Neeraj Patil
Neeraj Patil (Kannada: ಡಾ. ನೀರಜ್ ಪಾಟೀಲ್) is a British politician from The Labour Party. A doctor of Indian origin who has served as A&E Consultant in the National Health Service for 15 years, he served as the Mayor of the London Borough of Lambeth from 2010 to 2011. A member of the Labour Party, he was the borough's first mayor of Asian origin. He is a member of FIRD Forum for International Relations Development and is engaged in promoting community cohesion between Indian and Pakistani communities in UK. He is a consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine  who completed his fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He served as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Worthing Hospital and was a member of KWASH campaign to save the Emergency services at Worthing General Hospital. He was first elected as a Councillor for the Larkhall ward in 2006 and reelected in 2010. He was elected to serve as Mayor of Lambeth from 2010-2011. He received Pope Benedict XVI during his official visit to London on 18 September 2010. Career. Patil is from the Indian state of Karnataka. In 2008 he was awarded the "Rajyotsava Award