UK-India Awards

OVERVIEW

The Annual UK-India Awards is an invitation-only, black-tie dinner and glittering awards ceremony to celebrate the winning partnership between the UK and India.

The 2nd UK-India Awards 2018 were held in Mayfair London. The Awards were hosted by Bollywood Superstar Vivek Oberoi, with special address from Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan & Foreign Minister Rt Hon. Mark Fields MP. Bringing together over 400 senior leaders from the world of business, politics, diplomacy, media, arts & culture, the Awards acknowledged and celebrated individuals and organisations who made a significant contribution to strengthening the bilateral relationship.

This splendid event celebrates the best in the UK-India relations and there is much to celebrate… Thank you for enriching the UK-India relationship in so many ways.

Theresa May, Prime Minister, UK

“Thank you for all the important work you’re doing to strengthen the ties between the UK, London & India.”

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

“The Conclave offers a unique opportunity for discussing the way forward in strengthening UK-India bilateral ties with leading experts and domain specialists.”

Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog

“I think the UK-India Week 2018 is very timely, and will really help in underlining the very strong partnership the UK & India have.”

H.E Y.K. Sinha, India's High Commissioner to the UK

“The UK-India Awards are a brilliant initiative by Manoj Ladwa. Emerging India is the land of opportunity and scale and these awards will help you to be part of this fantastic transformation.”

Piyush Goyal, Minister for Railways & Coal, India

Our distinguished members of the Jury for 2018

Lord Jonathan Marland

Lord Jonathan Marland
Chair, Commonwealth & Enterprise Council

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Rt Hon Priti Patel MP

Rt Hon Priti Patel MP
Former UK International
Development Minister

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Hon Barry Gardiner MP

Hon Barry Gardiner MP
Shadow Secretary of State for
International Trade

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Sunil Mittal

Sunil Mittal
Founder and Chairman of
Bharti Enterprises

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Barkha Dutt

Barkha Dutt
Author, television journalist
and broadcaster

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Edwina Dunn

Edwina Dunn
CEO, Starcount

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To see a full list of our 2018 Nominations click here.

2018 WINNERS

2018 Winners & Nominees

The UK-India 2018 Awards winners were as follows:

Deal of the year

Winner: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency

Nominees:

Avendus Capital
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency(IREDA)
Lulu Group International/Twenty14 Holdings

Science, Technology & Innovation Award

Winner: Carbon Clean Solutions

Nominees:

Wipro
Accord Healthcare
Wipro Lighting
Carbon Clean Solutions

Social Impact Project of the year

Winner: Standard Chartered Bank

Nominees:

Vodafone Foundation
Reed Smith
Marks & Spencer
Standard Chartered Bank

Media, Arts & Culture Award

Winner: Partition Museum

Nominees:

Science Museum
BBC News Indian Languages
James Erskine, 200 Not Out Films and Carnival Cinemas
Partition Museum

Financial Services Organisation of the year

Winner: London Stock Exchange

Nominees:

London Stock Exchange
Wadhawan Global Capital
Barclays Bank India

Trade & Investment Promotion Organisation of the year

Winner: Manchester India Partnership

Nominees:

Manchester India Partnership
TechUK
Midlands Engine
Confederation of British Industry

Law firm of the year

Winner: Trilegal

Nominees:

Wedlake Bell
Linklaters
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Trilegal

Consultancy firm of the year

Winner: Sannam S4

Nominees:

Sannam S4
Grant Thornton
Kingston Smith

PR firm of the year

Winner: Sterling Media

Nominees:

Avian Media
Sterling Media
Ogilvy & Mather

Professional of the year

Winner: Pat Saini, Penningtons Manches LLP

Nominees:

Cyril Shroff, Founder & Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Pat Saini, Partner & Head of Immigration, Penningtons Manches LLP
Arbinder Chatwal, Partner, BDO
David Landsman, Executive Director, Tata Sons

Signiﬁcant Contribution to UK-India Relations

Winner: British Council India

Winner:

Global Indian Icon Award

Winner: Shilpa Shetty Kundra

Winner:

2018 NOMINATIONS

2018 Nominations

Congratulations to all our finalists! Winners will be unveiled at the gala dinner on 22 June 2018. Click here to book your table now to the must-attend event boosting the UK-India bilateral relationships to new heights and the grand finale to the UK-India Week.