Lord Navnit 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. He 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.
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. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University
of Hertfordshire 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
Patron: -
4 SIGHT (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
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 30th 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)