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ASIAN OF THE YEAR 1987-88
Dr. Swraj Paul



Previous Winners
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. Imaran 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


 

Dr. Swraj Paul, Chairman, Caparo Group Ltd; Chairman, Caparo Industries plc; Chairman, Barton Tubes Ltd, Canada; Chairman, Fidelity plc; Chairman; United Merchant Bar plc at Scunthorpe, joined the family-owned Apeejay Surrendra Group in 1952. Came to Britain in 1966. He funds the Jawaharlal Nehru Visiting Professorship (Nehru Group) at Cambridge University and gives the Swraj Paul Scholarship for undergraduate studies at the Massachusettes Institute of Technology. Awards: The Padma Bhushan (equivalent to a British Peerage) by the Government of India in 1983; Honarary Doctorate of Philosophy by the American College of Switzerland, 1986. Member, Financial Development Board, NSPCC. Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1984. Member, Marylebone Cricket Club, England; Member, World Business Council, USA. He got BSc and Msc degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, 1952; Bsc degree in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Punjab University, 1969. Dr Swraj Paul was born in India and is married with four children.