Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2021

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The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians. PBSA is conferred by the Hon’ble President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention on Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin or an organization/institution established and run by the Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin in recognition of their outstanding achievements both in India and abroad.

The 16th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention was held virtually on 9th January 2021. The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards were conferred by the Hon’ble President at the PBD Convention in the valedictory session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations.

A Jury-cum-Awards Committee, with Hon’ble Vice-President as the Chairman and Hon’ble External Affairs Minister as the Vice-Chair and other distinguished members from various walks of life considered the nominations for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, 2021 and unanimously selected the awardees. The awardees represent the vibrant excellence achieved by our diaspora in various fields. Several countries have been represented for the first time among the awardees. Dr. Mukesh Aghi, one of the awardees and President & CEO of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, delivered the acceptance speech on behalf of the awardees.

The list of the awardees is as follows:

 

S. No. Name Country Field
1 NGO Cultural Diversity for Peaceful Future Armenia Promoting Indian Culture
2 Dr. Rajani Chandra D’Mello Azerbaijan Medicine
3 Mr. Baburajan Vava Kalluparambil Gopalan Bahrain Community Service
4 Mrs. Jamal Ahmad Botswana Business
5 Mr. Janakiraman Ravikumar Cameroon Closer ties with India
6 H.E. Mr. Eugene Rhuggenaath Curacao (The Netherlands) Public Service
7 Mr. Debashish Chaudhuri Czech Republic Art and Culture
8 Mr. Mohammed Husein Hasanali Sardharwala Ethiopia Business
9 Sai Prema Foundation Fiji Community Service
10 Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani Germany Education
11 Mr. Lal Lokumal Chellaram Hong Kong Community Service
12 Dr. (Prof.) Muralidhar Miryala Japan Science & Technology
13 Mr. Rajib Shaw Japan Education
14 Mr. Salil Panigrahi Maldives Tourism
15 Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh Mexico Science & Technology
16 Hon. Ms. Priyanca Radhakrishnan New Zealand Public Service
17 Indian Cultural Association (ICA) Nigeria Community Service
18 Dr. Mohan Thomas Lazarus Pakalomattom Qatar Medicine
19 Mr. Jean Regis Ramsamy Reunion (France) Media & Community Service
20 Mr. Siddeek Ahmed Saudi Arabia Business
21 Dr. Anil Kumar Chotalal Mithani Sudan Medicine
22 H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi Suriname Public Service
23 Dr. Shachi Gurumayun Switzerland Bio-tech Agronomy
24 Mr. Vashdev Tikamdas Purswani Thailand Business
25 Mr. Resham Singh Sandhu UK Public Service
26 Mr. Arvind Phukan USA Environment Technology
27 Ms. Nilu Gupta USA Promoting Indian Culture
28 Federation of Indian Associations NY, NJ & CT USA Community Service
29 Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda USA Medicine
30 Dr. Mukesh Aghi USA/ Singapore Business

 

 

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