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Sikh NRI gets award from British
Sikh Association
WSN Network
LONDON: The British
Sikh Association has awarded a leading NRI entrepreneur, Kulveer
Ranger on his outstanding achievement as the Director for Transport
Policy, which includes successful implementation of the Oyster card.
Indian High Commissioner to UK, Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, presented
the trophy to 33-year-old Ranger here at a function organised to
celebrate Baisakhi and the Birth Anniversary of the Khalsa.
Ranger, born in Hammersmith in 1975, said after graduating in
Architecture from University College London and getting a business
degree from
Kingston
Business
School,
his first instinct was to give something back to
London.
In May 2008, Ranger, the most senior Sikh in the Tory hierarchy, was
appointed as Mayor Boris Johnson's new transport adviser and
director of Transport policy. His responsibilities include
overseeing the relationship between the Greater London Authority and
Traffic for
London.
Before joining Mayor's office, Ranger spent ten years in management
consultancy with The Nichols Group. where he focussed on delivering
major transport projects in London including the successful delivery
of the Oyster card in 2003 which is quite popular now.
6
May 2009
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