This prestigious award, first introduced in 1987 is awarded at a major ceremony alongside the launching of the annual publication of the Asian Who's Who International.

The 2012 function was held on the 10th December 2012, at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London W1.

The award winner is chosen by an independent panel of eminent advisors, including previous award winners.

	if you want to nominate someone to be considered for the Asian of the Year award for 2012.

The previous winners of the Asian of the Year have been

2012-2013 Ravi Gidar	2011-2012 Mr Joginder Pal Sanger	2010 - 2011 John Athwal	2009 -2010 Surinder (Max) Mongia	2008-2009 Mr Ranjit Singh Baxi
2007-08 Lord Hameed CBE	2006-07 Mr Moni Verma	2005-2006 Mrs Surina Narula	2004-2005 Ramola Bachchan	2003-2004 Dr. Kartar Lalvani
2002-2003 Mr. Karan Bilimoria	2001-2002 Mr Gurdip Singh Gujral	2000-2001 Mr. Navnit Dholakia OBE DL	1997-98 Sir Mohammed Anwar Pervez OBE	1996-97 Mr. Raj Loomba
1995-96 Baroness Shreela Flather	1993-94 Mr. G. K. Noon	1992-93 Mr. Imran Khan	1991-92 Prof. Bhikhu Parekh	1990-91 Mr. Nazmu Virani
1989-90 Miss Lisa Aziz	1988-89 Mr. Keith Vaz MP	1987-88 Dr. Swraj Paul