London, December 02, 2009 : UK NRI entrepreneur Maneck Dalal who has been chairman of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan UK for 36 years, was presented the Asian Leadership Award in London for his contribution towards heritage.
 
Dalal was educated at Cambridge and called to the bar in London in 1945.  At age 29 he started out at Air India UK and became the airline's first Regional Director. In 1997 he was conferred the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.
 
Surinder Mongia, NRI entrepreneur specialising in consultancy and design services for aviation projects with offices in Canada, UK, Finland and India, was given the Asian of the Year Award 2009.
 
Vijay Goel of Singhania & Co one of the largest Indian law firms in London received the Asian Leadership in Europe award for his role in promoting Indo-European business relations.
 
Alpesh B Patel was awarded the Asian Leadership in Indo-UK Business Relations, Indya Aujla received the Asian Leadership in Harmony Award,  Ravi Gidar MD of Gold Care Homes was given the Asian Leadership in Community Health Care award.   Nina Amin of KMPG was awarded the Asian Leadership in Diversity Award for her contribution to share valuations for tax purposes.