City Hindus Network


City Hindus Network is a not-for-profit organisation created to promote networking, spirituality, education and charity amongst Hindu professionals. It was founded in 2005 by Dhruv Patel OBE and its current Chair is Alpesh Patel, who was appointed in December 2019. CHN is focused on building closer relationships between Hindu professionals working in the City of London.

History

CHN's first major event was held by the then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, for the British Hindu community, at City Hall in London.
Since then, the CHN has organised networking events, talks on Hindu philosophy and spirituality, a mentoring scheme, charity and volunteering events for Hindu professionals, and taken part in community and government liaison on behalf of the Hindu community. Many of its events have been in conjunction with the accountancy and consulting firms and investment banks in London, alongside other Hindu community partners, such as Chinmaya Mission UK, and charities such as Odanadi, Women in Need, Joshua Playing Project and London Community Transport.
CHN has also worked closely with other faith networks including City Sikhs to organise the largest hustings events in London.

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