• Creative Asia Network (CAN) - Chair - 2007.

• The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE) - Charter Member and Chair, Creative Industries Special Interest Group and TiE Women - 2007.

• Indian Independent Filmmakers World Wide (IIFW) - Co-Founder 2007.

• Department Cultural, Media and Sports (DCMS) - Non- Executive Director - 2006.

• Whistling Woods, International Film School, Mumbai - International Advisor - 2006.

• Indo British Partnership Network (IBPN) - Board Director, Expert, Creative Industries - 2004.

• Young Vic Theatre - Board Director - 2004.

• Raindance East Film Festival - Patron - 2003.

• Skillset - Patron - 2003.

• Cultural Diversity Network (CDN) - Co-Founder - 2000.

• Creative Capital Fund - Advisor, Film and Media - 2004.

• Asian Business Association, London Chamber of Commerce - Board Director - September 2003 > 2006.

• Dynamic Asian Women’s Network (DAWN) - Co-Founder and Executive Director - March 03 > May 2007.

• UK Film Council - Board Director, Audit Committee, Diversity Committee, Specialist Film Exhibition committee - September 1999 > 2005.

 

Honours & Awards

• Awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list June 2002 for services to Film and Broadcasting.

• Featured as ‘Britain’s Asian Asset’ - a list designed to highlight the hidden gems of British Asian Society.

• Winner of the first Media and Arts Asian Jewel Award 2003.

• Winner of the “Asian Woman of Achievement Award” for Media May 2001.

• Winner of the ‘Windrush Diversity Award’, October 2001.

• Nominated for the ‘GG2 Media Award’, October 2001.

• Winner of the “European Federation of Black Women in Business” for Media and Business, 1999.