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Veena Sahajwalla leads women-only list: Indian links in Australia Day Honours 2025 🦸🏻‍♀️🎖️

Prof. Veena Sahajwalla | Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa | Dr. Samantha Pillay | Dr. Sunila Shrivastava

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26 Jan • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Veena Sahajwalla tops an all-women list from our community in this year’s Australia Day honours, which includes Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Sunila Shrivastava and Samantha Pillay.

RAJNI ANAND LUTHRA

Scientist, engineer, inventor, science communicator, and flagbearer for STEM, Scientia Professor VEENA SAHAJWALLA

PAWAN LUTHRA

Diversity campaigner and performer SUKHJIT KAUR KHALSA of Perth

LAKSHMI GANAPATHY

Urologist and women’s health campaigner Dr. SAMANTHA PILLAY of Adelaide

TARINI PURI

Melbourne-based community volunteer Dr SUNILA SHRIVASTAVA of Melbourne

LAKSHMI GANAPATHY

A leading authority on child protection legislation, NAYANTARA GUPTA of WA

ANANYA THIRUMALAI