The packed audience featured such dignitaries as Randeep Sarai, Member of Parliament, Hon. Raj Chouhan, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly; MLA Jagrup Brar of BC NDP; City of Surrey’s mayor, Brenda Locke; Masakui Rungsung, Consul General of India, Chief Guy Leeson, Delta Police and former premier of BC, Christy Clark.
The IC-IMPACTS award for strengthening the Canada-India bond through co-innovation was presented to Dr. Meenal Shrivastava, Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute by Nemy Banthia, CEO, and Barj Dhahan, Board Chair of IC-IMPACTS. Canada India Network Society (CINS) award for building a healthier community was presented to Loveena Chera, CEO of InspireHealth Supportive Cancer Care, by Minnie Downey, Vice Chair of CINS, and Mayor Brenda Locke.
The audience also had the opportunity to witness a stunning performance by Latin Ball Room dancers of Platform on Camera during the first half of the program. A thrilling and rocking fusion entertainment performance by Bollywood dancers and Street dancers of Platform on Camera concluded the evening. The dinner sponsor of the evening was Teja Foods. All the guests enjoyed the Military Band performance by the BC Regiment during the dinner. Dessert sponsor Vancouver Community College had a live dessert station and provided different styles, flavors, and dessert concoctions with their well-designed and unique cake that tasted incredibly delicious.
A massive shout out to our gala sponsors, whose generosity made it again possible for Drishti Magazine of its annual awards gala for the tenth year! Brian Jessel BMW was the presenting sponsor for the tenth annual DRISHTI awards. Sponsors for this year’s gala included Teja Foods, Allure Ventures, WBI Home Warranty, Save on Foods, Envision Financial, Art of Thread, ML Emporio Properties, Concord Pacific, BM Group, An Elegant Touch Home Staging and Design, Natu’oil Services, Magna Productions, Jassal Signs, Vancouver Community College, Spring Travels, BDC, Nature’s Path Organic Foods, Dr. Aly Kanani – Orthodontist specialist, Alliance Immigration, Ridgecrest Dairy, Olive Fertility, Pure Pharmacy, OPES Asset Accumulation Firm, Valiant Financial, Bharat Jewellers, Pawar Consulting, Pink Orchid Studio, IC-IMPACTS, CINS, Rayacom, Tom Lee Music, Protocol VIP events, The Heart company, VSA digital media and Aria Convention Centre.
A special thank you to all the volunteers and our staff members for their passion and hard work. Finally, we sincerely thank all the attendees for gracing the tenth annual Drishti Awards gala.
We can’t wait to see you all at the eleventh Drishti Awards Gala on Friday, November 14, 2025.
