Mumbai, June 8 -- A 'pucca Mumbaikar' Sunit Prakash and his Gujarat-rooted wife Lalita Kasanji - both dual New Zealand-Australia citizens - have been selected for the 'Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit' honour for services to the Information Technology industry and the Indian diaspora there.
The Royal honours - similar to India's top Padma national awards - will soon be conferred on the Indian-origin couple by New Zealand Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, the representative of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. New Zealand recognises the British monarch as its head of state.
The broad group of awards called New Zealand Order of Merit was instituted by a Royal Warrant issued by then British monarch Queen Elizabeth II on May 30...