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 a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conventions organized annually since 2003 on Non-Resident Indians,
Persons of Indian Origin or an organization or 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 14th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention was held in Bengaluru from 7-9 January, 2017. The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards were conferred by the Hon’ble President at the PBD Convention on 9 January, 2017 in the valedictory session of
the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations in an impressive ceremony.
A 11-member Jury-cum-Awards Committee, with Hon’ble Vice-President as Chairman and Hon’ble External Affairs as Vice-Chairman and nine other distinguished members from various walks of life, considered the nominations for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards,
2017 and had unanimously thirty nominees. Ms. Nisha Desai Biswal, Assistant Secretary of State, Department of State, delivered the acceptance speech on behalf of the awardees.
The list of thirty awardees is as follows:
PBS Awardees-2017
S.No. |
Name |
Country |
Field |
1. |
Dr. Gorur Krishna Harinath |
Australia |
Community Service |
2. |
Rajasekharan Pillai Valavoor Kizhakkathil |
Bahrain |
Business |
3. |
Antwerp Indian Association |
Belgium |
Community Service |
4. |
Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah |
Brunei |
Community Service |
5. |
Mukund Bhikhubhai Purohit |
Canada |
Business |
6. |
Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari |
Djibouti |
Community Service |
7. |
Vinod Chandra Patel |
Fiji |
Social Service |
8. |
Raghunath Marie Antonin Manet |
France |
Arts & Culture |
9. |
Dr. Lael Anson E. Best |
Israel |
Medical Science |
10. |
Dr. Sandip Kumar Tagore |
Japan |
Arts & Culture |
11. |
Ariful Islam |
Libya |
Community Service |
12. |
Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah |
Malaysia |
Education and Community
Service |
13. |
Hon’ble Pravind Kumar Jugnauth |
Mauritius |
Public Service |
14. |
H.E. Mr. Antonio Luis Santos da Costa |
Portugal |
Public Service |
15. |
Dr. Raghavan Seetharaman |
Qatar |
Business Management |
16. |
Zeenat Musarrat Jafri |
Saudi Arabia |
Education |
17. |
Singapore Indian Association |
Singapore |
Community Service |
18. |
Dr. Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi |
Sweden |
Medicine |
19. |
Susheel Kumar Saraff |
Thailand |
Business |
20. |
Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Public Service |
21. |
Vasudev Shamdas Shroff |
United Arab Emirates |
Community Service |
22. |
India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi |
United Arab Emirates |
Philanthropy and Community Service |
23. |
Rt. Hon’ble Priti Patel |
United Kingdom |
Public Service |
24. |
Neena Gill |
United Kingdom |
Public Service |
25. |
Hari Babu Bindal |
USA |
Environmental Engineering |
26. |
Dr. Bharat Haridas Barai |
USA |
Community Service |
27. |
Nisha Desai Biswal |
USA |
Public Affairs |
28. |
Dr. Mahesh Mehta |
USA |
Community Service |
29. |
Ramesh Shah |
USA |
Community Service |
30. |
Dr. Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi |
USA |
Community Leadership |
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