IIW Inspiring Indian Women, UK celebrated IIW She Inspires Awards 2024 at the Houses of Parliament, UK
(Samaj Weekly)- “Naari” is referred as “Shakti (Strength)”, and SHE INSPIRES award is to celebrate that Strength exhibited by women in different roles, something that Inspires others to go a Step further, to venture into the Uncharted, and thereby bringing out the best in their role. We wish to acknowledge those who have worked behind the Limelight to bring a Big Change silently, the women who have transformed Lives and Impacted those around her.
Host: Mr Bob Blackman, Honourable Member Parliament, United Kingdom
Date: 12th March 2024, 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm
Venue: British Parliament, House of Commons – Committee Room Number 10
Archives of the past events of IIW She Inspires Awards:
https://www.facebook.com/News18World/videos/773409329522497
About the IIW She Inspires Awards 2024:
Categories:
- Bright Artist (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 3-20 Level 1)
- Bright Artist (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 21-40 Level 2)
- Bright Artist (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 40+ Level 3)
- Best Entrepreneur
- Promising Professional
- Remarkable Mentor
- Rising Star (Differently Abled / Special needs / Divyang)
- Outstanding Educational Role Model
- Special Mom / Best Home Maker
- Champion of the Earth
- Spirited Fighter (Defied the Odds)
- Community Spirit (Welfare or Social Worker, Level 1 Age – 16 to 35)
- Community Spirit – (Welfare or Social Worker, Level 2 Age – 35 plus)
- Super Special (LGBTQ)
- Simply Special Nani / Dadi / Granny
- Most Popular Choice
The IIW She Inspires Awards are completely free to nominate and are managed by Sponsors and donations only. They are open to women all over the world from any ethnicity.
The nominees go through 2 rounds of evaluation and only 40 to 50 make it to the Parliament. A son can nominate his mom who has always kept family a priority over self, a husband can nominate his wife who has sacrificed so much including her career or someone can nominate a neighbour who has been relentlessly working hard. This award is for the ordinary who do not have any influence or money.
Honourable MP Padmashree CBE Bob Blackman (Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Harrow East since 2010) hosted this event and we are very grateful to him. Mr. Bob also unveiled the book “Naari Shakti” during this event.
CHIEF GUEST:
Mayor of Camden, Councillor Nazma Rahman – a Labour councillor for West Hampstead Ward, currently serving in her second term. She has lived and worked in Camden her whole life, with her three children.
GUESTS OF HONOUR:
- Lord Brennan – Former Chairman of the Bar Council of England and Wales, President of the British-Spanish Parliamentary Group and President of Canning House. He has been a King’s Counsel since 1985 and is a senior associate member of Matrix. His areas of expertise include commercial law.
- Mr Ajay Kumar Thakur – Attaché (Coordination), High Commission of India.
- Honourable MP Joy Morrissey – Conservative MP for Beaconsfield, and has been an MP continuously since 12 December 2019.
- Honourable MP Shailesh Vara,
- Honourable MP Theresa Villiers – Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet, and has been an MP continuously since 5 May 2005.
- Honourable MP Elliot Colburn from Sutton.
- Honourable MP Jonathan Lord from Woking.
- Cllr Sunil Chopra – Former Mayor Southwark.
- Prof Parag Singhal (Consultant Endocrinologist, Founder Director ournhsourconcern, Chief Executive BTA, Member Clinical Senate)
- Cllr D Sunger – Since 2017, he has been serving as a district councillor for Chigwell Village. Presently Chairman of Epping Forest and a very successful Businessman.
- Krishna Pujara- CEO, Saheli; Chair, Domestic Abuse Forum; President, UK-India Business Council WICCI; Chair, ALL UK PRO; NCGO Sec; Sardar Patel UK
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AWARDEES:
Part 1: IIW She Inspires Awards
- DIFFERENTLY ABLED / DIVYANG Award
- Sita Patel – Winner
- Karan Jammu – Winner
- Saylee Nandkishor Agavane – Winner
- BRIGHT ARTIST (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 3-20)
- Lakshita Singhadia – Winner
- Samiksha Yerabati – Winner
- Nakeesha Rajput – Winner
- Myra Srivastava – Winner
- Navina Muthukrishnan – Winner
- PROMISING PROFESSIONAL
- Alka Pandey – Winner
- Sandhiya Prasad – Winner
- Latha Balne – 1st Runner up
- Sudipa Sinha – 2nd Runner up
- Pranjali Nehete – 2nd Runner up
- SIMPLY SPECIAL Nani / Dadi / Granny
- Janki Shukla – Winner
- Community Spirit (Welfare or Social Worker, Level 1 Age 16 to 35)
- M Andal Priyadharshini – Winner
- Padmavathi Pulamarasetti – Winner
- SUPER SPECIAL AS A COUPLE LGBTQ
- Nicola Fenton & Raga D’silva – Winner
- POPULAR CHOICE
- Namratta Bedi – Winner
- OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL ROLE MODEL
- Yugasubitha Mani – Winner
- Vasuki Ramachandran – Winner
- Rajshri Jain – 1st Runner up
- Premila Puri – 2nd Runner up
- Bimmy Rai – 2nd Runner up
- SPECIAL MOM / BEST HOME MAKER
- Hetal Jansali – Winner
- Mohana Priya Duggeneni – Winner
- Hitanchi Bendre – 1st Runners up
- Gayatri Selvaraj – 1st Runners up
- Sniha Baruah – 2nd Runners up
- Abarna – 2nd Runners up
- Community Spirit – (Welfare or Social Worker, Level 2 Age- 35 plus)
- Smita Rajesh – Winner
- Bhavana Jain – Winner
- Sangeeta Rana – Winner
- Sandhya Banerjee – 1st Runners up
- Rajeshri Sheth – 1st Runners up
- Poonam Paranjpe – 1st Runners up
- Krishna Baruah – 1st Runners up
- Shalini Agarwal – 2nd Runners up
- Gayathri Thangavelu – 2nd Runners up
- BRIGHT ARTIST (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 21-40)
- Monidipa Seal – Winner
- Vallisa Rani Chauhan – Winner
- Sreyashi Deb Roy – 1st Runners up
- REMARKABLE MENTOR
- Abhha Sandill – Winner
- Sangeeta Bhandari – Winner
- Pallavi Prasad – 1st Runner up
- BOBILEE BEST ENTRPRENUER
- Roshni Mukherjee – Winner
- Sana Amin – Winner
- Reina Menezes D’Costa – 1st Runners up
- Sonal Gupta – 1st Runner up
- Hiral Gohil – 2nd Runner up
- Meenal Sambre – 2nd Runner up
- CHAMPION OF THE EARTH (Environment)
- Sudha Srivastava – Winner
- Hema Yella Pragada – Winner
- Neha Khandekar – 1st Runners up
- Shraddha Chauhan – 1st Runners up
- Sonia D’Souza-Bhavsar – 2nd Runners up
- SPIRITED FIGHTER (Defied the Odds)
- Nidhi Mishra – Winner
- Shalini Saxena – Winner
- Sonal Kale – Winner
- Gauri Mishra – Winner
- Neelam Chawla – 1st Runners up
- Yasmine Khera – 1st Runners up
- Minakshi Koch – 1st Runners up
- Vasupratha Ramanathan – 1st Runners up
- Vishakha Mehta – 2nd Runners up
- Smita Mishra – 2nd Runners up
- Rajni Singh – 2nd Runners up
- Ayesha Shamim – 2nd Runners up
- BRIGHT ARTIST (Art, Music, Drama, Media, Creative, age 40+)
- Sohini Roychowdhury – Winner
- Rebecca Sabena Asghar – Winner
- Lakshmi Rajagopala – 1st Runners up
- Gairika Mathur – 1st Runners up
- Sanchita Bhattarcharjee – 2nd Runners up
- Anjali Mavi – 2nd Runners up
PART 2: IIW Dharma Dubey Special Awards
- Cllr Anjana Patel – Community Service
- Dr Kawal Chandok- Community Service
- Cllr Dr Manju Shahul-Hameed – Community Service
- Renu Gidoomal – Community Service
- Gita Choudhary- Community Service
- Sneh Sunny- Spirited Fighter
- Barkha Rani Sharma- Community Service
- Seema Misra – Spirited Fighter
- Anna Kennedy OBE- Community Spirit
- Bharti Tailor – Community Service
- Dipti Jain – Community Service
- Dr Jasmine Soni – Bright Artist 40+
- Sulochana Sethi – Community Service
- Madhusmita Jena – Community Spirit
- Mayura Patel -Community Service
- Premlata Agarwal- Spirited Fighter
- Shital Kamdar – Community Spirit
- Selva Padmanabhan- Community Service
- JMD Divine Consortium – Champion of Earth
- Rakhi Singh Gehlote – Outstanding Educational Role Model
- Sakshi Vishwesh – Remaekable Mentor
- Darshana Shah – Community Service
- Sanya Sharma – Community Spirit
- Kuldeep Kaur Gill – Spirited Fighter
- Vini Kalia – Bright Artist 40 +
- Jay Desai -Spirited Fighter
- Nilanjana Pal – Community Spirit
- Chanda Jha – Community Spirit
- Sunita Chaubey – Best Entrepreneur
- Tanya Singh – Promising Professional
- Megan Hodge – Promising Professional