Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2009

The 7th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention was organized by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, India in partnership with the State Government of Tamil Nadu and the Confederation of Indian Industry, from 7th-9th January 2009 at Chennai.
The first Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in New Delhi in 2003.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conventions have been held annually since 2003, and the PBSA is the highest honor given to Indians living abroad.
It is given to non-resident Indians (NRIs), people of Indian origin (PIOs), or organizations or institutions founded and managed by NRIs or PIOs in honor of their exceptional accomplishments both domestically and internationally.
A gold medallion, a citation, a small version of the medallion in the form of a lapel pin, and a bilingual Sanad (certificate) are all included in the award.

Sr No.	Country	Name of the Awardees	Field
1	Bahrain	Shri Soman Baby	Community Service
2	Canada	Shri Deepak Obhrai	Public Service
3	Madagascar	Shri Ylias Akbaraly	Community Service
4	Malaysia	Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo	Public Service
5	Mauritius	Shri Angidi Veeriah Chettiar	Public Service
6	Oman	Shri P.N.C. Menon	Philanthropy
7	South Africa	Shri Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo	Public Service
8	Suriname	Shri Ramdien Sardjoe	Public Service
9	The Netherlands	Shri Ram Lakhina	Community Service
10	UAE	Shri J.R. Gangaramani	Community Service
11	UK	Baroness Shreela Flather	Public Service
12	USA	Prof. C.K. Prahalad	Management
13	USA	Prof. Sumit Ganguly	Public Service

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