Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2017 kicks off in style, huge participation of Indian diaspora

The 14th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas kicked off in style with huge participation of Indian diaspora at Bengaluru on Saturday. Union Ministers Vijay Goel, VK Singh, and RV Deshpande inaugurated the event. The first event, addressing the stakes of young Indians living abroad, was titled as "Youth Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas". YPBD has three plenary sessions scheduled. The youth events will include students, start-up and innovation, and start up in Karnataka in particular. The main convention will be inaugurated on Sunday, the second day of the convention. The Sunday event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief guest of the event, Prime Minister of Portugal Dr Antonio Costa.

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