City Hindus Network

City Hindus Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organisation created to promote networking, spirituality, education and charity amongst Hindu professionals. It was founded in 2005 by Dhruv Patel OBE and its current Chair is Alpesh Patel, who was appointed in December 2019.[1] CHN is focused on building closer relationships between Hindu professionals working in the City of London.[2]

City Hindus Network
સિટી હિંદુઓ નેટવર્ક
Founded2005 (2005)
FounderDhruv Patel OBE
Founded atLondon, England
Typenon-governmental organization
Legal statusNon profit organisation
FocusNetworking
Education
Spirituality
Charity
HeadquartersLondon, England
Area served
London
Members
3000
Chair
Alpesh Patel
Chair Advisory Board
Lord Jitesh Gadhia
Director
Dhruv Patel OBE
Vice Chair
Prerna Bhardwaj
Volunteers
20
Websitewww.cityhindus.org

History
The founders and chairs for the City Hindus Network and City Sikhs at a joint Hindu-Sikh 'Hustings in the City' event in 2017. (From left to right Jasvir Singh OBE, Neel Patani, Dhruv Patel OBE, Param Singh MBE)

CHN's first major event was held by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, for the British Hindu community, at City Hall in London.[3]

Since then, the CHN has organised networking events, talks on Hindu philosophy and spirituality, a mentoring scheme, charity and volunteering events for Hindu professionals, and taken part in community and government liaison on behalf of the Hindu community. Many of its events have been in conjunction with the accountancy and consulting firms and investment banks in London, alongside other Hindu community partners, such as Diwali in London, and charities such as Odanadi, Women in Need, Joshua Playing Project and London Community Transport.

CHN has also worked closely with other faith networks including City Sikhs to organise the largest hustings events in London. [4]


Awards and nominations
  • The founder of CHN, Dhruv Patel received an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours as a result of his community work through CHN and elsewhere.[5]

References
  1. "In London, City Hindus Network Launched | The Pluralism Project". pluralism.org. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  2. ABPL. "CHN Diwali Ball celebrates importance of 'networking' and 'Hindu values' in toda..." www.asian-voice.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
  3. “City Hindus Network, a saffron revolution in the City of London?” Archived 2010-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Red Hot Curry – 4 November 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
  4. "Sikhs and Hindus to gather for biggest City Hustings event in the UK". London Live. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  5. "City leaders among Queen's Birthday Honours - City Matters". www.citymatters.london. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
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