The Asian Awards is an annual award ceremony for the global Asian community which takes place in the United Kingdom, with 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel initially co-chaired by

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and Nat Wei, Baron Wei then from 2014 onwards

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. In 2010 and 2011, the awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from

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, or

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. From 2013, they were expanded to include all people of South, East and South East Asian origin. The tenth edition of the awards will take place in 2023 due to the

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History

Paul Sagoo taken at the 2010 Asian Awards in London

The Asian Awards were founded by businessman Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group.

Past awards

;2010 The 1st Asian Awards took place on 26 October 2010 at Grosvenor House Hotel and was hosted by Lord

Sebastian Coe Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medal ...

. The 2010 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to

Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...

. A live musical performance was provided by

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Governme ...

. The 2010 Peoples Choice Award, voted entirely by the public, was won by

Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-sco ...

. On the night itself, images of all winners were broadcast in

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. ;2011 The 2nd Asian Awards was again hosted by Coe in October 2011. The 2011 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in th ...

in addition Coe presented a Guinness World Record for Most Recorded Artist of all time at over 11,000 recordings. The Founder's Award, an award given directly by the founders Paul Sagoo and UBM, was presented posthumously to

Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the ...

. His mother and sister were presented the award by Freddie's former band member Brian May. ;2012 The Asian Awards did not take place in 2012 and no official reason has been cited although the event was moved from its regular October date to April 2013. ;2013 The 3rd Asian Awards was hosted by Coe in April 2013. The event was opened by Sagoo and followed by a keynote speech from the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer

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. The awards were expanded to include winners from all Asian countries (China, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and others) as well as the traditional South Asian countries from which winners had been honoured previously. Sir

Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and tw ...

was given the Fellowship award and the late

Bruce Lee Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines th ...

was honoured with the Founders Award which was collected by his widow

Linda Lee Cadwell Linda Emery Lee Cadwell (born March 21, 1945) is a retired American teacher and writer. She is the author of the Bruce Lee biography '' Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew'', upon which the film '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' is based, as well as th ...

. ;2014 The 4th Asian Awards was hosted by

Nikki Bedi Nikhila Bedi (; ''née'' Moolgaoker; 9 September 1966) is a British television and radio presenter, born to an Indian father of Maharashtrian origin and an English mother. Married to Kabir Bedi from 1992 to 2005, she retained her married name ...

in April 2014. The event was opened by Sagoo who commented on the continued pan-Asian expansion. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included

Zayn Malik Zain Javadd Malik ( ; born 12 January 1993), known mononymously as Zayn, is an English pop and R&B singer. Zayn auditioned as a solo contestant for the British music competition television series ''The X Factor'' in 2010. After being eliminate ...

, Simon Hughes,

Preeya Kalidas Preeya Kalidas (born 21 June 1980) is a British singer and actress. She played Amira Masood in the soap opera '' EastEnders'', from 2009 to 2012. She released the single "Shimmy" in July 2010, taken from her proposed debut album ''(I'm Over It) ...

, Jeremy Hunt (politician), Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Amy Willerton, Nitin Ganatra, Nina Wadia, Amol Rajan, Gurinder Chadha and

Naughty Boy Shahid Khan ( ur, شاهد خان; born 1 January 1981), better known by his stage name Naughty Boy, is a British DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. In 2012, Khan signed a three–year publishing deal with Sony ATV, as well as a rec ...

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

was given the Fellowship award and friend of the late

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the ...

, Ahmed Kathrada was honoured with the Founders Award which was presented by Hollywood actor Idris Elba. ;2015 The 5th Asian Awards was hosted by previous Asian Awards winner Gok Wan in April 2015. The event was opened by Sagoo followed by the cast of

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who performed a song from the musical. The event was headlined by the

British Asian Trust The British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) and a group of pre-eminent British Asian business leaders. The Trust works to tackle the widespread poverty and hardship in South Asia to which millions are cur ...

. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included

Gary Linekar Gary Winston Lineker (; born 30 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He is regarded as having been one of the greatest English strikers. His media career began with the BBC, where he has ...

, Gurinder Chadha, Tasmin Lucia-Khan,

Mila Kunis Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series ''That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Since ...

, Nitin Ganatra,

Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is a English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, ...

Ozwald Boateng Ozwald Boateng, OBE () (born 28 February 1967) is a British fashion designer, best known for his trademark twist on classic tailoring and bespoke styles. Early life Boateng was born in the Muswell Hill district of London on 28 February 1967, ...

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became wo ...

Adil Ray Adil Ray ( ur, عادل رے, born 26 April 1974) is a British actor, comedian and radio/television presenter. Ray stars in the BBC One comedy '' Citizen Khan'', which he created and co-writes, as well as presenting on various BBC radio statio ...

Kelly Hoppen Kelly Elaine Hoppen (born 28 July 1959) is a South African-born British interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors. From 2013 to 2015, she was a "Dragon" on BBC Two's ''Dragons' Den''. Family Kelly Hoppen was born o ...

, Rishi Rich,

Russell Peters Russell Dominic Peters (born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and producer. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and won a Gemini Award in 2008. In 2013, he was number three on ''Forbes'' list of the world's highe ...

, Paul Chowdhry,

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of Hindi film, television and theatre. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several ge ...

Amar Bose Amar Gopal Bose (November 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013) was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the foun ...

and

. The late founder of the

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was honoured with the Founders Award which was received by his daughter Maya Bose. ;Twitter and Post Event Reaction The Asian Awards trended worldwide on

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at the number one spot for over 4 hours and specifically trended in India at the number 1 spot for nearly 2 days. The media particularly commented on the presence of

's attendance as it was the first time since his split from the band

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. Post the awards, Sagoo commented (through social media) on the lack of TV coverage from the British television networks. The Awards also broke two specific Twitter records by having the most tweeted tweet by an Indian (that a picture of

Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood ...

and

)and also the very same tweet was the most popular "Selfie" of 2015. ;2016 The 6th Asian Awards was hosted by

Alistair McGowan Alistair Charles McGowan (born 24 November 1964) is an English impressionist, comic, actor, singer and writer best known to British audiences for '' The Big Impression'' (formerly ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression''), which was, for four year ...

on 8 April 2016. The event was opened by Founder Paul Sagoo who discussed the issues of diversity within award ceremonies and how The Asian Awards were to be opened up to people with non-Asian backgrounds. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Hollywood actress

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, footballer

Jamie Vardy Jamie Richard Vardy ('' né'' Gill; born 11 January 1987) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Leicester City. Regarded as one of the best strikers in the world, Vardy is known for his prolific goalscoring aide ...

Keith Vaz Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East for 32 years, from 1987 to 2019. He was the British Parliament's longest-serving Br ...

Manish Bhasin Manish Dev Bhasin (born 21 May 1976 in Leicester, England) is a sports journalist and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League's global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the BBC in th ...

Emeli Sandé Adele Emily Sandé, ( ; born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a Scottish singer and songwriter. Born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, and raised in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, by an English mother and a Zambian father ...

Sanjeev Bhaskar Sanjeev Bhaskar (born 31 October 1963) is a British actor, comedian and television presenter. He is best known for his work in the BBC Two sketch comedy series '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and as the star of the sitcom ''The Kumars at No. 42''. H ...

, London Mayoral candidates

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and

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, Nitin Ganatra, Gurinder Chadha and

Alex Reid (fighter) Alexander Aristides Reid (born 21 July 1975) is an English former mixed martial artist (MMA), fighting under Bellator, BAMMA and Cage Rage. He is an actor, having been in ''Hollyoaks'' also making an appearance in '' Drifters''. Reid was the ...

Mother Teresa Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, MC (; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), better known as Mother Teresa ( sq, Nënë Tereza), was an Indian-Albanian Catholic nun who, in 1950, founded the Missionaries of Charity. Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu () was ...

was honoured with the Founders Award which was accepted by her closest living relative Agi Bojaxhiu. ;2017 The 7th Asian Awards was hosted by Bhaskar in May 2017 at The London Hilton on Park Lane. The event was opened by Sagoo who discussed diversity in television and how many of the main UK channels are failing their own diversity targets. It was also mentioned that The Asian Awards would honour its second recipient with a non-Asian background. The Rising Star award also made its debut this year with the star of the Oscar nominated film

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receiving it. It was noted that he had been snubbed by other award ceremonies including the

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and thus The Asian Awards were "correcting" this mistake. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Bollywood actors Anupam Kher and Varun Dhawan, Amy Jackson,

, The London Mayoral

and

was honoured with the Fellowship Award only the 4th person in history to receive it. ;2018 The 8th Asian Awards were once again hosted by

on 27 April 2018 at The London Hilton on Park Lane. It was noted that the 8th Awards honoured the most number of women in their history to date. Legendary actress, the late

Sridevi Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan (13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), professionally credited with her stage name Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. Cited as the "First Fem ...

, was posthumously honoured with the Outstanding Achievement in Cinema award. In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included television personalities Anthea Turner,

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, Russell Kane,

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, actress Gemma Oaten, film director Gurinder Chadha,

, sportswoman

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and previous honouree

. ;2019 The 9th Asian Awards again hosted by

on 12 April 2019 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane. The centenary anniversary of the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre was marked with the Founders award presented to the nephew of freedom fighter

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Award categories

* Lifetime Achievement Award * Entrepreneur of the Year * Business Leader of the Year * Public Servant of the Year * Social Entrepreneur of the Year * Philanthropist of the Year * Founder's Award (Introduced in 2011) * Fellowship Award (Introduced in 2011) * People's Choice Award * The Rising Star Award (Introduced in 2017) * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema * Outstanding Achievement in Sports * Outstanding Achievement in Music * Outstanding Achievement in Television * Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design * Outstanding Achievement in Science & Technology (Introduced in 2011) * Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability (Introduced in 2013) * Outstanding Contribution to the Community (Introduced in 2016) * Outstanding Achievement Online (Introduced in 2019)

Winners

1st Awards

The following were recipients at the 1st Asian Awards 2010. * Lifetime Achievement Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

Vijay Mallya Vijay Vittal Mallya (born 18 December 1955) is an Indian businessman, former politician and fugitive. He is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India. ...

* Business Leader of the Year -

Ratan Tata Ratan Naval Tata, GBE (born 28 December 1937) is an Indian industrialist and former chairman of Tata Sons. He was also the chairman of the Tata Group from 1990 to 2012, serving also as interim chairman from October 2016 through February 201 ...

* Public Servant of the Year -

Zarin Patel Zarin Patel is a British accountant and company executive who was the BBC's Chief Financial Officer from 2004, following the promotion of John Smith to chief operating officer, until 2013. Since 2014, Patel has been CFO of Grass Roots, an emplo ...

* Social Entrepreneur of the Year -

Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance ...

* Philanthropist of the Year -

Sunil Mittal Sunil Bharti Mittal (born 23 October 1957) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and the founder and chairperson of Bharti Enterprises, which has diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, education, malls, hospit ...

* People's Choice Award -

* Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the recipient of ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

A R Rahman Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in in ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Television - George Alagiah * Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design - Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla

2nd Awards

The following were recipients at the 2nd Asian Awards. * Fellowship Award -

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North In ...

* Lifetime Achievement Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

KP Singh Kushal Pal Singh (born 15 November 1931) is an Indian billionaire real estate developer, and the chairman and CEO of real estate developer DLF Limited, founded by his father-in-law Chaudhary Raghvender Singh. DLF has an estimated land bank of , ...

* Business Leader of the Year -

Anand Mahindra Anand Gopal Mahindra (born 1 May 1955) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate. The group operates in aerospace, agribusiness, aftermarket, automotive, components, constru ...

* Public Servant of the Year - Irene Khan * Social Entrepreneur of the Year -

Bunker Roy Sanjit "Bunker" Roy (born 30 June 1945) is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College. He was selected as one of Time 100's 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and sem ...

* Philanthropist of the Year -

Shiv Nadar Shiv Nadar (born 14 July 1945) is an Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of HCL Technologies Limited and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. Nadar founded HCL in the mid-1970s and transformed the ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology -

Amit Singhal Amitabh Kumar "Amit" Singhal (born September 1968) is a former senior vice president at Google Inc. having been a Google Fellow and the head of Google's Search team for 15 years.Freddie Mercury Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the ...

* People's Choice Award - Amir Khan (British boxer) * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

Akshay Kumar Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (born 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian-born naturalised Canadian Quote: "(Former prime minister Stephen) Harper campaigned in 2011 alongside one of Modi's biggest celebrity backer ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

Muttiah Muralitharan Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional c ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

Jay Sean Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), better known by the stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter. He debuted in the UK's Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with " Dance with You", which reache ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Television -

* Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design -

3rd Awards

The following were recipients at the 3rd Asian Awards. * Fellowship Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

Adi Godrej Adi Burjorji Godrej (born 3 April 1942) is an Indian billionaire businessman and industrialist, head of the Godrej family, and chairman of the Godrej Group. , he has a net worth of US$2.3 billion. Early life Godrej completed his schooling at ...

* Business Leader of the Year -

Jiang Jianqing Jiang Jianqing (; born 1 February 1953) is the former Chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world's largest bank by assets and 2nd market value; he held the position from 2005 to 2016. Biography Jiang worked pil ...

* Social Entrepreneur of the Year - Masa Kogure * Philanthropist of the Year - N. R. Narayana Murthy * Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Ajay Bhatt * Outstanding Contribution to Sustainability -

Ravi Ruia Shashi Ruia and Ravi Ruia, commonly referred to as the Ruia Brothers, are Indian billionaires, and the owners of Essar Group, founded in 1969. In 2012, ''Forbes'' named the Ruia brothers as the world's richest Indians with a net worth of US$7& ...

* Founder's Award -

* Outstanding Achievement in Cinema - Anupam Kher * Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese professional racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing (GR) and in the Super Formula Championship for KCMG . He previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, an ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger (; born Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente, June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality. She is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, one of the best-selling g ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Television - Nina Wadia * Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design -

Hanif Kureishi Hanif Kureishi (born 5 December 1954) is a British playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist of South Asian and English descent. In 2008, ''The Times'' included Kureishi in its list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945. Early l ...

4th Awards

The following were recipients at the 4th Asian Awards which took place on 4 April 2014. * Founder's Award - Ahmed Kathrada * Fellowship Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

Lui Che Woo Lui Che Woo, GBM, MBE, JP () (born 9 August 1929, Jiangmen, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is a member of the standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Jiangmen, P ...

* Business Leader of the Year -

Cyrus Poonawalla Cyrus S. Poonawalla (born in 1941) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and the chairman and managing director of the Cyrus Poonawalla Group, which includes the Serum Institute of India, an Indian biotech company which is the largest vaccine ...

* Public Servant of the Year - Salil Shetty * Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Venkatraman Ramakrishnan * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema - Irrfan Khan * Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

MS Dhoni Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is also the curren ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

Norah Jones Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. She has won several awards for her music and as of 2012, has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. ''Billboard'' named her the ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Television - Gok Wan * Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design - David Tang

5th Awards

The following were recipients at the 5th Asian Awards which took place on 17 April 2015. * Founder's Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

Jack Ma Jack Ma Yun (; born 10 September 1964) is a Chinese business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a multinational technology conglomerate. In addition, he co-founded Yunfen ...

* Business Leader of the Year -

Hinduja Group Hinduja Group is an Indian transnational conglomerate. The group is present in eleven sectors including automotive, oil and specialty chemicals, banking and finance, IT and ITeS, cyber security, healthcare, trading, infrastructure project ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology -

Tejinder Virdee Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee, ( Punjabi: ਤਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਵਿਰਦੀ, born 13 October 1952), is a Kenyan-born British experimental particle physicist and Professor of Physics at Imperial College London. He is best known for or ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

* Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

* Outstanding Achievement in Television -

* Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design - John Rocha * Chivas Social Entrepreneur of the Year -

Gopi Gopalakrishnan Gopi ( sa, गोपी, ) or Gopika in Hinduism are worshipped as the consorts and devotees of Krishna within the Vaishnavism and Krishnaism traditions for their unconditional love and devotion (''Bhakti'') to god Krishna as described in the ...

6th Awards

The following were recipients at the 6th Asian Awards which took place on 8 April 2016. * Founder's Award -

* Entrepreneur of the Year -

Anil Agarwal (industrialist) Anil Agarwal (born 1954) is an Indian Billionaire who is the founder and Chairman of Vedanta Resources Limited. He controls Vedanta Resources through Volcan Investments, a holding vehicle with a 100% stake in the business.Anil Agarwal's family ...

* Business Leader of the Year - Sri Prakash Lohia * Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Shuji Nakamura * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

Asif Kapadia Asif Kapadia (born 1972) is a British filmmaker. Academy Award, BAFTA and Grammy winning director Asif Kapadia has made his name directing visually striking films exploring ‘outsiders’, characters living in extreme circumstances, fighting ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sports -

Son Heung-min Son Heung-min ( ko, 손흥민; ; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the South Korea national team. Considered one of the best forward ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Music -

* Outstanding Achievement in Television - Kunal Nayyar * Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design -

Osman Yousefzada Osman Yousefzada ( ur, عثمان یوسفزاده) is a British interdisciplinary artist, writer and social activist. He launched his eponymous label Osman in 2008, and expanded his practice into a visual art space since 2013, with a 'zine' cal ...

* Outstanding Contribution to the Community -

Rami Ranger Raminder Singh Ranger, Baron Ranger, (born 28 May 1948) is a British businessman, and the founder of Sun Mark and Sea Air & Land Forwarding, an international marketing and distribution company. He is also chairman and managing director of Se ...

* Chivas Social Entrepreneur of the Year - Vikram Patel

7th Awards

The following were recipients at the 7th Asian Awards which took place on 5 May 2017. * Business Leader of the Year -

Ajaypal Singh Banga Ajaypal Singh Banga (born November 10, 1959) is an Indian-American business executive. He is currently Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. He was executive chairman of Mastercard, after having previously served as president and chief executive off ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sport - Ding Junhui * Outstanding Achievement in Music -

Adnan Sami Adnan Sami Khan (born 15 August 1971) is an Indian singer, musician, music composer and pianist. He performs Indian and Western music, including for Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil movies. He has been awarded with Padma Shri (India's fourth hi ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Television - Krishnan Guru-Murthy * Rising Star -

* Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

Om Puri Om Prakash Puri (18 October 1950 – 6 January 2017) was an Indian actor who appeared in mainstream commercial Hindi films as well as Bengali, Kannada,English,Punjabi and one Telugu film, as well as independent and art films and also starred ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Demis Hassabis * Outstanding Contribution to the Community - Sir

Harpal Kumar Sir Harpal Singh Kumar (born 1965) is a British medical researcher of Indian descent, who was the chief executive officer of Cancer Research UK until June 2018, when he left the charity to become Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation EMEA. Early ...

* Philanthropist of the Year - Dr.

Jack Preger Jack Preger (born 25 July 1930, in Manchester, England) is a British doctor who has been offering medical treatment as well as vocational training to the poor in the Indian city of Kolkata and in other parts of West Bengal since 1972. He estab ...

* Social Entrepreneur of the Year - Nisha Dutt * Entrepreneur of the Year - Masayoshi Son * Fellowship Award -

8th Awards

The following were recipients at the 8th Asian Awards which took place on 27 April 2018. * Business Leader of the Year -

Arundhati Bhattacharya Arundhati Bhattacharya is a retired Indian banker and former Chairperson of the State Bank of India. She is the first woman to be the Chairperson of State Bank of India. In 2016, she was listed as the 25th most powerful woman in the world b ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sport - Jahangir Khan * Outstanding Achievement in Music - BTS * Outstanding Achievement in Television - Anita Rani * Rising Star - Bana al-Abed * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema -

* Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Dame

Pratibha Gai Dame Pratibha Laxman Gai-Boyes is a British microscopist and Professor and Chair of Electron Microscopy and former Director at The York JEOL Nanocentre, Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of York. She created the atomic-resolutio ...

* Philanthropists of the Year - Ramesh and Pratibha Sachdev * Public Servant of the Year - Kiran Bajracharya * Entrepreneur of the Year - Sunny Varkey

9th Awards

The following were recipients at the 9th Asian Awards which took place on 12 April 2019. * Business Leader of the Year -

Anand Burman Anand Ashok Chand Burman (born 1952) is an Indian billionaire businessman, and chairman of Dabur a leading consumer goods company. With a net worth of $5.8 billion, he is among the Top 20 richest Indians and on the ''Forbes'' list. Early life ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Sport - Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer) * Outstanding Achievement in Music - Nitin Sawhney * Outstanding Achievement in Television - Nitin Ganatra * Outstanding Achievement in the Arts - Alan Yau * Rising Star - Rika * Outstanding Achievement in Cinema - The cast of

Crazy Rich Asians ''Crazy Rich Asians'' is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing the novel was to "introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience". He claimed the novel was loosely based on hi ...

* Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology - Professor

Jim Al-Khalili Jameel Sadik "Jim" Al-Khalili ( ar, جميل صادق الخليلي; born 20 September 1962) is an Iraqi-British theoretical physicist, author and broadcaster. He is professor of theoretical physics and chair in the public engagement in scie ...

* Philanthropist of the Year - Arjun Waney (Owner of Zuma, The Arts Club among others) * Social Entrepreneur of the Year -

Tawakkol Karman Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman ( ar, توكل عبد السلام خالد كرمان, Tawakkul 'Abd us-Salām Khalid Karmān; also romanized ''Tawakul'', ''Tawakel''; born 7 February 1979) is a Yemeni Nobel Laureate, journalist, politician ...

* Outstanding Achievement Online - Jay Shetty * Outstanding Contribution to the Community -

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ( th, วิชัย ศรีวัฒนประภา;} born Vichai Raksriaksorn, th, วิชัย รักศรีอักษร; 4 April 1958 – 27 October 2018) was a Thai billionaire businessman and th ...

* The Founders Award - The Martys of

Jallianwala Bagh massacre The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. A large peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, to protest against the Rowlatt Act and arrest of pro-independenc ...

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