Lord Bilimoria, Nandakumara Bag Excellence Award

Lord Bilimoria, the famous NRI industrialist and founder of Cobra
Beer has been awarded with the 2006 Indian International Foundation
Annual Award for exhibiting brilliance in industry.

He founded the Cobra Beer in 1989 with a mere loan of 20,000
pounds at a young age of 28 years. His excellence in turning the
company into a global beer brand is enough to speak for itself.
The company enjoys an annual turnover of 145 million pounds.

Apart from had been honored with a number of prestigious awards
and CBE from the Queen in 2004, Lord Bilimoria also enjoys the
status of being Chancellor of Thames Valley University, London.

M N Nandakumara has won the award for his marvelous contribution
in promoting Indian Art and Culture in the UK. He holds a master
degree in Sanskrit and believed to act as a main force behind
Bhavan’s activities of giving Indian culture new meaning and promoting
Indian music and dance up to the best level.

The awards were presented by Baroness Usha Prashar, Chairperson
of the Judicial Appointments Commission of the UK at a function
in UK.

Several famous personalities attended the award function. The list
includes the prominent Lord Navnit Dholakia, Deputy Leader of the
Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, Keith Vaz, NRI MP and former
Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Madhav Chandra, Minister
(Politics) in the High Commission of India in the UK, Hardyal S
Luther, Foundation President, Rami Ranger, MBE NRI industrialist,
Judge Mota Singh QC and Kartar Lalvani, NRI industrialist.

Photo: Hooghly River and the Howrah Bridge, Kolkata, India by Vyacheslav Argenberg, licensed under CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.