Paul Uppal MP, Conservative member of parliament for Wolverhampton South West and CF India board member, was honoured twice earlier this month - with the Public Service Awards from the Punjabi Society of the British Isles on 6 October 2012, and with the Peoples' Choice Award at the international Sikh Awards in London on 21st October 2012.
Conservative Friends of India (CF India) marked its first ever appearance at Conservative Party Conference last week with a widely acclaimed four day programme.
Conservative Friends of India Director Asheem Singh joined Bob Blackman MP, CB Patel, Vijay Poddar and Kishan Devani to launch youth social action organisation Hindu Journey, and had an uplifting message for young British Indians across the UK. Read an extract from his speech in Asian Voice magazine.
Following Conservative Friends of India's national launch event on 24th April 2012, in which Prime Minister David Cameron, Lord Popat of Harrow, Stephen Hammond MP, and 200 members of our Party were joined by 1100 members of the British Indian community, CF India is delighted to announce that on Sunday 7th October we will launch the Birmingham branch of Conservative Friends of India at a reception event a few minutes from the ICC Birmingham.
On Thursday September 13th, an audience of community leaders, worshippers, and community members young and old gathered at the Shri Ram Mandir in Birmingham to attend Conservative Friends of India's inaugural Community Forum.
A land of history, tradition, trade, education and culture, India is now a major participant in the global community and a key ally of Britain. Ahead of the official launch of CF India, we take a look at some of the key areas of India that are flourishing.
CF India is a member-led organisation that is helping to develop a meaningful relationship between the Conservative Party, the British Indian community and India.
