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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Medal and Ribbon
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to honour exceptional Overseas Indians
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President of India
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2003
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The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for Overseas Indians or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas 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.
Award criteria
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:
| "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;"
| "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)."}}
Awardees for 2003
Country
Name
Description
Rt. Hon’ble Sir Anerood Jugnauth
Prime Minister of Mauritius
Prof. Fatima Meer
She took active part in political, social and philanthropic causes, deeply influenced by the Gandhian values and approach
Dr. Hari N. Harilela
Business ventures and community welfare activities, he has been long considered the standard-bearer and the most recognizable symbol of the Indian Diaspora in Hong Kong.
Oman
Shri Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji
The Khimjis have utilized their proximity to the ruling family in the cause of the Diaspora and strengthening links between India and Oman.
Shri Manilal Premchand Chandaria
He has used his resources to propagate Indian ethos and values. He helped set-up Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Academy Society and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund in Kenya.
Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia
Lord Dholakia made significant contributions in the fields of community care and issues relating to ethnic unrest. He played an important role in addressing the sensitive issue of racial discontent.
Shri Rajat Gupta
Shri Gupta has embarked on work relating to community welfare and social and Philanthropic causes. He played a key-role in the establishment of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad.
Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal
Sir Shridath Ramphal is a distinguished Jurist having been Solicitor General and Attorney General of Guyana and Member of International Commission of Jurists. Sir Shridath Ramphal also held positions of responsibility in international organizations such as Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, Independent Commission of International Humanitarian Issues and World Commission on Environment and Development, Chairman UN Committee for Development Planning and President, World. He is a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing (1978–79); Minister for Works (1979–85) and Minister of Energy, Tele communications & Posts, Malaysia (1989–95). He has been a Member of the House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament since 1974.
Ujjal Dosanjh
In 1991, Shri Dosanjh was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Vancouver Kensington constituency and then as Caucus Chair. He became the Minister for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Sports and Immigration in 1995, and then was appointed the Attorney General of British Columbia. In a historic development, he was elected as the 33rd Premier and President of the Executive Council of British Columbia, which is first for a person of Indian origin in Canada.
Awardees for 2004
Country
Name
Description
Dipak Jain
Dean, Kellogg School of Management
Kalpana Chawla
NASA Astronaut
Ahmed Moosa Ebrahim
Supreme Court justice
Bharrat Jagdeo
President of Guyana
Mahendra Pal Chaudhry
Fmr. Prime Minister of Fiji
Dr. Marian Chisti
Lord Meghnad Desai
Economist, Writer, Labour politician
Narinder Singh Kapany
Shashi Tharoor
Politician, Diplomat, Writer
Sukhi Turner
Fmr. Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
P. Mohamed Ali
Industrialist
Awardees for 2005
Country
Name
Description
M. Arunachalam
President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce
Jagdish Bhagwati
Indian American economist
Amina Cachalia
Women's activist, politician
J.K. Chande
Chancellor, International Medical and Technological University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Alokeranjan Dasgupta
Poet, philosopher, academic
Ahmed Kathrada
South African anti-apartheid activist
Sunil Khilnani
Political scientist, writer
Basdeo Panday
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Bhikhu Parekh
member, British House of Lords
Sam Pitroda
Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker
Vikram Seth
Novelist and poet
M. Night Shyamalan
Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer
Vijay Singh
Indo-Fijian golfer
A Vijayan
Disaster Search & Rescue - Indian Ocean Tsunami
Sant Singh Virmani
Rice scientist
M. A. Yusuff Ali
Owner of Lulu Group International (Abu Dhabi headquartered Indian conglomerate)
Awardees for 2006
Country
Name
Description
Shivnath Rai Bajaj
Eliahu Bezalel
Abdool Raouf Bundhun
Pratima Kale
Majid Uddin Kazi
C. K. Menon
Gulam Kaderbhai Noon
Sudhir M. Parikh
Yesu Persaud
V. Ramadoss
Sisupal Rambharos
Niranjan S. Shah
Shan V
Jean-Paul Virapoullé
Fareed Zakaria
journalist, editor of *Newsweek International*
Awardees for 2007
Country
Name
Description
Field of Merit
Gopal Raju
journalist, founder-editor India Abroad
Media
Lord Diljit Rana
Hon. Consul Belfast, Managing Director Andras House
Business
Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer
Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Public Affairs
Madhavan Anirudhan
President Essen Nutrition
Business
Billy Nair
Member of Parliament, ANC South Africa
Public Affairs
Pheroze Nowrojee
Advocate, Human Rights Activist
Community Affairs
Nirmal K. Sinha
Community Leader, Significant contribution to fostering friendship between India and USA
Community Affairs
Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram
Executive Chairman, National Land Finance Co-operative Society
Public Affairs
Kenneth S. Benjamin
Founder and chairman of the Guardsman Group
Business
Sibabrata Roy
President Indo-German Society Hamburg, Promoter of Indian Culture in Germany
Community Affairs
Syed M. Salahuddin
Managing director, ETA-Ascon Group
Business
Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty
Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School
Business
Sir Moti Tikaram
Justice, National President for Fiji, World Jurist Association
Public Affairs
Abdool Magid Karim Vakil
President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa
Business
Panchapakesa Jayaraman
Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature
Culture
Awardees for 2008
Country
Name
Description
Field of Merit
Dr. Mohammed Roshankt
Chairman of TCS-FNS
Dr. Ravi Pillai
Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation
Business
Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam
Prime Minister Mauritius
Public Affairs
Neville Joseph Roach
Chairman of TCS-FNS
A. P. S. Mani
Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo
Judge Ajit Swaran Singh
District Judge in New Zealand
Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy
Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims' Welfare Forum
Bicky Chakraborty
CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden
Krishnamurthy Kumar
Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council
Lord Karan Bilimoria
Chancellor Thames Valley University
Dr. Thomas Abraham
Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.)
Joy Cherian
Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
National Council of Indian Culture
NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago
Awardees for 2009
Country
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Mr. P. V. Radhakrishna Pillai or Plavalil Kizhakkethil Vasudevan Radhakrishna Pillai
Cambodia
Mr. Sachchidanand Sahai
Indo‐Canada Chamber of Commerce
Côte d'Ivoire
Mr. Deepak Naraindas Shivdasani
Mr. Victor Shahid Smetacek
Indonesia
Mr. Sri Prakash Lohia
Mozambique
Mr. Jose Parayanken
Oman
Mr. Kiran Navinchandra Asher
Mr. Hassan Abdulkarim Chougule
Mr. S. R. Nathan — The former President of Singapore
Ms. Khorshed Noshir Ginwala
The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Saraiya
Prof. Surendra Kumar Kaushik
Kalpalatha Kummamuri Guntupalli
Awardees for 2013
Country
Name
Description
Field of Merit
H E Mr. Rajkeswur Purryag
The President of the Republic of Mauritius
Narendra R Kumar
A doctor specialising in otolaryngology head and neck surgery
KT Rabeeullah
Businessman - Chairman and Managing Director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group Middle East
Community Service
Bava Haji Pandalingal
Patricia Maria Rozario
Music
Contributions in the field of music "Outstanding achievements"
Professor Gurusharan Singh Chatwal
Science
Ashok S. Vaswani,
community service
Tan Sri Ravindran Menon
Community service
Mexico
Dr. Rasik V.Joshi
Literature
Dr.Satendra K.Singh
Community service
Gilbert. C. Moutien
Business
Ismail E. Ebrahim
Public Services
Subhash Razdan
Public service
Awardees for 2014
Country
Name
Description
Field of Merit
Australia
Senator Lisa Maria Singh
First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament
Bahrain
Dr Varghese Kurian
Leading overseas Indian businessman
Vasdev Chanchlani
Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in
Ramakrishna Mission
France
Bikas Chandra Sanyal
Renowned educationist
Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India
Papua New Guinea
Sasindran Muthuvel
First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua
Shihabudeen VavaKunju
Contributor to welfare of Indian community
Ela Gandhi
Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom
Shamsheer Vayalil
Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting etter understanding of India
Shailesh Vara
First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party
Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai
Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between India and USA
Dr. Renu Khator
One of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in the United States. Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston
Dr. Namita Roy-Chowdhury
First Indian woman to become a full professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.
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Awardees for 2015
Country
Name
Description
Field of Merit
Australia
Mala Mehta
Founder of Indo- Australian Bal Bharatiya Vidyalaya in Thornleigh suburb in Sydney. Since its establishment, she has been pursuing the growth of Hindi in Australia.
Education & Community Service
Guyana
Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar
President of Guyana and awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora.
Public Service
Mexico
Dr Rajaram Sanjaya
India-born Mexico scientist and winner of the 2014 World Food Prize for developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries.
Scientific Research
New Zealand
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
Member of Parliament (MP) from New Zealand. He is also known for his work for the Indian diaspora in New Zealand.
Public Service
Oman
Rajmal Parakh
Leading philanthropist, active in social services and charitable work in Oman and India.
Social Service
Seychelles
Duraikannu Karunakaran
Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles
Judicial Service
South Africa
Essop Goolam Pahad
Politician and Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to 2008
Public Service
United Arab Emirates
Shah Bharatkumar Jayantilal
Social worker known for contributions to charities and philanthropy.
Community Service
United Arab Emirates
Ashraf Thamarassery
Social activist
Social Work
Uganda
Mahendra Nanji Mehta
Indian-origin businessman
Public Service
United Kingdom
Nathu Ram Puri
Founder of Purico and awarded for his contributions to the Indian diaspora.
Education & Community Service
United Kingdom
Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba
Philanthropist and founder of clothing company Rinku Group. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords
Public Service
United States of America
Satya Nadella
CEO of Microsoft
Business Management
United States of America
Kamlesh Lulla
Chief Scientist for Earth Observation in the Human Exploration Science office at Johnson Space Center at NASA
Scientific Research
United States of America
Nandini Tandon
Awarded for her contributions to life sciences, healthcare and Information technology in USA, India as well as other emerging economies.
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