Royal recognition of BAME achievers

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire: Farmida Bi, for services to law and charity (London); Katharine Birbalsingh, for services to education (London); Zuber Vali Issa, for services to business and charity (Lancashire); Mohsin Issa, for services to business and charity (Lancashire); Mohammed Khan OBE, for services to local government (Lancashire); Professor Yadvinder Singh Malhi FRS, for services to ecosystem science (Oxfordshire); Neeta Patel, for services to entrepreneurship and technology (London)

Officers of the Order of the British Empire: Abu Ahmed, for public service (London); Dr Deesha Chadha, for services to faith communities (London);

Herminder Kaur Channa JP, for services to education (West Midlands); Yasmine Chinwala, for services to the HM treasury women in finance charter (London); Muhammad Naveed Idrees, for services to education (West Yorkshire); Danny Jeyasingam, for services to governance and devolution (London); Ali Akbar Mohammed, for services to finance and charity (Manchester);

Dr Sanjiv Nichani, for services to medicine and charity (Leicestershire); Alpesh Bipin Patel, for services to the economy and international trade (London); Sarabjit Singh Purewal, for services to health and safety and cyber security (Greater Manchester); Luthfur Rahman, for services to local government (Greater Manchester); Imran Rasul, for services to social sciences (London); Ahmereen Reza, for public and political service, and interfaith work (London); Professor Nilay Shah FREng, for services to the decarbonisation of the UK economy (London); Anant Meghji Pethraj Shah, for services to education, health and animal welfare (London); Farouq Rashid Sheikh, for services to specialist social care (London); Mohammed Nizam Uddin, for services to social mobility and community integration (Essex)

Members of the Order of the British Empire: Shanika Amarasekara, for services to business and the economy (London); Neeta Avnash Kaur Atkar JP, for services to small business finance (Buckinghamshire); Rashida Baig, for services to child and family social work and race equality (Berkshire); Yadvinder Bolina, for services to law and order (West Midlands); Islamuddin Chowdhary, for services to the legal profession in London (London); Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani, for voluntary services to diversity and inclusion in finance (Leicestershire); Selvarani Elahi, for services to food measurement science (Surrey);

Aurangzeb Farooq, for services to young people in Manchester (Greater Manchester); Manjit Kaur Gill, for services to the provision of menstrual products to women in developing countries, the UK and the US (Surrey); Pushkala Gopal, for services to south Asian dance (Essex); Dilip Kumar Gurung, for services to the Nepalese community in the UK and abroad (Lancashire); Rita Hindocha-Morjaria, for services to education (Leicestershire); Mohammed Iqbal, for services to local government in East Lancashire (Lancashire); Farrah Khan, for services to children and families (West Yorkshire); Nasir Ahmed Khan, for services to Muslim representation in the rail industry (Buckinghamshire); Parminder Kaur Kondra, for services to the Sikh community (Essex);

Dr Ibrar Mohammed Majid, for services to healthcare and community development in Manchester (Greater Manchester); Sajjad Miah, for services to the community in Tower Hamlets (London);

Asgher Mohammed, for services to pharmacy and charity (Lanarkshire);

Vasant Patel, for services to adopted children and their families (West Yorkshire); Hemantkumar Kiritbhai Patel, for services to museums and heritage

(North Yorkshire); Tamara Rajah, for services to technology and entrepreneurship (London); Baljeet Kaur Sandhu, for services to equality and civil society (London); Diane Marie Sarkar, for services to nursing in the NHS (Essex);

Jayantilal Shah, for services to promoting anti-racism in Southampton and Hampshire (Hampshire); Qaisra Shahraz, for services to gender equality and cultural learning (Greater Manchester);

Mawlana Mohammed Tayyab Sidat, for charitable services (Lancashire); Julie Siddiqi, for services to promoting interfaith understanding (Berkshire); Gurpreet Singh, for services to healthcare, equality and fairness (Merseyside);

Kiruba Sri Shanmuganathan, for public service (London); Syed Afsar Uddin, for services to education and the community in Tower Hamlets (Essex)

Medallists of the Order of the British Empire: Mohammed Aziz, for services to policing and diversity (Bedfordshire); Amolak Singh Dhariwal, for services to business (West Midlands); Hera Hussain, for services to charity (Greater Manchester); Parbir Kaur Jagpal, for services to diversity and inclusion in health (West Midlands); Sufu Miah, for services to the community in Oswestry (Shropshire); Kurshida Mirza, for services to

inter-faith and community cohesion in Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire); Parminder Singh Purewal, for services to hospitality in Renfrew (Glasgow); Farzaneh Saadat, for services to older people with dementia (Buckinghamshire); Parveen Sajid, for services to vulnerable people in Lebanon and to the community in Glasgow (Glasgow); Dr Satyavir Singhal, for services to the community in Belfast (Co Antrim); Rina Surjan, for services to the BAME community in Oldham (Greater Manchester); Bharat Thakrar, for voluntary and charitable services in the UK and abroad (Essex)

Queen’s Police Medal (England and Wales): Chief Inspector Manjit Kaur Atwal, Leicestershire Police; Constable Rani Kaur Gundhu, West Midlands Police; Sergeant Mohammed Najib, West Midlands Police.

Diplomatic Service and Overseas List MBE: Jamil Malik, for services to British nationals in Canada; Farhana Haque Proma, for services to British nationals in Bangladesh; Indira Rao, for services to British foreign policy

Order of St Michael and St George CMG: Paul Chakravati, for services to national security