100 influential Indo-Canadians in B.C.

British Columbia is unique in the world for the vibrancy and diversity of its people. When the results of the latest census are released next week, it is anticipated that four in 10 Metro Vancouver residents will be counted as visible minorities. Today The Vancouver Sun is looking at one important community that has more than a century of history in British Columbia. South Asians with roots in India, Pakistan, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Tanzania and Bangladesh number in the hundreds of thousands in B.C. and have exerted a positive and energetic influence on business, community, the arts, media and political life. Those on the list are diverse and vibrant as the province itself.

The Vancouver Sun undertook to identify 100 leading citizens from a truly global mosaic of communities hailing from South Asia. Diversity and inclusiveness are the dual tracks of this list. From hundreds of names taken from the panoply of South Asian leaders, academics, community workers, artists, journalists, thinkers, speakers and doers, we have crafted a list of influential men and women in British Columbia.

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Jazzy B
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 27

Harry Bains
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 37

Parm Bains
Sector: Community
Origin: Canada

Pasha Bains
Sector: Sports
Origin: Canada

Davinder Bains-Gill
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 36

Renu Bakshi
Sector: Media
Origin: Canada

Paul Binning
Sector: Arts
Origin: Canada

Sadhu Binning
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 41

Mandakranta Bose
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 33

Arvinder Bubber
Sector: Education
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 17

Premaya Chaitanya
Sector: Religion
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 28

Nadia Chaney
Sector: Arts
Origin: Canada

Gulzar Singh Cheema
Sector: Politics
Origin: India

Raj Chouhan
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 35

Farid Damji
Sector: Community
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 34

Shushma Datt
Sector: Media
Origin: Kenya
Years in Canada: 36

Herb Dhaliwal
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 50

Kashmir Singh Dhaliwal
Sector: Religion
Origin: India

Fabian Dawson
Sector: Media
Origin: Malaysia
Years in Canada: 20

Baltej Singh Dhillon
Sector: Law enf.
Origin: Malaysia
Years in Canada: 25

Peter Dhillon
Sector: Business
Origin: Canada

Robin Dhir
Sector: Politics
Origin: Canada

Amar S. Doman
Sector: Business
Origin: Canada

Raminder Dosanjh
Sector: Community
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 35

Ujjal Dosanjh
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 40

Shehni Dossa
Sector: Law
Origin: Kenya
Years in Canada: 34

Karimah Es Sabar
Sector: Science
Origin: Kenya
Years in Canada: 6

Arun Garg
Sector: Medicine
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 43

Seemi Ghazi
Sector: Education
Origin: Pakistan
Years in Canada: 26

Balwant Singh Gill
Sector: Community
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 38

Charan Gill
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 41

Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill
Sector: Community
Origin: India

Gurmail Gill
Sector: Law enforcement
Origin: Canada

Maninder Gill
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 29

Moe Gill
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 53

Sohen Gill
Sector: Sports
Origin: Canada

Iqbal Grewal
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 27

Manpreet Grewal
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 21

Nina Grewal
Sector: Politics
Origin: Japan
Years in Canada: 17

Suki Grewal
Sector: Medicine
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 34

Ian Hanomansing
Sector: Media
Origin: Trinidad
Years in Canada: 36

Dave Hayer
Sector: Politics
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 36

Kash Heed
Sector: Law enforcement
Origin: Canada

Mobina Jaffer
Sector: Politics
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 33

Asa Johal
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 84

Jas Johal
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 36

Satnam Johal
Sector: Sports
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 40

Dilbar Kang
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 15

Aziz Khaki
Sector: Education
Origin: East Africa
Years in Canada: 34

Shinder Kirk
Sector: Law
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 47

Daisy Kler
Sector: Community
Origin: Canada

Ali Lakhani
Sector: Law
Origin: England
Years in Canada: 35

Amin Lalji
Sector: Business
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 30

Farhan Lalji
Sector: Sports/Media
Origin: Tanzania
Years in Canada: 36

Chandra Madhosingh
Sector: Education/Sports

Peter and Shahram Malek
Sector: Business
Origin: India

Irshad Manji
Sector: Media
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 36

Samir Manji
Sector: Business
Origin: Pakistan
Years in Canada: 35

Harbhajan Mann
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 37

Fazil Mihlar
Sector: Media
Origin: Sri Lanka
Years in Canada: 19

Bif Naked
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 26

Wally Oppal
Sector: Law Enforcement
Origin: Canada

Kewal Pabla
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 36

Mario Pinto
Sector: Education
Origin: Sri Lanka
Years in Canada: 42

Indira Prahst
Sector: Education
Origin: Canada

Malkit, Charan and Gurjit Singh Purewal
Sector: Business
Origin: India

Belle Puri
Sector: Media
Origin: Canada

Gurcharan Rampuri
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 44

Jatinder Rai
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 33

Rob Rai
Sector: Education
Origin: Canada

Sarwan Singh Randhawa
Sector: Community
Origin: India

Amarjit Singh Samra
Sector: Business
Origin: India

Emanuel Sandhu
Sector: Sports
Origin: Canada

Gian Singh Sandhu
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 38

Balwant Singh Sanghera
Sector: Community
Origin: India

Kulwinder Sanghera
Sector: Business
Origin: India

Vic Sarin
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 40

David Sidoo
Sector: Business

Daljit Singh Sidhu
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 36

Moe Sihota
Sector: Media
Origin: Canada

Bobby Singh
Sector: Sports
Origin: Fiji
Years in Canada: 30

Jarnail Singh
Sector: Arts
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 8

Kamilla Singh
Sector: Community
Origin: Fiji
Years in Canada: 35

Tony Singh
Sector: Business
Origin: N/A
Years in Canada:

Vijay Sondhi
Sector: Business
Origin: Kenya
Years in Canada: 36

Ashwin Sood
Sector: Arts
Origin: England

Ratana Stephens
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 39

Jet Sunner
Sector: Law
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 32

Itrath Syed
Sector: Education
Origin: Pakistan
Years in Canada: 35

Sultan Thiara
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 40

Harjinder Thind
Sector: Media
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 29

Sunera Thobani
Sector: Education
Origin: Tanzania
Years in Canada: 19

Mossadiq Umedaly
Sector: Business
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 30

Jack Uppal
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 82

Hari B. Varshney
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 41

Vikram Vij
Sector: Business
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 18

Karim Virani
Sector: Community
Origin: Uganda
Years in Canada: 32

Amrik Virk
Sector: Law
Origin: India
Years in Canada: 39

Harsha Walia
Sector: Politics
Origin: Bahrain
Years in Canada: 10


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