About Us
Welcome to Kashmiri Pandit Association of Europe
ॐ May Mata Shaarika bless our community with unity, peace and prosperity.
A warm welcome!
The Kashmiri Pandit Association of Europe (KPAE) is a UK based sociocultural organisation. Established in 1972, it is one of the oldest Kashmiri Pandit organisations in the world. Our goal is to serve the Kashmiri Pandit diaspora by providing a platform to our community members.
Objectives:
- Uniting the Kashmiri Pandit diaspora living in the UK and Europe to preserve and celebrate our language, culture, core values and heritage.
- Inspiring social and cultural cohesion amongst the community members across generations through various community events held across the year.
- Observing significant religious events and seeking divine blessings together as a united family.
- Striving to be a propeller of social-cultural learning and meeting the spiritual, humanitarian and educational needs of the community.
- Providing charitable support to the Kashmiri Pandit Community both in the UK, Europe and in India, where possible.
List of recent executive community members
2021 – 2022
Mr Sanjay Peshin, President
Mr Ashutosh Bakshi, Secretary
Mrs Manju Kak, Treasurer
Mrs Amita Dar, Executive Member
Mrs Preeti Bhatt, Executive Member
2019 – 2020
Mr Sanjay Peshin, President
Mr Ashutosh Bakshi, Secretary
Mr Vikas Kaul, Treasurer
Mr Vindesh Bhatt, Executive Member
Mrs Rashmi Razdan, Executive Member
2015 – 2018
Mr Shuban Kotwal, President
Mr Sanjay Peshin, Secretary
Mr Vindesh Bhat, Treasurer
Mr Vikas Kaul, Executive member
Mr Ashutosh Bakshi, Executive member
You can contact the current Executive team with your suggestions or any request via email on executives@kpae.co.uk