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                                         A night to remember




           GEMCO Gala Awards Night held in Sydney























































































             Sydney (Bureau) GEMCO     winners. Other  Outstanding   to Afghanistan, Bangladesh,     The event saw the          Hon. Consul General, Nepal.
          Awards Night at Blacktown    Achievers for 2022  recognised  Fiji and Uganda), Devinder S  attendance of as many as 800  There was great representation
          Leisure Centre, Stanhope     across a range of categories  Dharia (trained hundreds of  people from the multicultural  from the local government,
          Gardens, was one of the most  included Harjas Singh        students in bhangra and      Australian society. Navneet   including Deputy Lord Mayor
          amazing events in Sydney in  (selected in the Australian   singing), Prof A H Milton    Anand and the team took the   Sameer Pandey, Dr Peter
          the recent past. Achievers in  under-19 team of the        (translated  25 Sheik Mujibur  award show to the next level;  Gangemi - Mayor of The Hills
          the fields of academics,     tournament), Vansh Sharma     Rehman’s works from Bengali  as Donna Davis, Lord Mayor of  Shire Council.”
          culture, science and sports  (youngest published poet in   to English) and Honorary     Parramatta stated, “The GEMCO   Dr Peter Gangemi, Mayor of
          were awarded by the South    Australia), Sashi Chelliah    Consulate General of Nepal   Sydney Outstanding Achiever/  the Hills Shire Council, wrote on
          Asian Community in Australia.  (2018 winner of MasterChef  Deepak Khadka (raised funds  Talent Awards honour and      Facebook, “Congratulations to
          It was a great platform to   Australia), Aayush Sharma     for Covid relief in Nepal).  recognise the social, creative  all the amazing award winners
          recognise extraordinary talent  (designer), Navonakar Singh  Throughout the evening,    and business achievements of  of the GEMCO Awards. It was a
          and outstanding contributions  (Fourth highest Australian  MCs Nitin Madan and Sakshi   the South Asian Community.    privilege to be in attendance
          of people, who are creating a  bravery Decoration), Aditi  were excellent. Sanchi Anand  These include Harinder Kaur of  with Rajiv Chaudhri from the
          difference in the multicultural  Mamtani (Arete Labs - the first  was amazing with her  the Harman Foundation and Dr  Community Foundation Of North
          Australian society.          independent research and      keyboard performance. Down   Abul Hasnat Milton. It was a  Western Sydney and five-time
             At the extremely well     development lab in Australia),  To Bhangra Boys set the stage  pleasure to join Chris Minns,  ICC Umpire of the year Simon
          organised event, Harman      Janaki Easwar (winner of The  on fire. Madison Function    Julia Finn, MP, and Steve     Taufel. Congrats to the
          Foundation CEO Harinder Kaur,  Voice 2022), Harry Solomon  Centre provided tasty Indian  Kamper as guest presenters   incredible Navneet Anand for
          was honoured as one of the   (who had provided cricket kits  cuisines.                  alongside Mr Deepak K Khadka,  organising such a grand event!”
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