ICCC Annual Awards

The ICCC initiated an awards program in 1992 to publicly acknowledge the achievements and contributions of Indo-Canadians to different spheres of public life in Canada. The categories in which the Chamber bestows recognition are:

• Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award
• Humanitarian of the Year
• Female Entrepreneur Award
• Male Entrepreneur Award
• Female Professional Award
• Male Professional Award
• Young Achiever Award
• Technology Achievement Award
• Corporate Executive of the Year
• President's Award
• Member of the Year Award

Lifetime/Outstanding Achievement Award

2012:              

Dr. Pawan Singal          

• Professor of Physiology and is Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences St. Boniface Hospital and the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
• Internationally known for his work on oxidative stress and heart failures, Dr. Singhal has made significant contributions in our understanding of heart failure due to a variety of causes, particularly as a side effect of the anticancer drugs in breast cancer patients.
• Dr. Singhal is known for his leadership role in bringing together people with very diverse languages, cultures, religions and social practices for a common cause.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Dr. H. Rayudi Koka
2010	Hon. Baljit Singh Chadha PC
2009	Suresh Thakrar
2008	Dr. Ashok Vijh & Dr. Ratna Ghosh
2007	Dr. Budhendranauth Doobay
2006	Ben Sennik
2005	Dr. Chandrakant P. Shah
2004	Dr. M.N. Srikanta Swamy
2003	Dr. C Sen Gelda
2002	Dr. Naranjan S. Dhalla
2001	Dr. Balbir S. Sahni
2000	Hon. Ujjal Dossanjh
1999	Dr. Bhausaheb Ubale
1998	Hon. Herb Dhaliwal
1997	Nalini Stewart
1996	Dr. Sudi Devanesan
1995	Satya Poddar
1994	Dr. Prasanta Basu
1993	Dr. Ranjit Kumar Chandra
1992	Shan Chandrasekar

Humanitarian of the Year

2012:

Chandrakant Sachdev

• Chandrakant Sachdev was born and raised in Kenya. Upon his arrival in Canada in 1980, he started the Rainbow Group of Companies
• Chandrakant is well-known in the community for his dedicated volunteerism and services at the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha and BAPS Charities Inc.
  
• He is the President of the Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage of Indo-Canadians, which is Canada's premier museum dedicated to showcasing / promoting the understanding of the history, civilization, diversity and cultural heritage and ancestry of Indo-Canadians.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Meenu Skiand
2010	Dr. Gagan Bhalla
2009	Dr. Terry Papneja
2008	Dr. Vivian S. Rambihar
2007	Dr. T. D. Dwivedi
2006	Rahul Singh
2005	Dr. Abhijit Guha
2004	Gary Singh
2003	Shree Mulay
2002	Hussein Kanji
2001	Dr. Shiv L. Jindal
1999	Dr. Cassim Degani
1998	Anup Singh Jubbal
1997	Bonnie & Fred Cappucino
1996	Keshav Chandaria
1995	Vim Kochar
1994	Sunera Thobani
1993	Nurjehan N. Mawani
1992	Kappu Desai

Entrepreneur Award          

Female Entrepreneur of the Year

2012:

Pravina Budhdev

• Pravina Budhdev is a recognized travel industry veteran known for her highly perceptive and successful leadership at Huntington Travel Group, which she joined in 1978, acquiring it in 1991.
• Through Pravina's leadership, entrepreneurial skills and business innovation, Huntington Group has grown significantly to emerge as one of Canada's largest airline wholesalers serving 2500 retail travel agency clients
• Its e-trade platform has become one of the second-largest online travel provider in Canada - a major achievement in an industry marked by high volatility and competition
  

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Lisa Mattam
2010	Anita Gupta
2008	Nina Gupta
2007	Manishi Sagar
2006	Rashmi Rekha
2005	Rani Advani
2004	Dr. Dhun Noria
2003	Afsana Amarsy
2002	Razia Nathani-Suleman
2001	Neena Kanwar
2000	Nilufer Mama
1999	Seema Narula
1998	Deepa Mehta
1997	Kiran Kataria

Male Entrepreneur of the Year

2012:

Harpreet Sethi

• Harpreet Sethi turned an entrepreneur at a callow age of 16 and became a top-selling textile distributor by 19. He is a natural born leaders with a knack for start-ups, and has pursued many opportunities namely in real estate, software development, construction, hospitality and events.
• Harpreet is innovative, tenacious and entrepreneurial and turned a home furnishing business into a multimillion dollar company within a couple of year, and his start-ups in furniture and textile industries to over a billion dollars in turnover and across 20 countries.
• Harpreet has been bestowed with several honours in recognition of his business acumen and contributions to the humanitarian causes.
  

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Raman Agarwal
2010	Pyarali Nanji
2009	Soham Ajmera
2008	Vikas Gupta
2007	Bhim Asdhir
2006	Gyan Chand Jain
2005	R. K. Bakshi
2004	Bob Dhillon
2003	Nirmal Mussady
2002	Bill Malhotra
2001	Steve Gupta
2000	Kashmiri Lal Sood
1999	Krishan Singhal
1998	Madan Bhayana
1997	K. C. Vasudev
1996	Surjit Babra
1995	Navin Chandaria
1994	Asa Johal
1993	Rai Sahi
1992	Om Arora & Santok Singh

Professional Award

Female Professional of the Year

2012:

Dr. Madhur Anand

• Dr. Anand is an ecologist with research accomplishments ranging the spectrum of theoretical to empirical studies of natural and human-induced changes in ecosystems at local, regional and global scales with an emphasis on forests
• Dr. Anand directs the Global Ecological Change Laboratory at the University of Guelph. She is the President of the Sigma Xi Scientific Society which raises the profile of many different scientific disciplines
• She was named as Young Scientist of the World Economic Forum which places emphasis on the broader implications of science in society.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Dr. Usha George
2010	Shirish Chotalia
2009	Dr. Sonia Anand
2008	Poonam Puri
2007	Sheila Kumari Singh
2006	Dr. Mitali De
2005	Dr. Veena Rawal
2004	Suhana Meharchand
2003	Lata Pada
2002	Dr. Lalitha Shankar
2001	Naseem Somani
2000	Shobha Khetrapal

Male Professional of the Year

2012:

Sunit Radia

• Sunit Radia is a 24 year professional sales and marketing veteran of P&G Canada, currently leads the fabric and home portfolio - P&G's largest business unit - responsible for the strategic direction, planning and leadership of the business unit
• Sunit has managed various P&G's brands such as Tide, led large business units, and managed large corporate clients
• His successes and achievements have led to many North American and global recognitions - most notable was in 2010 when sustained business and people development results earned him the prestigious William Procter Sales Master - the highest global P&G recognition

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Dr. Subodh Verma
2010	Dr. Prabhat Jha
2009	Dr. Vivek Rao
2008	Dr. Gopal Bhatnagar
2007	Raj Anand
2006	Asit K. Biswas
2005	Dr. Tad Murty
2004	Virendra K. Jha
2003	Dr. Salim Daya
2002	Vern Krishna
2001	Ramesh Khosla
2000	Dr. Ramchandra Munikoti
1999	Dr. Rama Bhatt
1998	Clarence J. Chandrani
1997	Trichy Sankaran
1996	Dr. Salim Yusuf
1995	Kunjar Sharma
1994	Sabi Marwah
1993	Haroon Sidiqqui
1992	Satinder Lal

Young Achiever of the Year

2012:

Aakash Sahney

• Aakash is a co-founder and the Chief Technology Officer of MyVoice - a company that develops revolutionary communication aid apps for people with speech and language disabilities.
• MyVoice is a mobile application that turns smartphones and tablets into fully featured speaking aids. It runs on hardware like Apple's iPhone and iPad as well as Android phones and tablets.
• MyVoice has nearly 12,000 users in over 30 countries; he and his team aim to make MyVoice the best and most widely used communication aid in the world.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Jasmeet Sidhu
2010	Guru Gobind Singh Children's Foundation
2009	Suraj Kumar Gupta
2008	Asha Suppiah
2007	Ankit Kapur
2006	Ravi Sood
2005	Manjit Minhas
2004	Rahul Raj
2003	Shahmeer Ansari
2002	Manisha Bawa
2001	Anita Gahir
2000	Dilnaz Panjwani
1999	Emmanuel Sandhu
1998	Aziz Hurzook
1997	Sanjay Nath
1996	Aashna Patel
1995	Manisha Bharti
1994	Akaash Maharaj
1993	Rochan Sankar

Technology Achievement Award

2012:              

Suneet Singh Tuli & Raja Singh Tuli

• Suneet Singh Tuli is the founder and CEO of DataWind Ltd., responsible for the overall vision, strategy and execution for the company's future
• His inventions, including DataWind's Aakash / UbiSlate tablets have received worldwide attention as the company executes a vision to empower the next 3 billion people with computing and internet access
• Raja Singh Tuli is the founder and Chief Technology and Co-Chairman of DataWind Ltd., responsible for the technology, vision, direction strategy and execution for the company's future

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Kunal Gupta
2010	Dr. Harinder Pal Singh Ahluwalia
2009	Dr. Jamal Deen
2008	Dr. Karan Sher Singh
2007	Dr. Nishith Goel
2006	Dr. Shankar Das Gupta
2005	Dipak Roy
2004	Aditya Jha
2003	Sunil Kumar Sethi
2002	Vasu Chanchlani & Andy Jasuja

Corporate Executive of the Year

2012:

Sriram Iyer

• Sriram H Iyer is the President & Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Canada and is also the Regional Head of ICICI Bank's operations in North America.
• Under his leadership ICICI Bank Canada has become one of the fastest growing banks in Canada, and is one of the parent company's most profitable foreign subsidiaries. In 2012, it is a full-service direct bank that has an asset base of about $5.3billion as of March 31, 2012 and serves more than 250,000 customers.
• Sriram has a long and distinguished business career that spans more than 15 years, two continents and a variety of senior management positions; he serves many boards of not-for-profit and charity organizations.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Nitin Kawle
2010	Zabeen Hirji
2009	Hari Panday
2008	Kishore Kapoor
2007	Bharat Masrani
2006	Nadir Mohamed

President’s Award

2012:

Preeti Saran

• After obtaining her Masters Degree in English literature, Preeti Saran joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1982. Before taking up her assignment as Consul General of India in Toronto, Mrs. Saran was the Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs, heading the Northern Division and handling India's bilateral relations with Nepal and Bhutan.
• She has held varied assignments both as headquarters in New Delhi and in Indian missions abroad, ranging from political, cultural, press and information and economic and commercial work.
• In New Delhi, she has served in different divisions in the Ministry of External Affairs, including the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, the Americas Division, the East Asia and Establishment.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Vasu Chanchlani
2010	Harinder Takhar
2009	Dr. Asha Seth
2008	Gary M. Comerford
2007	Subha Rajan (Thampi)
2006	Rajesh Subramaniam
2005	Ratna Omidvar
2004	Ramesh Chotai
2003	Dr. Colin D'Cunha
2002	Hon. Mobina Jaffer
2001	Hon. Maria Minna
2000	Firoz Rasul
1999	Rohinton Mistry
1998	Dr. Menaka Thakkar
1997	Rajiv Bhatia
1996	Ajit Jain
1994	Amar Erry
1993	Paul Fernandes

Member of the Year Award

2012:

Kasi Rao

• Kasi Rao is a consultant providing strategic guidance to broader public and private sector organisations on matters pertaining to higher education, government relations, business development and policy issues, with a particular focus on India. In his capacity as Senior Advisor on India, he advises the Bennett Jones team on developing and implementing India-related strategies.
• Kasi has a diverse professional background. In 2005, he led a collaborative initiative relation to the automotive sector, as the founding Executive Director of the Beacon Project at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
• In 2008, Kasi authored Ontario-India Relations: The Infrastructure Dimension, a report for the Ontario Chamber of Commerce. He is a senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Past winners

Year	Winner
2011	Ruby & Davy Sohi
2010	Harjit S. Kalsi & Satish Thakkar
2009	Surinder (Pal) Ghumman
2008	Rina Gill
2007	Geetha Ramesh
2006	YP Committee of ICCC
2005	Anil Shah
2004	Sudarshan Jagannathan
2003	Sampat Poddar
2002	All ICCC Members
2001	Suresh Thakrar
2000	Rakesh Goenka
1999	Rashmi Brahmbhatt
1998	Pradeep Sood
1997	Ravi Seethapathy
1996	Rajiv Bhatnagar
1995	Reema Duggal
1994	Hira Joshi
1993	Gordan Pohani
1992	Raymond Christian