January 24, 2019:

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians.

PBSA is conferred by the President of India as a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conventions organized annually since 2003 on a Non-Resident Indian, Person of Indian Origin or an organization or institution established and run by the Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin, who has made significant contribution in any one of the following fields :

  • Better understanding abroad of India;
  • Support to India’s causes and concerns in a tangible way;
  • Building closer links between India, the overseas Indian community and their country of residence;
  • Social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad;
  • Welfare of the local Indian community;
  • Philanthropic and charitable work;
  • Eminence in one’s field or outstanding work, which has enhanced India’s prestige in the country of residence; or
  • Eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in that country (for non-professional workers).

The Awardees for the year 2019 are: 

PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT

**NOTIFICATION**

New Delhi the 23rd January, 2019

No. 1-Pres/2019.—The President is pleased to confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to the following persons/organisations :— 1. Mr. Nihal Singh Agar 2. Mr. Rajinder Nath Khazanchi 3. Mr. Ramesh Chotai 4. Mr. Amit Waikar 5. Indian Community Association in Egypt 6. Dr. Malini Ranganathan 7. Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha 8. Mr. Bitthal Das Maheshwari 9. Dr. Guna Sekhar Muppuri 10. Mr. P.V. Sambasiva Rao 11. Dr. Prakash Madhavdas Heda 12. Mr. Rajpal Tyagi 13. Mr. Banwarilal Satya Narayan Goenka 14. Mr. Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon 15. Hon’ble Himanshu Gulati

16. Mr. Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil 17. Mr. Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri 18. Mr. Purnendu Chandra Tiwari 19. Swami Saradaprabhananda 20. Dr. Anil Sooklal 21. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi 22. Ms. Shamim Parkar Khan 23. Mr. Surender Singh Kandhari 24. Dr. Zulekha Daud 25. Mr. Girish Pant 26. Mr. Rajesh Chaplot 27. Dr. Gita Gopinath 28. Dr. Chandra Shekhar Mishra 29. Dr. Kiran Chhotubhai Patel 30. Mr. Gitesh Jayantilal Desai

RANDHIR KUMAR JAISWAL, Jt. Secy.-cum-Social Secy. to the President

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