for services to literatureMeanwhile wellknown English actor broadcaster comedian director narrator and writer Stephen Fry receives a Knighthood for his work on mental health awarenessThe UK government said it is committed to ensuring that honours are awarded to outstanding people from across the whole of the UK and the system reflects the best of societyCabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden said This years New Year Honours List celebrates the unsung heroes who contribute selflessly to their communities across the UK I send them all my congratulations for their achievementsOur honours system uniquely recognises the generous contributions of individuals across our nation If you know someone in your community who has done something extraordinary nominate them for an honour so the nation can recognise their achievementsAccording to the Cabinet Office in this edition of New Year Honours 54 per cent of the recipients have undertaken outstanding work in their communities either in a voluntary or paid capacity and 12 per cent of the successful candidates belong to an ethnic minority backgroundThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever