Ms Lalita Kasanji, of Wellington, MNZM for services to the IT industry and the Indian community
Lalita Kasanji co-founded the New Zealand Centre for Digital Connections with India, along with Mr Sunit Prakash. They identified predicators to success, creating catalyst programs for visibility and growth, forming the basis of their submission recommending a Digital and IT Trade Delegation to India. Ms Kasanji has researched the Gujarati immigration to Wellington and the community’s social integration. She was the first employee of the predecessor of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities. She is a Board member at Enterprise Miramar, sits on Wellington Indian Association committees, and has contributed to the Wellington Indian Sports Club. Ms Kasanji collaborates with Te Papa Tongarewa on various projects.