LONDON: Four doctors of Indian origin are among prominent Asians in Britain who figure in the Queen’s New Year honors list.

Kishori Gopal Agarwal of Sandwell, West Midlands, was conferred the OBE (Order of the British Empire). The other three on whom MBEs (Member of the British Empire) was conferred were Hari Pada Adhikary of Preston, Lancashire for services to the Bengali community in Britain; Shyamal Kumar Mukherjee of Wirral, Merseyside and Raina Patel of Hyde, Cheshire. Anu Kiran Vedi, chief executive of the Genesis House Group, Isleworth, Middlesex, was conferred the CBE.

Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya of the University of Warwick was selected for the Knights Bachelor. Bhattacharyya, CBE, is director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick. He has been honored for his service to higher education. Others in the honors list include:

CBE: Anish Kapoor, sculptor; Bushra Khanum Nasir, head teacher, Plashet School, Newham.

OBE: Maqsood Ahmed, Muslim advisor, Home Office; Mohamed Hanef Bhamjee, founder, Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement; Nemu Chandaria, for service to Britain’s Jain community; Mohammed Akram Khan-Cheema, consultant to the Association for Muslim Schools; Jagtar Singh, deputy chief fire officer, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service; Jhalman Singh Uppal, chairman, Punjabi Culture Society and district councillor, Telford and Wrekin; Riaz Begum, youth worker, Asian Heritage Young People, Blackburn; Sehdev Parshad Bismal, for service to community relations in Wolverhampton; Bankim Chand Gossai, for service to community relations in South London; Hasanat Mohammad Husain, for service to community relations in East London and to the education of ethnic minority communities; Shafaquat Hussain, coordinator, Khushi Project, West Midlands; Shelim Hussain, chairman and managing director, Eurofoods Ltd., Wales; Om Prakash Khanna, chief executive, Ethnic Minority Enterprise Center, Glasgow; Balraj Krishan Marwaha, for service to the Asian community in Scotland; Mohammad Arju Miah, for service to community relations in Swindon, Wiltshire; Uttambhai Dahya Mistry, for service to the community in Bolton; Binay Kumar Pathak, general medical practitioner, Nottingham; Mehmet Ramadan, lately lift attendant, Palace of Westminster; Mohummad Risaluddin, for service to interfaith relations; Dilip Sarkar, for service to aviation history; Matta Venkataramanaiah Shathrughna Setty, general medical practitioner, Ashford, Kent; Robina Shahnaz Shah, for service to Asian children with learning disabilities; Samir Sharma, for service to community relations in Scotland; Amolak Singh, chief executive, Dental Practitioners Association; Simon Singh, for service to the promotion of science, technology, engineering and maths in schools and to science communication; Mohammed Ali Syed, for service to community relations in South West London; Jayprakash Thakkar, facilities officer, HM Customs and Excise; Romesh Vaitilingam, for service to economic and social science; Manzoor Hasan, lately executive director, Transparency Internet Bangladesh; Belinda Wright, for service to the protection of wildlife and endangered species in India, and Taranjit Singh Jhita, third secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Mohammed Shafiq, lately detective inspector of the Greater Manchester Police was conferred the Queen’s Police Medal.