Lord Dholakia OBE DL

 

Navnit Dholakia was appointed Baron Dholakia of Waltham Brooks and introduced to the House of Lords on 29 October 1997.

Lord Dholakia was appointed as Deputy Lieutenant for the County of West Sussex in June 1999. He is the President of the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO). He is a Vice President of the Mental Health Foundation, Vice Chairman of the Policy Research Institute on Aging and Ethnicity. He serves on the House of Lords Appointment Commission and on the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.

Lord Dholakia is a Patron of many charitable organisations including the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester and the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan the iIndian Cultural Centre in Kensington.

Lord Dholakia has held appointments with the Commission for Racial Equality and the Police Complaints Authority.

He has served on the Council of Save the Children Fund and the Howard League of Penal Reform. He continues to serve on the Editorial Board of the Howard Journal.

Lord Dholakia was a member of the Ethnic Minority Advisory Committee of the Judicial Studies Board and served on Lord Carlisle’s Committee on Parole Systems Review. He served as a Magistrate and also as a member of the Board of Visitors for HM Prison Lewes. He was elected President of the Liberal Democrats from 2000-2004. He was appointed Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords in December 2004.

Lord Dholakia has won a number of prominent awards including “Asian of the Year” in November 2000. He was awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award by the Government of India in January 2003. In 2008 he was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellowship by Lions Clubs International Foundation. Lord Dholakia was awarded an Hon. Doctor of Laws Deree by the University of Hertfordhire in 2009.

Lord and Lady Dholakia have two daughters; Anjali who is a Lawyer and Alene who is a Doctor of Medicine.  

ORGANISATIONS WITH WHICH LORD DHOLAKIA IS ASSOCIATED

Patronn (West Sussex Association for the Blind)

AHISMA, for Quality of Life

ARECA Concern  

Asian People with Disabilities Alliance                                          

Assam Association

Ayurveda Institute of Europe

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Institute of Art & Culture)

British Asian Youth Cricket Trust

British Diversity Awards

Campaign for Learning

City of London Black Police Association

Community Drug Project

Dame |Vera Lynn Trust

Enjoy England Celebrate St Georges day 2008

Faith Matters.

FEMAH Foundation for Ethnic Minorities Action for Health  

FOCUS ( Birmingham)

Friendship Global

Friends of ASRA, Greater London Housing Association  

Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

The Gandhi Foundation             

GIVE Foundation

Hindu Forum of Britain

Holocaust Educational Trust

Hope for Children                

Horniman 2001

Indian Forum on British Media

Indo Caribbean Sanatan Cultural Society

Indian Jewish Association UK

International Bangladesh Foundation

International Committee for Commemorating the First Indian War of Independence (1857)

International School for Information & Technology, Hyderabad, India

JANUSZ, The World Trust

Jeevika Trust (Village Livelihood in India)

Kalai Kaviri ( Dance Group)                         

Liberty Network                                                

Mid. Sussex Mediation

Milton Keynes Hindu Association Community Centre Project                                    

National Institute for Research and Social Action (Hyderabad)

Naz Foundation                                                          

NRI Club International (Birmingham)                       

Nrityakala (The Rhythm) School of Indian Dance

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies                                 

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

Pan Project

PRESET                                  

Prisoners Abroad

Punjabi Theatre Academy

Purley Park Trust

REMEMBER (Sussex)

Royal Holloway Campaign for Resource                          

Sanghol Project   

Sewa International Earthquake Appeal                                                                                                                   

SIA, The National Development Agency for the Black Voluntary Sector

Spitalfields Life                                                          

Student Partnership World Wide                                     

Friends of Tarabai Eye Hospital (Rajastan)

Thare machi – Starfish Initiative 

The India International Foundation

The Lodge Hill Centre – West Sussex

The William Blake Grave Project

UNA, International Year for the Culture of Peace (2000)          

Windsor Leadership Trust

World Punjabi Organisation UK

Wings opf Hope Charity

International Patron in Chief

Able India Charities

 

Vice Patron: -

BASE (British Association for Service to the Elderly)

Carousel ( Brighton)

Impact 30^th Anniversary Appeal (Brighton)

Multi Cultural Institute – Bolton

National N.E. Centre

The Truth Foundation for Mahatma Gandhi

MK Snap ( Milton Keynes Special Advancement Project)

 

 

 

Trustee: - 

 

Dr L M Singhvi Foundation                                       

The Apex Trust                    

The British Indian Golden Jubilee Fund

The Ghandi Trust                                                               

The Police Foundation

The Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba Memorial Trust

The Liberal Democrats

Associate: -

RPS Rainer

 

President:-

Netjali Subhas Foundation

 

 

Vice President:-

Guild of British Asians

India Deveopment Group UK

Mental Health Foundation

The Family Welfare Association

International Council of Jurists

 

Council Member: -

Indian Jewish Association UK

The Caine Prize for African Writing

 

Advisory Board:-

Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies – Royal Holloway University of London

Centre for Reform

Human Rights Act Research Unit

International Trade & Law Institute

Community Security Trust

CST Protecting the Jewish Community

EISCA European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism   

Management Board:-

Policy Research Institute on Ageing & Ethnicity          

 

Governor:-

Commonwealth Institute from 1998 - 2005

 

President:-

Friends Circle International

NACRO

 

Chairman:-

Race Issues Advisory Committee (NACRO)

 

Special Advisor: -

Wise Practice Commission

 

Ambassador

Girl Guiding Sussex Central

 

Sponsor

George Viner Memorial Fund Trust

 

Champion

ROKO Cancer Appeal (cancer screening in India)