Queen to make Anish a knight

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Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor has been honoured with knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list 2013 for services to visual arts.
Regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation, 59-year-old Kapoor is famous for his monumental public sculptures and for his enigmatic sculptural forms which have been exhibited all over the world.
He became the first living British artist of Indian origin to take over the Royal Academy in 2009.
A Turner Prize winner, Kapoor has twice won the Premio Duemilia at the Venice Biennale and has since received many other international honours.
Twenty-four other people of Indian-origin have also been chosen for honours including Jasvinder Sanghera, founder, Karma Nirvana, for services to victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence. She is made commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Wasim Khan, the first British-born Pakistani to play professional cricket in England and now chief executive of the Cricket Foundation receives an MBE for services to cricket and the community, in recognition of his work in giving millions of children the opportunity to play cricket and develop a sense of community.
Recipients of Officers of the Order of the British Empire awards are Kamal Basran, founder of the Authentic Food Company, for services to Business and Charity, Suraj Kumar Minocha, crown advocate, National Prosecution Team, Crown Prosecution Service for services to law and order particularly the Early Guilty Plea Scheme, Geeta Nanda, chief executive, Thames Valley Housing Association, for services to Social Housing, MS Naseem Sheema Parsons, headmistress, St Mark’s Square Nursery School, Regents Park, London, for services to Early Years Education, Srabani Sen, chief executive officer, Contact a Family, for services to Children and Families and Satinder Kaur Taunque, DL for voluntary and charitable services to Inter-Ethnic Relations and to the community in the West Midlands.
Recipients of Members of the Order of the British Empire are Nina Amin, tax partner, KPMG, for services to the Asian Business community, Krishan Kant Attri, volunteer leader, Newcastle Hindu Temple, for services to Inter-Faith Relations in the north east of England, Piara Singh Aulakh, for services to the Sikh community in the London Borough of Hounslow, Prof. Subrata Sekhar Banerjee, Professor of mental health and ageing, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, for services to People with Dementia, Gorande Bhatt, JP, for services to the communities in Harrow and Wembley, north west London, Govinder Singh Dhaliwal, for services to the Community and Community Cohesion in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Parminder Kaur, Union Learning Representative, Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre, Royal Mail, for services to Adult Education, Nirmala George Mathew, associate specialist, Parkinson’s Disease Unit, Edgware Community Hospital, London, for services to parkinson’s disease.