Nitin Sawhney's career spans decades of solo albums, film scoring, video game soundtracks, work for dance & theatre, commissions for leading orchestras, dj sets, tv soundtracks, radio broadcasting and live performances around the world with his band. Sawhney has received many awards including a MOBO, New York Bessie and two BBC Radio 3 Music Awards and nominations for the Ivor Novello, Mercury prize and BAFTA.  Sawhney holds 6 honorary doctorates from British universities and is a fellow of LIPA and Southbank University. He turned down an OBE in 2007 for ethical reasons.