The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention is slated to take place in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from January 8–10, 2023. The Hon’ble President of India will present the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas closing session at the PBD Convention.
The nominees for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, 2023 were considered by a jury-cum-awards committee, with the honourable vice president serving as chairman, the honourable external affairs minister serving as vice-chair, and other distinguished members from various walks of life. The awardees were unanimously chosen. The honorees are outstanding examples of what our diaspora has accomplished in a variety of fields. The Jury-cum-Awards Committee’s list of Awardees for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is provided below.
Sr. No. | Name | Country | Field |
1 | Prof. Jagadish Chennupati | Australia | Science & Technology/ Education |
2 | Prof. Sanjeev Mehta | Bhutan | Education |
3 | Prof. Dilip Loundo | Brazil | Art & Culture/Education |
4 | Dr. Alexander Maliakel John | Brunei Darussalam | Medicine |
5 | Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan | Canada | Community Welfare |
6 | Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar | Croatia | Art & Culture/Education |
7 | Prof. Ramjee Prasad | Denmark | Information Technology |
8 | Dr. Kannan Ambalam | Ethiopia | Community Welfare |
9 | Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Germany | Community Welfare/Medicine |
10 | H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali | Guyana | Politics/Community Welfare |
11 | Ms. Reena Vinod Pushkarna | Israel | Business/Community Welfare |
12 | Dr. Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani | Japan | Education |
13 | Dr. Rajagopal | Mexico | Education |
14 | Mr. Amit Kailash Chandra Lath | Poland | Business/Community Welfare |
15 | Mr. Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani | Republic of Congo | Community Welfare |
16 | Mr. Piyush Gupta | Singapore | Business |
17 | Mr. Mohanlal Hira | South Africa | Community Welfare |
18 | Mr. Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel | South Sudan | Business/Community Welfare |
19 | Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan | Sri Lanka | Community Welfare |
20 | Dr. Dewanchandrebhose Sharman | Suriname | Community Welfare |
21 | Dr. Archana Sharma | Switzerland | Science & Technology |
22 | Justice Frank Arthur Seepersad | Trinidad & Tobago | Community Welfare/Education |
23 | Mr. Siddharth Balachandran | UAE | Business/Community Welfare |
24 | Mr. Chandrakant Babubhai Patel | UK | Media |
25 | Dr. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal | USA | Business/Community Welfare |
26 | Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam | USA | Business |
27 | Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwary | Uzbekistan | Business |