Rami Ranger, a leading London-based NRI entrepreneur , has been conferred with an honorary doctorate for his services to business, philanthropy and promotion of social cohesion in Britain.Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and Chairman of Sun Mark Ltd and Sea, Air and Land Forwarding, Ranger received the Honorary Doctor of Letters (Hon DLitt) from the University of West London  recently. The citation  reads, Mr Raminder Ranger CBE, known  as Rami, is a man who has defied great odds to achieve outstanding success in business and beyond. Rami`s life began in a refugee camp in newly partitioned India.. Born in July 1947 in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Rami came to the UK in search of a "better life".. He found work as a chef in KFC but soon his work ethic and commitment got noticed and he began to rise quickly.   His entrepreneurial spirit led him to start his own freight forwarding business from a shed in Hayes with just 2 pounds of capital.  Ranger, whose companies have revenues in excess of 200 million pounds, has been conferred with numerous awards.