City Hindus Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organisation created to promote

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, education and

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amongst

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professionals. It was founded in 2005 by Dhruv Patel OBE, who was succeeded by entrepreneur Pratik Dattani. Its current Chair is Alpesh Patel OBE, who was appointed in December 2019. CHN is focused on building closer relationships between Hindu professionals working in the

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History

The founders and chairmen for the City Hindus Network and City Sikhs at a joint Hustings in the City event

CHN's first major event was held by the then

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, for the British Hindu community, at

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. Since then, the CHN has organised networking events, talks on

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and

, a

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scheme, charity and

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events for Hindu professionals, and taken part in community and government liaison on behalf of the Hindu community. Many of its events have been in conjunction with the

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and consulting firms and

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s in London, alongside other Hindu community partners, such as Diwali in London, built relationships with the Metropolitan City Police and charities such as Odanadi, Women in Need, Joshua Playing Project and London Community Transport. CHN has also works closely with other faith networks including

City Sikhs City Sikhs (formerly City Sikhs Network) (Punjabi: ਸਿਟੀ ਸਿੱਖ) is a nonprofit organisation, and a registered charity which describes itself as "A voice for progressive Sikhs". It promotes networking, education and volunteering among ...

to organise the largest hustings events in London. Recent collaboration events have included a quarterly DEI series in 2023 focusing on Women in Business and Technology.

Awards and nominations

* The founder of CHN, Dhruv Patel received an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours as a result of his community work through CHN and elsewhere. *The chairman of CHN, Alpesh Patel received an OBE in the 2020 Birthday Honours as a result of his services to the economy and international trade.

References

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External links

City Hindus Network website
Hindu organisations based in the United Kingdom Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 2005 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom