Birthday Honours 2024
Supriya Nagarajan BEM
British Empire Medal (BEM)
Founder • Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director
“For services to Music.”
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London Gazette notice
British Empire Medal
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
15 June 2024
THE KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:
B.E.M.
Supriya NAGARAJAN
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director, Manasamitra
For services to Music.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 64423 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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British Empire Medal
Birthday Honours 2024- Role at the time
- Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director
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- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
“For services to Music.”
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How common is this award?
The British Empire Medal was awarded 313 times in the Birthday Honours List 2024 — about 23% of the list.
In their area
121 British Empire Medal recipients are from West Yorkshire.
What organisation were they with?
Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
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Where this record comes from
British Empire Medal · 2024
London Gazette (official record), issue 64423, notice 4646039. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2024).
Published 14 June 2024.
Location (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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