Editing Meera Syal (section)

== Awards and recognition ==
Syal won the National Student Drama Award for performing in ''One of Us'' which was written by Jacqueline Shapiro while at university.<ref>{{cite news |author=Chris Jones |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2847873.stm |title=In Depth &#124; Newsmakers &#124; Meera, Meera off the wall |work=BBC News |date=14 March 2003 |access-date=23 August 2013 |archive-date=7 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060307040147/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2000/newsmakers/2847873.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> She won the [[Betty Trask Award]] for her first book ''Anita and Me'' and the Media Personality of the Year award at the [[Commission for Racial Equality]]'s annual ''Race in the Media'' awards in 2000.<ref name="britishcouncil1">{{cite web |author=British Council |url=http://literature.britishcouncil.org/meera-syal |title=Meera Syal &#124; British Council Literature |publisher=Literature.britishcouncil.org |access-date=23 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708223741/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/meera-syal |archive-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was given the [[Nazia Hassan Foundation]] award in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/177 |title=Asians in Media magazine &#124; Meera Syal and others awarded at Nazia Hassan foundation launch |publisher=Asiansinmedia.org |date=16 October 2003 |access-date=23 August 2013 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232746/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/events/177 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

In 2011–12, Syal was appointed visiting professor of contemporary theatre at [[St Catherine's College, Oxford]].<ref name="independent1" /> She has an honorary degree from [[SOAS, University of London]] and from the [[University of Roehampton]].<ref name="roehampton1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/fellows/meera-syal-mbe/ |title=Ms Meera Syal MBE – Honorary Doctorate of SOAS, University of London |publisher=Soas.ac.uk |access-date=23 August 2013 |archive-date=14 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914085410/http://www.soas.ac.uk/about/fellows/meera-syal-mbe/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

She received her [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]] insignia from the [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince of Wales]] on 6 May 2015 at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/12933590.meera-syal-says-cbe-is-a-huge-honour/ |title=Meera Syal says CBE is a 'huge honour' |work=The Northern Echo |date=6 May 2015 |access-date=31 December 2018 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100349/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/12933590.meera-syal-says-cbe-is-a-huge-honour/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-06/meera-syal-to-be-made-a-cbe-at-buckingham-palace-today/|publisher=ITV|title=Meera Syal to be made a CBE at Buckingham Palace today|date=6 May 2015|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-date=20 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720212200/http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-06/meera-syal-to-be-made-a-cbe-at-buckingham-palace-today/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Syal was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]].<ref>Natasha Onwuemezi, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/syal-and-mcdermid-named-new-rsl-fellows-564396 "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326175209/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/syal-and-mcdermid-named-new-rsl-fellows-564396 |date=26 March 2019 }}, ''[[The Bookseller]]'', 7 June 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://rsliterature.org/fellows/current-fellows/ |title=Current RSL Fellows |publisher=Royal Society of Literature |access-date=11 June 2017 |archive-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206015823/https://rsliterature.org/fellows/current-fellows/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2023, she received the [[BAFTA]] Fellowship, regarded as the highest accolade of the [[British Academy Television Awards]].<ref name="Hall">{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Rachel |date=14 May 2023 |title=Meera Syal calls for more diversity in TV industry as she wins Bafta award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/14/meera-syal-calls-for-more-diversity-in-tv-industry-as-she-wins-bafta-award |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015045042/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/may/14/meera-syal-calls-for-more-diversity-in-tv-industry-as-she-wins-bafta-award |archive-date=15 October 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />