Lifetime Achievement Honour by the India-UK Achievers: The India-UK Achievers Honours in London recently presented the former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with a Lifetime Achievement Honour for his contributions to economic and political life. The India-UK Achievers Honours by NISAU UK, in partnership with the British Council in India and the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT), celebrate the achievements of Indian students who studied at British universities and the Lifetime Achievement Honour is a nod to Dr Singh’s academic achievements at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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The first-ever India UK Achievers Honours honoured 75 high achievers and several significant Outstanding Achievers who promote the India-UK diaspora living bridge in honour of India’s 75th anniversary of independence.
Other India UK Achievers
- Lord Karan Bilimoria, a British Indian peer, got the Living Legend Award at the ceremony on January 25.
- Opposition Labour Party MP Virendra Sharma, another a patron of NISAU UK, was also conferred the Living Legend Honour.
- Among the Outstanding Achievers honoured included Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Raghav Chadha, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and Indian women’s football team goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan
