Asians recognised in The Queen's New Year Honours List
1 January 2010

Bespoke tailor, Imtaz Khaliq has been recognised with an MBE in The Queen's New Year's Honours List 2010. Imtaz, whose tailoring business has been established for over 18 years, creates exclusive garments for both men and women and she was recently named by 'Cosmopolitan' magazine as one of the four top tailors in London. Also honoured were restaurateurs Cyrus Todiwala and Iqbal Wahhab who both received an OBE and His Honour Mota Singh QC who was knighted.

The 2010 New Year Honours List is published today recognising outstanding achievement and service across the whole of the United Kingdom. More women have been honoured than ever before, making up 45 per cent of the list, including six Dames and 38 CBEs. More than half of the people receiving MBEs were put forward by members of the public, with nominations coming in from across the country.

In total 979 people have been recommended to The Queen for an award:

* 842 candidates have been selected at MBE and OBE level, 615 at MBE and 227 at OBE.

* 73 per cent of the recipients are local heroes, who've undertaken outstanding work in their communities.

* There are 441 successful women candidates in the List, representing 45 per cent of the total.

* Six per cent of the successful candidates come from ethnic minority communities.

Asians in The Queen's New Year Honours List 2010

Knighthood

His Honour Mota Singh QC - for services to the Administration of Justice, Community Relations and to the Voluntary Sector. (London, WCI)

CBE

Parmajit Bassi - Chairman of private investment company Bond Wolfe, for services to Business and to the Community in the West Midlands.

OBE

Captain Kandiah Chandran MBE - Chief Executive, Preset Charitable Trust. For services to Young People in London. (London, W4)

Professor Vijay Vir Kakkar - Emeritus Professor, University of London. For services to Clinical Science. (London, SW3)

Ram Parkash Lakha - For services to the Sikh community in Coventry, West Midlands. (Coventry, West Midlands)

Sujinder Singh Sangha - Principal, Stockton Riverside College, County Durham. For services to local and national Further Education. (Stockton on Tees, Durham)

Ahmad Shahzad - For services to Black and Minority Ethnic People. (London, NW10)

Ghulam Rasul Shahzad - For services to Social Housing and to the community in Rochdale. (Rochdale, Lancashire)

Cyrus Todiwala MBE - Proprietor and Executive Chef, Café Spice Namasté Restaurant Group. For services to the Hospitality (London, E9)

Iqbal Wahhab - Chairman, Department for Work and Pension, Ethnic Minority Advisory Group. For public service and for services to the Hospitality Industry. (London, SE1)

MBE

Hemant Acharya - Policy Adviser, Office of the Third Sector, Cabinet Office.
(Stanmore, Middlesex)

Mohammed Aslam - Executive Chef and Managing Director, Aagrah Group of Restaurants. For services to the hospitality industry. (Shipley, West Yorkshire)

Ramanbhai Barber - For services to the Asian community in Leicester. (Leicester, Leicestershire)

Gulrook, Mrs Begum - For services to Disabled Bangladeshi People in Tower Hamlets, London.(London, E17)

Ashish Dasgupta - Non-Executive Director, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. For services (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)

Sarinder Kaur, Mrs Dev - Constable, South Yorkshire Police. For services to the Police. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

Achhar Paul Dharni - For services to Business and to the community in Bradford, West Yorkshire. (Bradford, West Yorkshire)

Atma Singh Gill - For services to the community in the North East. (Chester-le-Street, Durham)

Dr Jaswant Kaur Jutley-Plested - Manager, Sydenham Children's Centre, Bridgwater, Somerset. For services to Children. (Burnham on Sea, Somerset)

Ms Imtaz Khaliq - Designer and Master Tailor. For services to the Fashion Industry. (London, N1)

Ms Shahda Khan - Principal Community Cohesion Officer, Middlesbrough Council. For services to Local Government (Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire)

Faruk Miah - Programme Manager, Leeds City College. For services to Further Education and to the community in Leeds. (Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Nasrullah Moghal - for services to Community Relations in Manchester. He has been an active member of the community for the last 25 years, championing integration and cohesion. (Stourbridge, West Midlands)

Rabindara Nath Pathak - Chairman of Governors, Featherstone High School, Ealing, London. For voluntary service to Education. (Hounslow, Middlesex)

Miss Rashmi Amritlal Popat - Executive Officer, Work Welfare and Equality Group, Department for Work and Pensions. (Middlesex)

Toaha Bashir Zulqarnain Qureshi - For services to Community Relations in Stockwell, South West London. (London, SW2)

Mohamad Rashied - President, Caribbean Islamic Cultural Society. For services to Community Relations in London. (Hounslow, Middlesex)

Abdul Rehman - For services to the community in Derby. (Derby, Derbyshire)

Jasvinder Singh Sidhu - For services to Social Housing. (Ickenham, Middlesex)

Ranjula, Mrs Takodra - For services to the community in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. (Haddenham, Buckinghamshire)

Amir Wassem - Officer, Customer Contact, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, HM Revenue and Customs. (Lye, West Midlands)