17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023 announced

17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023:

17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award: 27 Indians living overseas have been chosen by the Indian government for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA), for outstanding achievements both in India and abroad. The award is the highest honour conferred upon Indians living abroad, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organisations/institutions established and run by them.

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The jury that selected the recipients comprised Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar as its chairman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as its Vice-Chair, among other distinguished dignitaries from different fields. The awards will be conferred upon the recipients by President Droupadi Murmu during the 17th edition of the PBSA, which is scheduled to be held from 8-10 January in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

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Theme of 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

As per the Ministry of External Affairs, the theme for Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2023 will be “Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India’s Progress in Amrit Kaal”. This theme highlights the importance of the Indian diaspora in contributing to India’s progress.

S.no	Person	Country	Field
1	Jagadish Chennupati	Australia	Science & Technology/ Education
2	Sanjeev Mehta	Bhutan	Education
3	Dilip Loundo	Brazil	Art & Culture/Education
4	Alexander Maliakel John	Brunei Darussalam	Medicine
5	Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan	Canada	Community Welfare
6	Joginder Singh Nijjar	Croatia	Art & Culture/Education
7	Ramjee Prasad	Denmark	Information Technology
8	Kannan Ambalam	Ethiopia	Community Welfare
9	Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay	Community Welfare/Medicine	Germany
10	Mohamed Irfaan Ali (Guyana President)	Guyana	Politics/Community Welfare
11	Reena Vinod Pushkarna	Israel	Business/Community Welfare
12	Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani	Japan	Education
13	Rajagopal	Mexico	Education
14	Amit Kailash Chandra Lath	Poland	Business/Community Welfare
15	Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani	Republic of Congo	Community Welfare
16	Piyush Gupta	Singapore	Business
17	Mohanlal Hira	South Africa	Community Welfare
18	Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel	South Sudan	Business/Community Welfare
19	Sivakumar Nadesan	Sri Lanka	Community Welfare
20	Dewanchandrebhose Sharman	Suriname	Community Welfare
21	Archana Sharma	Switzerland	Science & Technology
22	Frank Arthur Seepersad	Trinidad & Tobago	Community Welfare/Education
23	Siddharth Balachandran	UAE	Business/Community Welfare
24	Chandrakant Babubhai Patel	UK	Media
25	Darshan Singh Dhaliwal	USA	Business/Community Welfare
26	Rajesh Subramaniam	USA	Business
27	Ashok Kumar Tiwary	Uzbekistan	Business

About the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Honour/Award) is the highest Indian award for Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India or an organisation or institution established and run by Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-Resident Indian Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India. Since 2016, the Government of India has doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:

• “Social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad”
• “Better understanding 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;”
• “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).”

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