Kiran Bali

Kiran Bali MBE JP
Personal details
Born	1978 (age 46–47) Fartown, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Occupation	Magistrate, climate change activist, interfaith leader

Kiran Bali (born 1978) is a British magistrate, climate change activist, interfaith leader and the Global Chair of the United Religions Initiative.[1][2][3] She was born in Fartown, Huddersfield, in Yorkshire, England.[4]

Bali has served as the general secretary of the Hindu Society of Kirklees and Calderdale,[5][6][7][8] and was director of the Yorkshire and the Humber Faiths forum.[9] She also served as president of the Huddersfield Interfaith Council.[2] Bali was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II for her interfaith work when she was named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2008.[10][11][12] She is an advocate of interfaith cooperation on climate change, and she helped to launch the Hindu declaration on Climate Change in India in November 2015.[13]

Bali was the youngest magistrate to sit at the Kirklees Magistrate Court.[14][6] She also served as an independent member of the West Yorkshire Police Authority.[15]

References

1. "Kiran Bali | parliamentofreligions.org". parliamentofreligions.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
2. "URI Global Chair Kiran Bali elected president of interfaith body in Huddersfield, UK | URI". uri.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
3. YorkshireLive (5 July 2012). "Faiths leader Kiran Bali to lead global interfaith organisation". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
4. Douglas, Joanne (9 June 2009). "Kiran Bali to receive the Examiner's Achievement Award". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
5. Glover, Chloe (19 April 2016). "Kiran Bali urges Government to sign up to Paris Agreement". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
6. Himelfield, Dave (13 March 2015). "Huddersfield community leader Kiran Bali gives women's equality talk at United Nations in New York". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
7. Atkinson, Neil (3 October 2013). "Huddersfield woman Kiran Bali heads up UNICEF water project". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
8. "Muslim, Sikh and Hindu leaders gather together to condemn Manchester Arena atrocity | SNE". Retrieved 21 August 2020.
9. "Leading a Change in Interfaith Cooperation". Common Threads. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
10. "Deputy chief constable honoured". 29 December 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
11. "Kiran Bali - Women Economic Forum (WEF)". WEF. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
12. "Honours: Order of the British Empire - MBE Abbs to Davies". The Independent. 29 December 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
13. "Kiran Bali, MBE JP | URI". uri.org. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
14. Cooper, Louise (15 April 2014). "Kiran Bali visits interfaith communities in India and Malaysia". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
15. Haythorne, Helen. "CCG Appoints new non-executive member | NHS North Kirklees CCG". Retrieved 21 August 2020.