Each year UK releases a New Year’s Honor list to reward individuals' personal bravery, achievement, or service to the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories. The system consists of three types of award: honours, decorations and medals.
People get honours for achievements like:
- making a difference to their community or field of work
- enhancing Britain’s reputation
- long-term voluntary service
- innovation and entrepreneurship
- changing things, with an emphasis on achievement
- improving life for people less able to help themselves
- displaying moral courage
Honours are given to people involved in fields including:
- community, voluntary and local services
- arts and media
- health
- sport
- education
- science and technology
- business and the economy
- civil or political service
Anyone can nominate someone for an honour. The Honours committee then reviews the nomination and is also checked by various government departments to make sure they’re suitable for an honour. The committee’s decision then goes to the Prime Minister and then the Queen, who awards the honour.
This year a total of 1,197 people received an award. Out of them, many were Indians and Sikhs. Here are the names of some of the Sikhs that have received an award in this year’s New Year Honour list. Here are some of the names mentioned in this year’s list:
1. Hardip Singh BEGOL
Director, Independent Education,
Safeguarding in Schools and Counter Extremism, Department for Education.
For services to Education. - (London)
2. Professor Kamaldeep Singh BHUI
Professor of Cultural Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Queen Mary University of London.
For services to Mental Health Research and Care.
(Amersham, Buckinghamshire)
3. Ms Neena GILL
Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands.
For parliamentary and political service.
(West Midlands)
4. Dr Brinder Singh MAHON
Chief Executive Officer, Nishkam School Trust
For services to Education.
(Birmingham, West Midlands)
5. Avtar Singh PUREWAL
Regional Head of Learning and Skills, HM Prison Service Yorkshire.
For services to Prisoners.
(Wakefield, West Yorkshire)
6. Asvir SINGH
Founding Chair, City Sikhs. For voluntary service to Faith Communities and Social Cohesion.
(London)
7. Surjit Singh CHOWDHARY
Vice-President, Central Gurdwara Singh Sabha, Glasgow. For services to the Sikh Community and charity.
(Glasgow)
8. Parkash Singh DHAMI
President, Telford Gurdwara. For services to charity and Community Cohesion.
(Telford, Shropshire)
9. Sharan, Mrs GHUMAN
Higher Officer, Outbound Detection Heathrow, Border Force. For services to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable People.
(Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire)
10. Sarbjit, Mrs KAUR
DetectiveSergeant, Merseyside Police.
For services to Policing.
(Wirral, Merseyside)
11. Massa Singh NANDRA
For services to charity and the community in South London – London
12. Tony SINGH
Chef Director. For services to the Food and Drink Industry and charity.
(London)
13. Professor Sital SINGH SITARA
For services to Sikh Heritage and Culture.
(London)
14. Prithipal Singh KANG
For services to Fire and Rescue Awareness andCommunity Cohesion in North Kent.
(Gravesend, Kent)
15. Ms Davinder KAUR
Chief Executive Officer, SWEDA and Chair, Sandwell Consortium. For services to Women's Enterprise and the community in Sandwell, West Midlands.
(West Bromwich, West Midlands)
16. Sewa Singh NANDHRA
For services to the community in Woolwich,
London.
(London)
17. Baljinder Singh RANA
Chairman, Guru Nanak Football Club.
For services to Football and Inclusion in Kent.
(Gravesend, Kent)
