Kartar Lalvani, the Founder-Chairman of Vitabiotics, UK’s supplier of minerals and vitamin supplements to the retail trade, has been awarded as the Healthcare Business of the Year at the Asian Business Awards ceremony.
The Asian Business Awards, commended Lalvani, a chemist by training, for “creating Vitabiotics in the 1970s and overseeing the company’s remarkable growth to become the UK’s largest supplier of minerals and vitamin supplements to the retail trade.”
“The company is at the forefront of scientific developments in key sectors, including nutrition and women’s health, and exports to over 100 countries,” it added.
Amit Bhatia, Chief of the Swordfish Group of companies and son-in-law of steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, was declared the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013.
The Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 went to Indian-origin entrepreneur Sudhir Choudhrie.
In a message, British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the work done by Asian businessmen in the UK, adding that the awards “will be an opportunity to celebrate the enormous contribution that the Asian community makes to the UK economy.”