HONOURING THE ASIAN ACHIEVERS

The Awards received more than 500 nominations from across the UK and the ceremony reaffirmed the event's position as the most prestigious and respected South Asian Awards in the UK.

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Billionaires, celebrities, sports personalities and business leaders gathered in London on Friday (September 19, 2025) for the 23rd Asian Achievers Awards, the UK's most prominent and longstanding celebration of British Asian achievement across business and society. The Awards received more than 500 nominations from across the UK and the ceremony reaffirmed the event's position as the most prestigious and respected South Asian Awards in the UK.

Winners included Neerja Birla (billionaire founder and chairperson for the Aditya Birla Education Trust), Indhu Rubasingham MBE (artistic director of the National Theatre), Sunny Gill Singh (the first British South Asian referee in the Premier League) and Prof Selva Pankaj (Co-founder and CEO, Regent Global). For building Taj Foods into one of the most recognisable ethnic food brands in the UK, Jimal, Nishal and Devik Solanki also won, alongside Syed Muhammad Faisal Sami for his humanitarian work. Simon Arora won after a successful exit of the leading High Street brand B&M Stores, with Emb Hashmi winning for her diverse contribution to media and Maulik Darji for his leadership role in head and cancer treatments in the NHS.