Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire:
Indira Patel OBE, human rights
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBEs):
Ravi Parkash Chand, QPM, head of equality & diversity home office; Dr Minaxi Desai; consultant cytopathologist and clinical director, Manchester Royal Infirmary; Farah Golant, executive chairman, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO; Museji Takolia, diversity and equal opportunities, Gloucestershire,
Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBEs):
Councillor Nasim Ali, Camden council; Dr Pinnaduwage Ariyaratne De Silva, lately consultant physician, genito-urinary and HIV medicine, Dewsbury District, Hospital, West Yorkshire; Councillor Mimi Harker for services to women, Amersham, Buckinghamshire; Nargis Khan, deputy chair, Community Wellbeing Board, Local Government Association; Mohammed Mossadaq, equality adviser, Hampshire County Council; Nirpal Riat, for services to charity and Punjabi communities (Buckingham-shire); Purnima Tanuku, chief executive, National Day Nurseries Association; Yasmin Waljee, work with disadvantaged young Muslims (London)
Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs):
Dr Tariq Abbasi, director, Greenwich Islamic Centre; Jas Bains, chief executive, Ashram Housing Association; Dr Qadir Baksh, community cohesion, Essex; Shaben Begum, director Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance; Zahida Chohan, executive Officer, Jobcentre Plus, London; Gulam Choudhury, work with the Bangladeshi community in Manchester; Sarup Dhandia, artist (Leicestershire); Surinder Dhillon, director, Southwark Race Equality Council; Lakshmi Holmstrom, writer and translator; Yaqoob Hussain, for work with young people in the North West; Nobby Jutla, constable, Hertfordshire Police; Dr Sanjoy Kumar, GP East London; Babubhai (Bob) Patel for community work in Tipton, West Midlands; Lina Patel, for services to black and ethnic minority carers (Manchester); Umeshchandra Patel, community pharmacist, Sunderland; Vimla Patel, work with Asian and Hindu people in Cardiff; Dr Ashok Pathak for services to medicine in East Riding, Yorkshire and India; Adil Rajput, executive officer, Jobcentre Plus, (Stockton-on-Tees, Durham); Agha Sadiq for work with young people in Huddersfield; Chauhdry Shafique, Community Cohesion, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Ratilal Shah, for services to the Asian community in London; Dr Satya Vrat Sharma, GP, Wolverhampton; Dharambir Dhadyalla, sitar player & teacher (Leicestershire); Urmila Thakkar, community services, north west London; Ms Pam Vedhara, South Tyneside youth offending service manager.
Diplomatic Service and Overseas List Order of the British Empire
MBE:
Samarendra Das, lately chief ophthalmic surgeon, and work in India.
Royal Navy Awards
As Companion: Rear Admiral Amjad Hussain
Royal Victorian Order
CVO
Ashok Jivraj Rabheru, formerly trustee, the Duke of Edinburgh`s Award
