Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2019

The awards were conferred during the 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas being held at Varanasi.
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	Australia	Nihal Singh Agar	Social Service
2	Bhutan	Rajinder Nath Khazanchi	Civil Engineering
3	Canada	Ramesh Chotai	Business
4	China	Amit Waikar	Business
5	Egypt	Indian Community Association in Egypt	Community Service
6	France	Malini Ranganathan	Academics & Arts
7	Guyana	Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha	Community Service
8	Italy	Bitthal Das Maheshwari	Business
9	Jamaica	Guna Sekhar Muppuri	Medical Science &Entrepreneurship
10	Kenya	P. V. Sambasiva Rao	Technology
11	Kenya	Prakash Madhavdas Heda	Medical Science
12	Kuwait	Rajpal Tyagi	Architecture
13	Myanmar	Banwarilal Satya Narayan Goenka	Business Management
14	New Zealand	Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon	Business
15	Norway	Himanshu Gulati	Public Service
16	Oman	Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil	Business
17	Poland	Jagadeswara Rao Maddukuri	Entrepreneurship
18	Qatar	Purnendu Chandra Tiwary	Training & Simulation
19	South Africa	Swami Saradaprabhananda	Community Service
20	South Africa	Anil Sooklal	Diplomacy
21	Switzerland	Rajendra Kumar Joshi	Science
22	Tanzania	Shamim Parkar Khan	Public Service
23	UAE	Surender Singh Kandhari	Business
24	UAE	Zulekha Daud	Medical Science & Business
25	UAE	Girish Pant	Business
26	Uganda	Rajesh Chaplot	Chartered Accountancy
27	USA	Gita Gopinath	Academics
28	USA	Chandra Shekhar Mishra	Science
29	USA	Kiran Chhotubhai Patel	Medical Science
30	USA	Gitesh Jayantilal Desai	Structural Engineering

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