Nominations for the 2010 Asian Women of Achievement Awards, are now open.

Asian women will be at the forefront and could truly shape the new Britain.

Honouring the vibrant contributions of Asian women across all aspects of life, the awards will take place on Wednesday May 19, 2010 at the London Hilton on Park Lane and are supported by long-standing patron, Cherie Blair

The Britain that emerges from recession will look very different. New industries will be created, deploying new ways of working. Technology will reconfigure traditional ways of thinking, across business, professional and cultural life.

Asian women are starting to occupy some of the most influential positions in British public life - in government, the FTSE 250 and across arts, the media and the world of consultancy.

The Asian Women of Achievement Awards is an essential vehicle that continues to unearth inspiring and humbling stories of achievement.

The 2010 awards will honour the vibrant contributions of Asian women across all aspects of life. We encourage you to share those stories with us.

How to Nominate

Nominations for the 2010 awards are now open. To register your interest to receive a nomiantion form please contact Gemma Rowley on 020 7368 7129, or email gr2@caspianpublishing.co.uk

If you feel that you or anyone you know deserves one of the awards, make your nomination now and send us the following:

• A completed nomination form
  

• The nominee`s CV (where appropriate)

• A 1,000- word citation stating why the individual nominated should be considered for an award.

• A 50-word biography for use in the book of the night should you/the candidate be shortlisted. This may be edited by our editorial team.

• Supporting submission material. Click here for further details.

• A high-quality photo (300dpi) of the nominee for purposes of publicity and use on the awards night if shortlisted. Email to gr2@caspianpublishing.co.uk.

Entry Rules

• A woman is eligible to the enter the Asian Women of Achievment Awards if she is resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and has been so for a period of 12 months before the date of application; if she was born on the continent of Asia; or if she is born into an ethnic group or had at least two grandparents born into an ethnic group or groups, of Asian origin other than Caucasian. All nominees must be older than 14 on December 31, 2009.

  For all purposes above, ‘Asia` is defined as meaning:
  [1] any part of the national territory of a country with national territory on the African-Eurasian land mass, excluding Europe and Africa. The boundary with Europe is taken to be the most direct line connecting the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmora, the Bosphorus, the Black Sea, the ridges of the Caucasus, the Caspian Sea, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, to Novaya Zemlya. The boundary with Africa is taken to be the line of the Suez Canal. and

  [2] the national territories of Bahrain, Brunei, Cyprus, East Timor, Indonesia, Japan, the Maldives, Mauritius, the Phillipines, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka.

  [3] Any dispute over eligibility shall, at the discretion of the competition organisers, be referred to an independent panel of three arbiters, one of whom shall be legally qualified in England and Wales. The arbiters` decision will be final.

• Entering more than one category is allowed. Photocopied entry forms are acceptable.

• One copy of the entry will suffice.

• We do accept online nominations though a hard copy is preffered

• We will contact the nominated directly to let them know if they have been shortlisted

• At our event last year, we were thrilled to be joined by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
  The stellar guest list for the 2009 event also included Dragon James Caan, actress Meera Syal and Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti.
  
  The Asian Women of Achievement awards are more important than ever. While there's been a real shift in the public perception of Asian female achievement, there is still much to be done. The Asian Women of Achievement awards unearth inspiring and humbling stories of achievement. Receiving one of these awards is a truly meaningful credential that enables winners to push forward in their lives and careers.