Given below are recent media articles featuring Lopa Patel.
2024
• The King’s Awards Magazine 2024 Judges Profiles (26 April 2024)
2023
• The King’s Awards Magazine 2023 Judges Profiles (26 April 2023)
• Lancaster University Management School 54 Degrees: Why Gender Matters (13 March 2022)
• Top 100 Most Influential People 2023 (1 January 2023)
2022
• Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2022 (19 Oct 2022)
• Computing: Lateral thinking – the many paths to diverse tech excellence (27 Sep 2022)
• Computing: Diversity is a lived experience: Interview with Lopa Patel MBE (8 Sep 2022)
• Arts Professional: Patel to chair National Science and Media Museum (8 Sep 2022)
• Yorkshire Post: Bradford’s National Science and Media Museum appoints new advisory board chair
• Telegraph & Argus: National Science and Media Museum appoints new Advisory Chair (5 Sep 2022)
• UK Daily News: The National Science and Media Museum appoints a new advisory chair (5 Sep 2022)
• Prolific North: National Science and Media museum appoints new advisory board chair (5 Sep 2022)
• Bradford Means Business: National Science & Media Museum appoints digital entrepreneur as Chair
• Asian Voice: National Science and Media Museum appoints Lopa Patel MBE as Chair of Advisory Board
• Asian Standard: National Science & Media Museum appoints its ‘first Asian woman’ as Chair….
• Computer Weekly: Voting open: Who should be the 2022 Most Influential Woman in UK Tech? (1 Sep 2022)
• Wavelength Partners with Diversity UK for the Diversity Tech Summit 2022 (9 June 2022)
• DL100: Digital Leader of the Year 2022 – Meet the Finalists (27 May 2022)
• ScotlandIS: The 10th DL100 list shows about AI & data are transforming public services (27 May 2022)
• 100 Moments That Rocked Computer Science: Lopa Patel on the advent of the laptop (11 May 2022)
• The Queen’s Awards Magazine 2022 Judges Profiles (26 April 2022)
• OU Students Association Conference 2022 (23 Jan 2022)
2021
• Council member Lopa Patel awarded TechWomen Champion of the year 2021 (15 November 2021)
• WeAreTechWomen unveil their TechWomen100 winners for 2021 (15 November 2021)
• IPO: New Chair and Non-Executive Directors appointed (15 November 2021)
• Tech Nation Applied AI 3.0 Event Highlights (29 September 2021)
• The Queen’s Awards Magazine 2021 Judges Profiles (4 August 2021)
• Asian Voice: Leading Asian Tech Pioneers honoured in 2021 (9 July 2021)
• OfS: Lifelong options: Improving opportunities for adult learners, (27 May 2021)
• Judge for the Great British Businesswoman Series (18 May 2021)
• SEEMA.com: Lopa Patel is an Empowering Breath of Fresh Air (5 May 2021)
•Prime Minister reappoints Lopa Patel MBE as a Trustee of the Science Museum Group (1 April 2021)
• Marketing Gazette: 13 practical tips on how we can be allies to women in the workplace (12 March 2021)
• Samsung Pioneers: 13 Practical Tips On How We Can Be Allies to Women (8 March 2021)
2020
• Business Cloud: Asian tech pioneers honoured in 2020 list (14 Dec 2020)
• The Queen’s Awards Magazine 2020 Judges Profiles (19 June 2020)
• GQ Magazine: Why has the coronavirus affected BAME Britons so badly? (22 May 2020)
• PAWA 10 Women (18 May 2020)
• PAWA Newsletter May/June 2020 – Panel Discussion (May 2020)
2019
• Nanotechnology ‘Microspider’ wins 2019 Equinor Young Imagineers Competition (4 Dec 2019)
• 2019 BAME 100 Business Leaders | Somerset House (11 Sep 2019)
• Judge for the Tech Nation Applied AI programme (24 Jul 2019)
• Judge for the Business Cloud London Tech 50: the Capital’s most innovative firms (15 Jul 2019)
• ES: UK Gov £2.4 million investment to encourage more girls into computing (30 Apr 2019)
• Global Good Awards Judges – Global Good Awards (pg 42) (25 Apr 2019)
• Contracts IT: Pakistan-UK Tech Initiative Launched in the UK (24 Apr 2019)
• Evening Standard: It will take 25 years to achieve gender parity in the tech industry (24 Apr 2019)
• The Queen’s Awards Magazine 2019 Judges Profiles (22 Apr 2019)
• IET: Intervene early to reverse gender imbalance in tech, experts say (11 Apr 2019)
• Sam talks with Lopa Patel about how to improve diversity & inclusion in tech (20 Mar 2019)
2018
• Business Cloud: 301 Female Tech Trailblazers (18 Dec 2018)
• Nine Dots Prize releases second podcast on diversity (14 Dec 2018)
• Inclusive Companies: Closing ‘Diversity gap’ will strengthen tech sector (12 Dec 2018)
• Business Cloud: What is the ‘diversity gap’ in the tech sector? (11 Dec 2018)
• Launch of Science Museum Group Academy hailed by World’s Best Teacher (11 Oct 2018)
• Cranfield 100 Women to Watch 2018 (17 Jul 2018)
• India Inc: 100 Most Influential in UK-India Relations 2018 (18 Jun 2018)
• London Stock Exchange Group Welcomes Diversity UK (11 Jun 2018)
• YouTube: The Vote 100 Women in Business Summit (17 Apr 2018)
• Fawcett Society: The Vote 100 Women in Business Summit Speakers (11 Jun 2018)
• Asian Voice: Inspirational women in the India-UK business corridor (17 May 2018)
• BBC Breakfast Women in Work programme (6 Feb 2018)
2017
• Youtube: Britain’s Young Imagineer Revealed! (11 Dec 2017)
• EdTech: Hover wheelchair scoops Britain’s Young Imagineer comp (29 Nov 2017)
• Britain’s Young Imagineer Revealed! (21 Nov 2017)
• iCoolKid: Statoil is on a serious mission to find the brightest minds of tomorrow… (21 Nov 2017)
• HuffPost: Science Should Never Become Boring… Here’s Why (29 Sep 2017)
• OU honours digital entrepreneur for encouraging diversity in STEM (29 Sep 2017)
• Asian Lite: UK Univ. Honours Lopa Patel MBE (28 Sep 2017)
• Youtube: OU London Degree Ceremony, Friday 22nd September, 10:45 (22 Sep 2017)
• EdTech: What would you design to make the world a better place? (01 Sep 2017)
• India Inc: Lopa Patel of Diversity UK celebrates the launch of ‘Winning Partnership’ (5 July 2017)
• Fresh Business Thinking: Smith & Williamson Power 100 Top 25 (7 Mar 2017)
2016
• Career Smart: Top 60 UK #WomenInSTEM influencers (14 Apr 2016)
• One World Media Awards 2016 Jury Panel (14 Apr 2016)
• MSDUK Inclusive Procurement Awards 2016 Judging Panel (4 Apr 2016)
• UoM Women in Science Conference 2016 ‘Becoming the Best’ (8 Mar 2016)
• EY Newsletter: Inspiring Women in Industry (23 Feb 2016)
• The Maserati 100 2016, the definitive list of Britain’s most successful….. (22 Feb 2016)
• House of Gharats Ambassador to Promote Indian Artisanship (13 Feb 2016)
2015
• Lopa Patel: Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2015, QAEP Video (15 Sep 2015)
• Asian Voice: British-Indian woman wins award from Manchester University (15 Aug 2015)
• High Tea at BIS for The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2015 (15 Jul 2015)
• Our Beeb: The Whittingdale Eight: war or wisdom for the BBC? (15 Jul 2015)
• Campaign: Government picks advisory panel for BBC charter review (13 Jul 2015)
• Deadline: BBC Faces Programming & Funding Reforms In Wake Of UK Gov’t Scrutiny
• Digital TV Europe: Whittingdale appoints Charter Renewal advisory panel (13 Jul 2015)
• BBC News: Government selects panel to review the future of the BBC (12 Jul 2015)
• The Independent: BBC set for shake up with new oversight board appointed (12 Jul 2015)
• Guardian: BBC charter review: what the panel members have said in the past (12 Jul 2015)
• City AM: BBC charter review panel: Meet the eight people deciding the broadcaster’s future
• Gov.uk: Industry experts to advise government on BBC Charter Review (12 Jul 2015)
• University of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Science for Life Issue 5 (p10) (3 Jul 2015)
• International Innovation: A Digital Future (3 Jul 2015)
• Institute of Materials, Minerals & Minining, Materials World: Profile – Lopa Patel MBE (3 Jul 2015)
• NetImperative: UK tech sector “more diverse than Silicon Valley (23 Jun 2015)
• Financial IT: Top 100 Asians in Tech list celebrates diversity in the digital sector (15 Jun 2015)
• WES: The Woman Engineer, Award for An Entrepreneurial Role Model – page 8 (15 Jun 2015)
• Economic Voice: Challenging Asian Stereotypes in the Tech Industry (5 Jun 2015)
• BBC World with Yalda Hakim discussing ‘The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women’ (17 May 2015)
• BBC London 94.9FM Sunny & Shay Show discussing Asian Stereotypes – Part 2 (17 May 2015)
• BBC London 94.9FM Sunny & Shay Show discussing Asian Stereotypes – Part 1 (17 May 2015)
• Forbes: Why There Should Be More Female Entrepreneurs in the UK (8 May 2015)
• Professional Engineering:’We need migrant skills’ says Lopa Patel (8 May 2015)
• LifeHacker UK: How I Work: Lopa Patel, Digital Media Entrepreneur (5 May 2015)
• ITProPortal:The negative impact of immigration policies on the tech industry (4 May 2015)
• Infrastructure Intelligence – the power of diversity (1 May 2015)
• Asian Voice: First Asian woman to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise… (23 Apr 2015)
• Asian Lite: Lopa wins Queen’s Honour (23 Apr 2015)
• UK Asian – #Honour: Lopa Patel becomes first Asian woman to receive QAEP (23 Apr 2015)
• PR Week – Curzon PR to advise digital entrepreneur Lopa Patel (21 Apr 2015)
• Business Weekly: Cambridge technology the crowning glory in Queen’s Awards (21 Apr 2015)
• Asian Image – Lopa Patel to receive the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (21 Apr 2015)
• Financial Times – Promoting enterprise Angels and incubators are rewarded (21 Apr 2015)
• Financial Times – Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Promotion 2015 winners (21 Apr 2015)
• The Gazette Press Book – The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Promotion (page 15) (21 Apr 2015)
• The Gazette – The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise Promotion 2015 (21 Apr 2015)
• Advertising Week Europe 2015: The Diversity Delusion (26 Mar 2015)
2014
• 2014’s 50 Most Incredible Women in STEM – The Forensic Outreach Library (18 Dec 2014)
• University of Manchester: Reflections from a mentor (25 Sep 2014)
• Cranfield Management School – Boldness in Business Conference (25 July 2014)
• The Global Teacher Prize – Academy Judges (14 May 2014)
• YouTube – Stemettes 1st Birthday celebration at Telefonica (12 Feb 2014)
• Stemettes 1st birthday celebration at Telefonica (12 Feb 2014)
2013
• The Leadership Diversity Award Judges 2013 (12 Nov 2013)
• Lopa Patel speaking at the WE Sewa Day Fundraiser – Video (29 Oct 2013)
• Pardes Weekly – Women Empowered, The Power of One! (26 Oct 2013)
• Asian Voice – Sewa Day Report Launch (13 Jul 2013)
• Foreigners UK – Lopa Patel appointed as Sewa Day Deputy Chair (15 May 2013)
• IDM – Knowledge Marketing & Networking Event video (14 March 2013)
• IDM – Your Marketing Edge You! Speakers Details (14 Mar 2013)
• Stemettes launch with pancakes, paper & prizes (12 Feb 2013)
2012
• Asian Voice – Asian elite reject positive discrimination (22 Dec 2012)
• NEF hosts Women Entrepreneurs Panel Debate event (10 Dec 2012)
• PR Web – Diversity is about more than gender (23 Nov 2012)
• Convergence India launch event (20 Mar 2012)
• House of Lords: International Women’s Day – Motion to Take Note (1 Mar 2012)
• LWF2012 Awards Judging Panel – quote in conference booklet (17 Jan 2012)
2011
• Apps for Good First 2011 Dragons Den (16 Feb 2011)
• Asian Voice – North London Girls guide the way to business (8 Jan 2011)
2010
• Eastern Eye – Tuned in Teens Clinch Award (24 Dec 2010)
• North London Girls guide the way to business success (16 Dec 2010)
• Food Academy is a taste of things to come (14 Dec 2010)
• Brent Council – Crest Girls’ Academy has the recipe for success (13 Dec 2010)
• The Guardian – Britain’s Hindus ignored by Public Sector Boards (5 Feb 2010)
2009
• IOD Director Magazine ‘Director of the Month’ – page 1 (2 Nov 2009)
• IOD Director Magazine ‘Director of the Month’ – page 2 (2 Nov 2009)
• Zee TV Magazine ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ (Nov 2009)
• The Times ‘Court & Social’ Register (28 Oct 2009)
• RSA Journal, Roundtable Feature on the Fellowship Council (11 Oct 2009)
• Gujarat Samachar – Indian Entrepreneur awarded an MBE (27 Jun 2009)
• IDM Connections magazine – 10 Things I Wish I’d Known (25 Jun 2009)
• Eastern Voice – Asian Entrepreneur awarded an MBE (22 Jun 2009)
• Asian Voice – South Asians on the Queen’s Birthday List (20 Jun 2009)
• Direct Gov website – Queen’s Birthday Honours highlights (18 Jun 2009)
• The Financial Times: Honours List – Gongs go to entrepreneurs (13 Jun 2009)
• London Business School Women Entrepreneurs Event (6 May 2009)
• London Business School Women Entrepreneurs Event – Full Booklet (1.02MB)
2008
• India Today ‘Indian Women Achievers in the UK’ (21 Jul 2008)
• Labour Friends of India Annual Lunch (Apr 2008)
2007
• Asian Woman Magazine ‘The 2007 Indus Insight’ Lunch (Nov 2007)
• Hindustan Times – Indian woman earns fellowship at global marketing body (April 2007)
2006
• British Library ‘Hot Off The Press’ entrepreneurs event (2 Oct 2006)
2005
• Journalism: Redhotcurry burns up the competition (1 Jun 2005)
• The Independent – Asian Women of Achievement Awards (May 2005)
2004
• Campaign Live: IDM appoints DMS’s Patel as first British Asian fellow (19 Feb 2004)
2003
• Campaign Live: Redhotcurry.com scoops Windrush internet award (3 Jul 2003)