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The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India.
[edit] Awardees for 2008
| Country |
Name |
Description |
Field of Merit |
 Bahrain |
Dr. Ravi Pillai |
Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation |
Business |
 Mauritius |
Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam |
Prime Minister Mauritius |
Public Affairs |
 Australia |
Neville Joseph Roach |
Chairman of TCS-FNS |
|
 Japan |
A. P. S. Mani |
Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo |
|
 New Zealand |
Judge Ajit Swarn Singh |
District Judge in New Zealand |
|
 Saudi Arabia |
Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy |
Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims' Welfare Forum |
|
 Sweden |
Bicky Chakraborty |
CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden |
|
 United Arab Emirates |
Krishnamurthy Kumar |
Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council |
|
 United Kingdom |
Lord Karan Bilimoria |
Chancellor Thames Valley University |
|
 United States |
Dr. Thomas Abraham |
Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.) |
|
| United States |
Joy Cherian |
Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commmision |
|
 Trinidad and Tobago |
National Council of Indian Culture |
NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago |
|
[edit] Awardees for 2007
| Country |
Name |
Description |
Field of Merit |
| United States |
Gopal Raju |
journalist, founder-editor India Abroad |
Media |
| United Kingdom |
Lord Diljit Rana |
Hon. Consul Belfast, Managing Director Andras House |
Business |
 Canada |
Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer |
|
Public Affairs |
| United States |
Dr. Madhavan Anirudhan |
President Essen Nutrition |
Business |
 South Africa |
Billy Nair |
Member of Parliament, ANC South Africa |
Public Affairs |
 Kenya |
Pheroze Nowrojee |
Advocate, Human Rights Activist |
Community Affairs |
| United States |
Nirmal K. Sinha |
Community Leader, Significant contribution to fostering friendship between India and USA |
Community Affairs |
 Malaysia |
Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram |
Executive Chairman, National Land Finance Co-operative Society |
Public Affairs |
 Jamaica |
Kenneth S. Benjamin |
Founder and chairman of the Guardsman Group |
Business |
 Germany |
Sibabrata Roy |
President Indo-German Society Hamburg, Promoter of Indian Culture in Germany |
Community Affairs |
| United Arab Emirates |
Syed M. Salahuddin |
Managing Director, ETA-Ascon Group |
Business |
| United Arab Emirates |
Dr. Bavaguthu R. Shetty |
Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School |
Business |
 Fiji |
Sir Moti Tikaram |
Justice, National President Fiji World Jurist Association |
Public Affairs |
 Portugal |
Dr. Abdool Magid Karim Vakil |
President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa |
Business |
| United States |
Dr. P. Jayaraman |
Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature |
Culture |
[edit] Awardees for 2006
[edit] Awardees for 2005
| Country |
Name |
Description |
 Hong Kong |
M. Arunachalam |
President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce |
| United States |
Jagdish Bhagwati |
Indian American economist |
| South Africa |
Amina Cachalia |
Women's activist, politician |
 Tanzania |
J.K. Chande |
Chancellor, International Medical and Technological University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
| Germany |
Alokeranjan Dasgupta |
Poet, philosopher, academic |
| South Africa |
Ahmed Kathrada |
South African anti-apartheid activist |
| United States |
Sunil Khilnani |
Political scientist, writer |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
Basdeo Panday |
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago |
| United Kingdom |
Bhikhu Parekh |
member, British House of Lords |
| United States |
Sam Pitroda |
Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker |
| United Kingdom |
Vikram Seth |
Novelist and poet |
| United States |
M. Night Shyamalan |
Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer |
| Fiji |
Vijay Singh |
Indo-Fijian golfer |
|
Dr. Sant Singh Virmani |
Rice scientist |
| United Arab Emirates |
Yusuffali M.A. |
Owner of EMKE Group (Abu Dhabi based Indian congleramate) |
[edit] Awardees for 2004
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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