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The Winner of Voice Achievers Awards 2009 Asha Luthra Asha Luthra President Asha Luthra is the Head of Business Travel Network (BTN). She has been in the Travel and Hospitality Business for more than two decades and has successfully promoted travel and trade between both Canada and India. She has a strong Business ethics and is open to new ideas and innovation to promote Tourism which is multi million dollar business between the two countries. long with a sharp Business mind she also brings in a lot of comradeship in here interaction with people and has herself traveled extensively. Before she moved to Canada she lived in Mumbai, India. She was with Air India Bombay for 14years. She has always come forward to contribute her time and commitment in the community not only in Canada but also in India. She has been a strong advocate for issues concerning women and was a faculty for the Indian Junior Chamber for a number of years. She was the first lady state President for Maharashtra of the widely know organization called Jaycees. She has been a member of various voluntary organizations. Asha has been with the Indo Canada Chamber for last many years and this year she was elected as the 31st President and also the first lady President in the Chambers history. In her role as President of ICCC all the events held so far have been not only great in attendance but also a huge success. Her aim this year is to create a much stronger bonding in the India-Canada trade corridor and to that extent she is working towards a big delegation for the PBD 2009. he has also planned a round Table in Chennai along with CII where the focus will be on topics concerning both the countries. She did her postgraduate in English and Economics and was a lecturer in Economics at the MV and LU College in Andheri.	Winner Of Voice Achievers Awards 2009 Raja Panjwani Raja, a teenager from Kitchener-Waterloo, has been a promising chess player since the age of 5, and despite his intense schedule at the University of Western Ontario Science faculty, and a busy social life, he has achieved new heights in the chess scene recently. He has become the Canadian Junior (20 years and younger) Chess Champion for 2009, and will represent Canada at the World Junior Chess Championships, one of the winners of which was Garry Kasparov, in his Junior days. He has already achieved a place in the top five at the World Youth Championships, not too long ago. He has also fulfilled the requirements for the title of International Master, a step above his current title of FIDE Master, and is awaiting completion of some formalities at the Federation Internationale dEchecs, before being awarded the title. He already has his eyes set on the next title of Grandmaster, and hopes to become the youngest Canadian born Grandmaster in Canada. He believes that the only way Chess would become as popular as Hockey in Canada is when somebody who is a native of Canada becomes the world Champion!
The Winner of Voice Achievers Awards 2009 Meenu Sikand (Social Activism) In 2007, Meenu Sikand was invited to DPI World Congress in South Korea to speak on the topic of Enhancing Economic Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities using Disability Rights Framework. Meenu is an internationally recognized Disability Rights presenter and speaker who believes strongly in inclusion. Her passion is to create communities that embrace everyone and allow all of its members to fully participate in the life of their chosen community. This vision of a socially and culturally inclusive community is the driving force behind her social activism. As a concerned South Asian woman, ten years ago she founded the Canadian South-Asians Supporting Independent Living to customize the Canadian IL philosophy to meet the needs of SA individuals with disabilities and their families. Currently, Meenu is pursuing her Masters degree at York University in Critical Disability Studies and lives with her husband Jai, mother Amrit and son Manav in Woodbridge, Canada.	Over 3000 people had attended the Eid prayers including ladies, gents and children. The evening began with the Eid prayers and was followed with an Eid sermon.
Snapshots from the Eid and bridal show held in Toronto recently.	Bollywood star and 2010 Olympic Torch bearer Akshay Kumar with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in India
Prime Minister Harper and his wife Laureen spread rose petals at Rajghat, the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi in India	Prime Minister Stephen Harper tours the Golden Temple, the holiest temple in the Sikh faith during his visit to India.

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