Balbir Panesar collects prestigious awards
175 Hero, Balbir Panesar, continues to amass awards as an outstanding businessman and role model for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Following his AOC gold award this summer, he was recognised by the Yorkshire Awards with the Lifetime Achievement Award on 16th October. Typifying Balbir’s commitment to education and genuine interest in young people entering his industry, when the BBC made a short film about each of the winners to be shown at the glittering event in Leeds and on Look North, Balbir chose to be filmed at our Trinity Green building, with the students training to follow in his footsteps.
At the top-secret filming, Balbir disclosed that he had also received an Institute of Directors Judges Special Award for Yorkshire & Humberside on the 11th September, and laughed that he kept some of his awards at work to reduce dusting at home. 
When the award was formally announced, College Principal, Michele Sutton OBE sent Balbir a congratulatory message, joking “you are going to need a bigger mantelpiece to put them all on! We are delighted that your achievements have been recognised in this way by the business community and that you chose Bradford College as a backdrop in your video. You are truly a great ambassador for the College and for Bradford.”You can see the film below – the BBC used some stills from our archive to create this film.
