Dame Asha Khemka DBE (born October 1951,[1] Bihar[2]) is a British educator.
Khemka was, formerly, principal and CEO of West Nottinghamshire College. She has been principal and CEO of West Nottinghamshire College since May 2006.[3][2]
Honours[edit]
She was awarded the OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 2008. In 2014, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Khemka is the fourth woman of Indian origin to be awarded a damehood of the Order of the British Empire (DBE or GBE) since the order was instituted in 1917, following, chronologically, Kaikhusrau Jahan, Begum of Bhopal (1917), Maharani Lakshmi Devi Bai Sahiba of Dhar State (1931), and Indira Patel (2011).[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST". Companies House. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Being Indian". Being Indian. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- ^ a b "Dame Asha Khemka profile". Hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Sharma, Sarika (26 October 2015). "UK's first Asian woman HC judge is of Punjabi origin". The Times of India. Mumbai. Retrieved 30 December 2015.