Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for her service to public administration and foreign affairs.
“Success, for me, is to focus on winning the war rather than winning every battle,” Ms Sidhu told SBS Hindi.
Ms Sidhu was High Commissioner to India and Bhutan from 2016 to 2020.
Australian National University Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt was honoured with the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) award for distinguished service to natural resource management research and innovation, gender equality, and tertiary education.
"I am grateful to the Australian government for this award. But I am equally proud of my Indian origin, knowledge and expertise that I have brought to Australia," Prof Dutt told SBS Hindi.
Prof Dutt said, unlike common belief, Australia has gender inequality.
"A woman earns 77 cents for a dollar a man earns for the same work," she said.
Dr Ramananda Kamath received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his services to paediatric gastroenterology, dealing with all organs in the digestive system.
Dr Kamath said he drew inspiration to become a doctor from his grandfather, an Ayurvedic practitioner, who quickly diagnosed and dispensed medicine at lower rates.
But the turning point came when his family lost a buffalo calf after three days of birth.
"I am going to be a doctor, and I have to be very quick in diagnosis," he told himself.
Dr Kamath is an Honorary Emeritus Consultant Medical Officer at the Children's Hospital at Westmead and has authored and co-authored over 80 scientific papers.
Like Dr Kamath, NSW resident Dr Sabrin Farooqui received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the community and multicultural affairs.
Dr Farooqui, a first-generation migrant who came to Australia as an international student, has been a councillor at Cumberland City Council since 2021.
"It's a great honour to get this award," she said.
Dr Farooqui said most first-generation migrants are not aware of the resources available to women affected by domestic violence.
She helps migrants, especially women, to become more financially independent
Dr Farooqui has been a national coordinator for Shakti Australia, a not-for-profit providing culturally competent services to women, children and families of Asian, African and Middle Eastern origins.
She has won several awards, including the Outstanding Research Student Award 2008 at the University of Sydney and Leader of Change, West Sydney Women Awards 2022.
