The Asian Awards

The Asian Awards

The Asian Awards Logo
Awarded for Honouring Asian Excellence
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Paul Sagoo
First awarded 2010
Official website http://www.theasianawards.com

The Asian Awards is an award ceremony which takes place in the United Kingdom that recognises and rewards exemplary achievement across 14 categories that include business, philanthropy, entertainment, culture and sport. Nominees are selected by an independent judging panel consisting a panel co-chaired by Baroness Verma of Leicester and Nat Wei, Baron Wei.[1][2] The Asian Awards, reward outstanding achievement from within the Asian community. In 2010 and 2011, the awards were only open to those born in or with direct family origin from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. In 2013, the Asian Awards were opened to all people of both South and Eastern Asian origin. This pan-Asian expansion continued through to the 4th Asian Awards.[3] The 5th Asian Awards will take place on 17 April 2015 in London.

History

The Asian Awards, an annual awards ceremony founded by businessman Paul Sagoo through his Lemon Group company. The awards also support charities through the event.[4]

Past awards

2010

The 1st Asian Awards took place on 26 October 2010 and was hosted by Lord Sebastian Coe.[5] The 2010 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to Amitabh Bachchan. A live musical performance was provided by Sonu Nigam.[6] The 2010 Peoples Choice Award, voted entirely by the public, was won by Sachin Tendulkar.[7] On the night itself, images of all winners were broadcast in Times Square.[8][9][10]

2011

The 2nd Asian Awards was again hosted by Lord Sebastian Coe on 18 October 2011.[11] The 2011 Asian Awards featured a presentation of The Lifetime Achievement Award that was presented to Asha Bhosle in addition Lord Coe presented a Guinness World Record for Most Recorded Artist of all time at over 11,000 recordings.[12] The Founder's Award, an award given directly by the founders Paul Sagoo and UBM, was presented posthumously to Freddie Mercury. His mother and sister were presented the award by Freddie's former band member Brian May [13]

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.[14]

2013

The 3rd Asian Awards was hosted by Lord Sebastian Coe on 16 April 2013. The event was opened by Founder Paul Sagoo and followed by a keynote speech from the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.[15] 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.[16] In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Peter Andre, Princess Michael of Kent, Preeya Kalidas, Colin Jackson, Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Elen Rivas and Beverley Knight.[17] Sir Ben Kingsley was given the Fellowship award and the late Bruce Lee was honoured with the Founders Award which was collected by his widow Linda Lee Cadwell.[18][19]

2014

The 4th Asian Awards was hosted by Nikki Bedi on 4 April 2014. The event was opened by Founder Paul Sagoo who commented on the continued pan_Asian expansion.[20]

In addition to the winners, other notable guests in attendance included Zayn Malik, Simon Hughes, Preeya Kalidas, Jeremy Hunt (politician), Tasmin Lucia-Khan, Amy Willerton, Nitin Ganatra, Nina Wadia, Amol Rajan, Gurinder Chadha and Naughty Boy. Jackie Chan was given the Fellowship award and friend of the late Nelson Mandela, Ahmed Kathrada was honoured with the Founders Award which was presented by Hollywood actor Idris Elba.[21]

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
  • 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)

Winners

1st Awards

The following were recipients at the 1st Asian Awards.[22][23]
  • People's Choice Award - Sachin Tendulkar
  • Outstanding Achievement in Cinema - Yash Chopra
  • Outstanding Achievement in Sports - Sachin Tendulkar[25]
  • Outstanding Achievement in Music - A R Rahman
  • 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.[26]

3rd Awards

The following were recipients at the 3rd Asian Awards.[27]

4th Awards

The following were recipients at the 4th Asian Awards which took place on 4 April 2014.[28]

  • Founder's Award - Ahmed Kathrada
  • Fellowship Award - Jackie Chan
  • Entrepreneur of the Year - Lui Che Woo
  • Business Leader of the Year - Cyrus Poonawalla
  • 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
  • Outstanding Achievement in Music - Norah Jones
  • Outstanding Achievement in Television - Gok Wan
  • Outstanding Achievement in Art & Design - David Tang

References

  1. ↑ Prestigious New International Asian Awards Launched, 18 June 2010
  2. ↑ Celebrities raise over £100,000 for Save the Children at Asian Awards launch, , 28 October 2010]
  3. ↑ "4th Asian Awards to take place on 4/4/14 in London". Ethnic Now. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ↑ International Awards Launched to Honour Asian Achievement
  5. ↑ Lord Coe to Present The Asian Awards
  6. ↑ Yash Chopra does it again
  7. ↑ Sachin Bags Peoples Choice Award
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ Yash Chopra in Times Square
  10. ↑ Photos of Winners in Times Square
  11. ↑
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ The Asian Awards 2011 Honours Freddie Mercury
  14. ↑ The Prestigious Asian Awards 2013 coming on 16 April
  15. ↑ Asian Awards recognise excellence and achievement
  16. ↑ Asian Awards Expands to include all Asian Countries
  17. ↑ Celebrities attend The Asian Awards
  18. ↑ Sir Ben Kingsley and Bruce Lee Honoured at the Asian Awards
  19. ↑ Asian Awards Winners on the Night
  20. ↑
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ List of Winners at the Asian Awards 2010
  23. ↑ The Asian Awards Winners List, PRNewswire, 3 November 2010; retrieved 22 September 2011.
  24. ↑ Sunil Mittal Bags Award
  25. ↑ Sachin wins Asian Awards
  26. ↑ List of Winners at the Asian Awards 2011
  27. ↑ Winners at the Asian Awards 2013
  28. ↑

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