Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu will present the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman to eminent Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and the organisations established by them in India and abroad on the concluding day of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention on Friday.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman recognises and honours the NRIs and PIO for their work and contribution to ‘Viksit Bharat’. This year 27 NRIs and PIO will receive the honour for their achievements in different fields. The recipients of the award this year are:
- Ajay Rane, Australia – Community Service
- Marialena Joan Fernandes, Austria – Education
- Philomena Ann Mohini Harris, Barbados – Medical Science
- Swami Sanyuktanand, Fiji – Community Service
- Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Guyana – Community Service
- Lekh Raj Juneja, Japan – Science & Technology
- Prem Kumar, Kyrgyz Republic – Medical Science
- Soukthavy Chowdhury, Laos – Business
- Krishna Savjani, Malawi – Business
- ‘Tan Sri’ Dr. Subramaniam K.V. Sathasivam, Malaysia – Politics
- Sarita Boodhoo, Mauritius – Community Service
- Abhaya Kumar, Moldova – Business
- Ram Niwas @ Hla Tun, Myanmar – Education
- Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana, Romania – Business
- Hindustani Samaj, Russia – Community Service
- Sudha Rani Gupta, Russia – Education
- Syed Anwar Khursheed, Saudi Arabia – Medical Science
- Atul Arvind Temurnikar, Singapore – Education
- Robert Masih Nahar, Spain – Community Service
- Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, Tanzania – Medicine
- E. Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT, Trinidad & Tobago – Public Affairs
- Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer, UAE – Business
- Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu, Uganda – Community Service
- Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar, UK – Politics
- Sharad Lakhanpal, USA – Medicine
- Sharmila Ford, USA – Community Service
- Ravi Kumar S., USA – Business (IT & Consulting)
