15 Indian-Origin Men, Women In Queen's New Year's Honours List

Other MBEs go to Raj Kumar Bali for services to inter-faith relations in Derby and the East Midlands; Arnab Basu, CEO of Kromek Limited, for services to regional development and international trade; Wolverhampton-based Sadhu Singh Gakhal, vice-chair of the British Sikh Consultative Forum, for services to the Sikh community; Brij-Mohan Gupta, ex-president of the National Council of Hindu Temples, for services to inter-faith cohesion; Satbir Singh Jassal, general practitioner and medical director of Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People, for services to palliative care for children and young people; and Davinder Kumar Kapur, for services to healthcare in Northern Ireland and abroad.

Anil Parbhu Patel, second secretary at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has been honoured with an MBE for services to British diplomacy.

He is part of an Overseas List of awards which also recognises the work of individuals making a mark in the India-UK sphere with an OBE for Anthony Bruton Meyrick Good, global chairman of Cox's and King's and board member of the UK India Business Council (UKIBC), for services to British business interests in India.

Alison Jayne Barrett, director of English for Education Systems, South Asia, British Council, receives an MBE on the overseas list for services to teaching and learning of English in India.

Two British Punjabis have been singled out for the British Empire Medal (BEM) – Amarjit Kaur Bakhshi for services to the community in Hounslow, south-west London, and Jasvir Jassal for voluntary service to community football in Middlesex.
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