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{{Infobox award
{{Infobox award
| name          = Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
| name          = Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
| image        = The President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil with the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman awardees for 2009, at the 7th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, in Chennai on January 09, 2009.jpg
| image        =[[File:Pravasi bharatiya samman award.jpg|300px]]<br><br>[[File:Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Ribbon.png|150px]]
| image_size    =  
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| caption      = [[President of India]] and awardees at a Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in 2009
| caption      = Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Medal and Ribbon
| subheader    = Civilian award for contributions to International
| subheader    =  
| awarded_for  = to honour exceptional [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRIs and PIOs]]
| awarded_for  = to honour exceptional [[Indian diaspora|Overseas Indians]]
| sponsor      = [[President of India]]
| sponsor      = [[President of India]]
| firstawarded  = 2003
| firstawarded  = 2003
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The '''Pravasi Bharatiya Samman''' ('''Overseas Indian Honour/Award''') is an award constituted by the [[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs]], [[Government of India]] in conjunction with the ''[[Pravasi Bharatiya Divas]]'' ([[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Non-Resident Indian]] Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the [[President of India]].<ref name="eco">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concludes; Overseas Indian doctors ready to help India|date=9 Jan 2011|work=Economic Times|access-date=29 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113140658/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|archive-date=13 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2016, the [[Government of India]] has doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.<ref name=":0" />
The '''Pravasi Bharatiya Samman''' (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for [[Indian diaspora|Overseas Indians]] or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the [[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs]], [[Government of India]] in conjunction with the ''[[Pravasi Bharatiya Divas]]'' (Overseas Indian Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |url=https://pbdindia.gov.in/en/about-us#:~:text=Award%20is%20the%20highest%20honour%20conferred%20on%20a%20Non-Resident%20Indian,%20Person%20of%20Indian%20Origin;%20or%20an%20organisation%20or |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=pbdindia.gov.in}}</ref> The award is given by the [[President of India]].<ref name="eco">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concludes; Overseas Indian doctors ready to help India|date=9 Jan 2011|work=Economic Times|access-date=29 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113140658/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|archive-date=13 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2016, the [[Government of India]] has doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.<ref name=":0" />


==Award criteria==
==Award criteria==
[[Pravasi Bharatiya Samman]] (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:
[[File:Pravasi bharatiya samman award.jpg|alt=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award|thumb|Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award]]
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:
{{ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha
{{ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha
| "Better understanding of India"
| "Better understanding of India"
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| "Eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in
| "Eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in
that country (for non-professional workers)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgihamburg.gov.in/pdf/PBD_01_2019.pdf|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, 2019|website=www.cgihamburg.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/pravasi-bharatiya-samman.htm|title=MEA &#124; Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>}}
that country (for non-professional workers)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgihamburg.gov.in/pdf/PBD_01_2019.pdf|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, 2019|website=www.cgihamburg.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/pravasi-bharatiya-samman.htm|title=MEA &#124; Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>}}
==Awardees for 2003==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
| {{MUS}}|| [[Rt. Hon’ble Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] || Prime Minister of Mauritius
|-
|{{ZAF}}|| Prof. [[Fatima Meer]] || She took active part in political, social and philanthropic causes, deeply influenced by the Gandhian values and approach
|-
| {{HKG}}|| [[Hari Harilela|Dr. Hari N. Harilela]]  || Business ventures and community welfare activities, he has been long considered the standard-bearer and the most recognizable symbol of the Indian Diaspora in Hong Kong.
|-
| {{Flag|Oman}} || Shri Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji || The Khimjis have utilized their proximity to the ruling family in the cause of the Diaspora and strengthening links between India and Oman.
|-
|{{KEN}}|| [[Manu Chandaria|Shri Manilal Premchand Chandaria ]]|| He has used his resources to propagate Indian ethos and values. He helped set-up Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Academy Society and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund in Kenya.
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia]] || Lord Dholakia made significant contributions in the fields of community care and issues relating to ethnic unrest. He played an  important role in addressing the sensitive issue of racial discontent.
|-
|{{USA}}|| Shri [[Rajat Gupta]] || Shri Gupta has embarked on work relating to community welfare and social and Philanthropic causes. He played a key-role in the establishment of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad.
|-
|{{GUY}}|| [[Shridath Ramphal|Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal]] || Sir Shridath Ramphal is a distinguished Jurist having been Solicitor General and Attorney General of Guyana and Member of International Commission of Jurists. Sir Shridath Ramphal also held positions of responsibility in international organizations such as Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, Independent Commission of International Humanitarian Issues and World Commission on Environment and Development, Chairman UN Committee for Development Planning and President, World. He is a former [[Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations]].
|-
| {{MAS}}|| [[Samy Vellu|Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu]]|| Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing (1978–79); Minister for Works (1979–85) and Minister of Energy,  Tele communications & Posts, Malaysia (1989–95). He has been a Member of the House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament since 1974.
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] || In 1991, Shri Dosanjh was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Vancouver Kensington constituency and then as Caucus Chair. He became the Minister for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Sports and Immigration in 1995, and then was appointed the [[Attorney General of British Columbia]]. In a historic development, he was elected as the 33rd Premier and President of the Executive Council of British Columbia, which is first for a person of Indian origin in Canada.
|}
==Awardees for 2004==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Dipak Jain]] || Dean, [[Kellogg School of Management]]
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Kalpana Chawla]] || NASA Astronaut
|-
|| {{ZIM}} || Ahmed Moosa Ebrahim ||Supreme Court justice
|-
|| {{GUY}} || [[Bharrat Jagdeo]] || President of Guyana
|-
|| {{FJI}} || [[Mahendra Chaudhry|Mahendra Pal Chaudhry]] || Fmr. Prime Minister of Fiji
|-
|| {{KUW}} || Dr. Marian Chisti ||
|-
|| {{GBR}} || Lord [[Meghnad Desai]] || Economist, Writer, Labour politician
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Narinder Singh Kapany]] ||
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Shashi Tharoor]] || Politician, Diplomat, Writer
|-
|| {{NZL}} || [[Sukhi Turner]] || Fmr. Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
|-
|| {{IND}} || [[P. Mohamed Ali]] || Industrialist
|}


== Awardees for 2019 ==
==Awardees for 2005==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|| {{HKG}} || [[M. Arunachalam (businessman)|M. Arunachalam]] || President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Jagdish Bhagwati]] || Indian American economist
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Amina Cachalia]] || Women's activist, politician
|-
|| {{TZA}} || [[Jayantilal Chande|J.K. Chande]] || Chancellor, [[International Medical and Technological University]], [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]].
|-
|| {{DEU}} || [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]] || Poet, philosopher, academic
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Ahmed Kathrada]] || South African anti-apartheid activist
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sunil Khilnani]] || Political scientist, writer
|-
|| {{TTO}} || [[Basdeo Panday]] || Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Bhikhu Parekh]] || member, British House of Lords
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sam Pitroda]] || Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Vikram Seth]] || Novelist and poet
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[M. Night Shyamalan]] || Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer
|-
|| {{FJI}}||[[Vijay Singh]] || Indo-Fijian golfer
|-
|| {{LKA}} || A Vijayan || Disaster Search & Rescue - Indian Ocean Tsunami
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sant Singh Virmani]] || Rice scientist
|-
|| {{ARE}} ||[[M. A. Yusuff Ali]]
| Owner of [[Lulu Hypermarket|Lulu Group International]] (Abu Dhabi headquartered Indian conglomerate)
|}
 
==Awardees for 2006==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|{{THA}} || Shivnath Rai Bajaj||
|-
|{{ISR}} || Eliahu Bezalel||
|-
|{{MUS}} || [[Raouf Bundhun|Abdool Raouf Bundhun]] ||
|-
|{{PHL}} || Pratima Kale||
|-
|{{SAU}} || Majid Uddin Kazi||
|-
|{{QAT}} || [[Cheril Krishna Menon|C. K. Menon]]||
|-
|{{GBR}} || Gulam Kaderbhai Noon||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Sudhir M. Parikh]]||
|-
|{{GUY}} || Yesu Persaud||
|-
|{{SYC}} || V. Ramadoss||
|-
|{{ZAF}} || Sisupal Rambharos||
|-
|{{USA}} || Niranjan S. Shah||
|-
|{{HKG}} || {{ill|Rusy M. Shroff|zh|勞士·施羅孚}} ||
|-
|{{SIN}} || Shan V||
|-
|{{REU}} || [[Jean-Paul Virapoullé]]||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Fareed Zakaria]] || journalist, editor of ''Newsweek International''
|}
 
==Awardees for 2007==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Gopal Raju]] || journalist, founder-editor [[India Abroad]] || Media
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Diljit Rana]] || Hon. Consul Belfast, Managing Director Andras House || Business
|-
|{{CAN}} || [[Dave Hayer|Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer]] ||Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia || Public Affairs
|-
|{{USA}} || Madhavan Anirudhan || President Essen Nutrition || Business
|-
|{{ZAF}} || [[Billy Nair]] || Member of Parliament, ANC South Africa || Public Affairs
|-
|{{KEN}} || Pheroze Nowrojee || Advocate, Human Rights Activist || Community Affairs
|-
|{{USA}} || Nirmal K. Sinha || Community Leader, Significant contribution to fostering friendship between India and USA || Community Affairs
|-
|{{MAS}} || [[Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram]] || Executive Chairman, National Land Finance Co-operative Society || Public Affairs
|-
|{{JAM}} || Kenneth S. Benjamin || Founder and chairman of the Guardsman Group || Business
|-
|{{DEU}} || Sibabrata Roy || President Indo-German Society Hamburg, Promoter of Indian Culture in Germany || Community Affairs
|-
|{{UAE}} || Syed M. Salahuddin || Managing director, ETA-Ascon Group || Business
|-
|{{UAE}} || [[B. R. Shetty|Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty]] || Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School || Business
|-
|{{FJI}} || Sir [[Moti Tikaram]] || Justice, National President for Fiji, [[World Jurist Association]] || Public Affairs
|-
|{{POR}} || Abdool Magid Karim Vakil || President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa || Business
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Panchapakesa Jayaraman]] || Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature || Culture
|}
 
==Awardees for 2008==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{KSA}} || Dr. Mohammed Roshankt || Chairman of TCS-FNS ||
|-
|{{BHR}} || Dr. [[Ravi Pillai]] || Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation || Business
|-
|{{MUS}} || Dr. [[Navinchandra Ramgoolam]] || Prime Minister Mauritius || Public Affairs
|-
|{{AUS}} || Neville Joseph Roach || Chairman of TCS-FNS ||
|-
|{{JPN}} || A. P. S. Mani || Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo ||
|-
|{{NZL}} || Judge [[Ajit Swaran Singh]] || District Judge in New Zealand ||
|-
|{{SAU}} || Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy || Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims' Welfare Forum ||
|-
|{{SWE}} || [[Bicky Chakraborty]] || CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden ||
|-
|{{UAE}} || Krishnamurthy Kumar || Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council ||
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Karan Bilimoria]] || Chancellor Thames Valley University ||
|-
|{{USA}} || Dr. [[Thomas Abraham]] || Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.) ||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Joy Cherian]] || Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ||
|-
|{{TRI}} || National Council of Indian Culture || NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago ||
|}
 
==Awardees for 2009==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2019 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/30941/List+of+Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awardees+PBSA+for+the+year+2019|title=List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2019|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
! Country!! Name<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site, PIB Mumbai website, PIB Mumbai, Press Information Bureau, PIB, India's Official media agency, Government of India press releases, PIB photographs, PIB photos, Press Conferences in Mumbai, Union Minister Press Conference, Marathi press releases, PIB features, Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Bharat Nirman Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Indian Government press releases, PIB Western Region |url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011PR1283}}</ref>!! Field of Merit
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| Nihal Singh Agar||Social Service
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}||[[Vadiveloo Govindasamy|Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo]]||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|{{BHR}}||Soman Baby||Community Service
|Rajinder Nath Khazanchi
|Civil Engineering
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|{{MUS}}||Shri [[Angidi Chettiar]] || Public Service
|Ramesh Chotai
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|People's Republic of China}}
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}||Shri {{ill|Ylias Akbaraly|fr|Ylias Akbaraly}} ||Community Service
|Amit Waikar
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}||Shri [[Ram Lakhina]]|| Community Service  
|Indian Community Association in Egypt
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|France}}
|{{Flag|Oman}} || [[P. N. C. Menon]] || Philanthropy
|Malini Ranganathan
|Academics & Arts
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| [[Prema Naidoo|Shri Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo]] ||Public Service
|Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|{{Flag|Suriname}}|| Shri [[Ramdien Sardjoe]]|| Public Service
|Bitthal Das Maheshwari
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|{{UAE}}||Shri [[J. R. Gangaramani]]|| Community Service
|Guna Sekhar Muppuri
|Medical Science & Entrepreneurship
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{UK}}||[[Shreela Flather|Baroness Shreela Flather]]|| Public Service
|P. V. Sambasiva Rao
|Technology
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|{{USA}}||[[C. K. Prahalad|Prof C. K. Prahalad]] || Management
|Prakash Madhavdas Heda
|Medical Science
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|{{USA}}|| Prof. [[Sumit Ganguly]]||Public Service
|Rajpal Tyagi
|Architecture
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|{{USA}}|| Dr. [[Sampat Shivangi|Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi]] ||Community Leadership
|Banwarilal Satya Narayan Goenka
|Business Management
|-
|-
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|}
|Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon
 
|Business
==Awardees for 2010==
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name<ref name="auto" />!! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|{{UAE}} ||Dr. [[Azad Moopen]]||Chairman of [[Aster DM Healthcare]]||Healthcare
|[[Himanshu Gulati]]
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|{{QAT}}||Azim Abbas||Director of Al Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches ||Business
|Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|{{TZA}}||[[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]]|||Work with the Tanzania Heart Babies Project.||Healthcare
|Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri
|Entrepreneurship
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
| {{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}} ||Shri Mohinder Singh Bhullar|||| Community Service
|Purnendu Chandra Tiwary
|Training & Simulation
|-
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|{{flag|Fiji}}||Shri Yanktesh Permal Reddy||||Community Service
|Anil Sooklal
|Diplomacy
|-
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
| {{Flag |Japan}} ||Shri [[Ryuko Hira]] ||||Community Service
|Swami Saradaprabhananda
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|{{Flag |Japan}} ||Smt Dr. [[Ruby Umesh Pawankar]] ||||Medicine
|Rajendra Kumar Joshi
|Science
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|{{Flag|Oman}} ||Shri Suresh Kumar Virmani |||| Community Service
|Shamim Parkar Khan
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|South Africa}} ||Shri [[Pravin Gordhan|Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan]] ||||Public Service
|Girish Pant
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|South Africa}}||Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo||||Community Service
|Surender Singh Kandhari
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|Thailand}} ||Shri Deepak Mittal ||||Business
|[[Zulekha Daud]]
|Medical Science & Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}}||Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith||||Public Service
|Rajesh Chaplot
|Chartered Accountancy
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Dr. [[Mani Lal Bhaumik]] |||| Community Service
|Chandra Shekhar Mishra
|Science
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Shri [[Ashok Kumar Mago]] |||| Community Service
|[[Gita Gopinath]]
|Academics
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Shri [[Upendra J. Chivukula]] ||||Public Service
|Gitesh Jayantilal Desai
|Structural Engineering
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Kiran C Patel]]
|Medical Science
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2017==
== Awardees for 2011 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{AUS}}|| Prof. [[Veena Sahajwalla]] ||||Science
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]] || ||Arts
|-
|{{HKG}}|| Shri [[Harindarpal Banga|Harindarpal Singh Banga]] || || Business
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}}|| Sheikh Mohammad Munir Nazir Hassan Ansari || ||Community Service
|-
|{{flag|Liberia}}|| Shri Upjit Singh Sachdeva |||| Community Service
|-
|{{MAS}}|| Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh||||Public Affairs
|-
|{{NZL}}||| Sir [[Anand Satyanand]]|| || Public Affairs
|-
|{{NLD}} || Shri Saleh Wahid|| || Community Service
|-
|{{QAT}}||ICBF - Indian Community Benevolent Forum|||| Community Service
|-
|{{KSA}}|| Dr. Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin||Pediatrician, Jeddah|| Community Service
|-
|{{LKA}}|| Shri Mano Selvanathan|||| Business
|-
|{{UAE}} ||Shri Mohan Jashanmal |||| Community Service
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma]] || ||  Public Affairs
|}


{| class="wikitable sortable"
==Awardees for 2012==
! Country!! Name!! Field of Merit
{| class="wikitable"
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27911/Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awards2017|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/pravasi-bharatiya-samman-awards-2017-conferred-1484034060-1|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 conferred|date=10 January 2017|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}} ||Mr. [[P. V. Radhakrishna Pillai]] or Plavalil Kizhakkethil Vasudevan Radhakrishna Pillai ||||
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}||Mr. [[Sachchidanand Sahai]] ||   ||
|-
|{{CAN}} ||Indo‐Canada Chamber of Commerce||     ||
|-
|{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}||Mr. Deepak Naraindas Shivdasani||   ||
|-
|{{DEU}}||Mr. Victor Shahid Smetacek ||    ||
|-
|{{Flag|Indonesia}} ||Mr. [[Sri Prakash Lohia]] ||    ||
|-
|{{flag|Mozambique}} ||Mr. Jose Parayanken||     ||
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}||Mr. Kiran Navinchandra Asher||    ||
|-
|{{QAT}}||Mr. Hassan Abdulkarim Chougule||    ||
|-
|{{SIN}}||Mr. [[S. R. Nathan]]&nbsp;— The former President of Singapore||    ||
|-
|{{ZAF}}||Ms. Khorshed Noshir Ginwala||     ||
|-
| {{TRI}}||The Hon. [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] ||    ||
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}} ||Mr. Rajesh Kumar Saraiya||   ||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}||Gorur Krishna Harinath|| Community Service
|{{USA}}||Prof. Surendra Kumar Kaushik||    ||  
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}||[[V.K. Rajashekharan Pillai]]|| Business
|{{USA}}||Kalpalatha Kummamuri Guntupalli||     ||
|}
 
==Awardees for 2013==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Belgium}}||Antwerp Indian Association|| Community Service
| {{MUS}}|| H E Mr. [[Rajkeswur Purryag]]||The President of the Republic of Mauritius||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Brunei}}||Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah|| Community Service
|{{USA}}||Narendra R Kumar||A doctor specialising in [[otolaryngology]] head and neck surgery<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |title=Mauritius President among Pravasi awardees - the Economic Times |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904055334/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |archive-date=4 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}||[[Mukund Purohit]]||Business
|{{UAE}}||[[KT Rabeeullah]] ||Businessman - Chairman  and Managing Director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group [[Middle East]]||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}||Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari ||Community Service
|{{UAE}}|| Bava Haji Pandalingal || ||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Fiji}}||[[Vinod Patel]]||Social Service
|{{IND}}||[[Patricia Rozario|Patricia Maria Rozario]] || Music||Contributions in the field of music "Outstanding achievements"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Patricia-Rozario-bags-Pravasi-Bharatiya-Samman-Award/articleshow/17960406.cms|title=Patricia Rozario bags Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award|website=The Times of India|date=10 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|{{Flag|France}}||Raghunath Marie Antonin Manet ||Arts & Culture
|{{DEU}}|| Professor Gurusharan Singh Chatwal|| ||Science
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Israel}}|| Lael Anson E. ||Best Medical Science
|{{GUI}}||Ashok S. Vaswani, ||||community service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}||Sandip Kumar Tagore  ||Arts & Culture
|{{MAS}}||Tan Sri Ravindran Menon||||Community service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Libya}}||Ariful Islam||Community Service
|{{Flag|Mexico}}||Dr. Rasik V.Joshi|| || Literature
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}|| Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah ||Education and Community Service
|{{NZL}}||Dr.Satendra K.Singh||||Community service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}||[[Pravind Jugnauth]]||Public Service
|{{REU}}||Gilbert. C. Moutien |||| Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Portugal}}||[[António Costa]]|| Public Service
|{{ZAF}}||[[Ebrahim Ebrahim|Ismail E. Ebrahim]] ||||Public Services
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Qatar}}|| [[Raghavan Seetharaman]]||Business Management
|{{USA}}|| Subhash Razdan|| ||Public service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||Zeenat Musarrat Jafri||Education
|}
 
==Awardees for 2014==
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Singapore}}|| Singapore Indian Association ||Community Service
|{{Flag|Australia}}||[[Lisa Singh|Senator Lisa Maria Singh]]|| First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament ||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Sweden}}|| Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi||Medicine
|{{flag|Bahrain}}||Dr Varghese Kurian||Leading overseas Indian businessman||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}}||Susheel Kumar Saraff ||Business
| {{CAN}}||[[Vasu Chanchlani|Vasdev Chanchlani]]||[[Entrepreneur]] and [[philanthropist]] based in||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}|| [[Winston Dookeran|Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran]]||Public Service
|{{FJI}}||[[Ramakrishna Mission]] ||||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| Vasudev Shamdas Shroff||Community Service
|{{Flag|France}}||[[Bikas C Sanyal |Bikas Chandra Sanyal]]||Renowned educationist||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi ||Philanthropy & Community Service
|{{NLD}}||{{ill|Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh|nl|Rabin Baldewsingh}} ||Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Priti Patel]]||Public Service
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}||[[Sasindran Muthuvel]]||First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Neena Gill]]||Public Service
|{{KSA}}||Shihabudeen VavaKunju||Contributor to welfare of Indian community ||  
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Hari Babu Bindal||Environmental Engineering
| {{ZAF}}|| [[Ela Gandhi]] ||Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom ||  
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Bharat Haridas Barai||Community Service
|{{UAE}}|| [[Shamsheer Vayalil]] ||Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting etter understanding of India ||  
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| [[Nisha Desai Biswal]]||Public Affairs
|{{GBR}}||[[Shailesh Vara]]||First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party ||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Mahesh Mehta||Community Service
| {{USA}}|| Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai|| Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between India and USA||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Ramesh Shah ||Community Service
| {{USA}} || [[Renu Khator|Dr. Renu Khator]] ||One of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in the United States. Chancellor of the [[University of Houston System]] and President of the [[University of Houston]] ||
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi|| Community Leadership
| {{USA}} || Dr. Namita Roy-Chowdhury ||First Indian woman to become a full professor at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], New York. ||Discoverer
of the genetic bases of inherited jaundice (Crigler-Najjar syndrome and Gilbert
Syndrome)
|}
|}


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|-
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|[[Donald Ramotar|Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar]]
|[[Donald Ramotar|Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar]]
|President of Guyana and awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora.
|President of Guyana and awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora.
|Public Service
|Public Service
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|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[Ashraf Palarakunnummal|Ashraf Thamarassery]]
|[[Ashraf (social worker)|Ashraf Thamarassery]]
|Social activist
|Social activist
|Social Work
|Social Work
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==Awardees for 2014==
==Awardees for 2017==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
! Country!! Name!! Field of Merit
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27911/Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awards2017|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/pravasi-bharatiya-samman-awards-2017-conferred-1484034060-1|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 conferred|date=10 January 2017|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}||[[Harry Harinath|Gorur Krishna Harinath]]|| Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}||[[Lisa Singh|Ms. Senator Lisa Maria Singh]]|| First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament ||
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}||[[V.K. Rajashekharan Pillai]]|| Business
|-
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}}||[[Dr Varghese Kurian]]||Leading overseas Indian businessman||
|{{Flag|Belgium}}||Antwerp Indian Association|| Community Service
|-
|-
| {{CAN}}||[[Vasu Chanchlani|Vasdev Chanchlani]]||[[Entrepreneur]] and [[philanthropist]] based in||
|{{Flag|Brunei}}||Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah|| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}||[[Mukund Purohit]]||Business
|-
|-
|{{FJI}}||[[Ramakrishna Mission]] ||||  
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}||Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari ||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|France}}||[[Bikas C Sanyal |BikasChandra Sanyal]]||Renowned educationist||
|{{Flag|Fiji}}||[[Vinod Patel]]||Social Service
|-
|-
|{{NLD}}||Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh||Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India||
|{{Flag|France}}||[[Raghunath Manet]] ||Arts & Culture
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}||[[Sasindran Muthuvel]]||First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua||
|{{Flag|Israel}}|| Lael Anson E. Best || Medical Science
|-
|-
|{{KSA}}||Shihabudeen VavaKunju||Contributor to welfare of Indian community ||  
|{{Flag|Japan}}||Sandip Kumar Tagore  ||Arts & Culture
|-
|-
| {{ZAF}}|| [[Ela Gandhi]] ||Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom ||  
|{{Flag|Libya}}||Ariful Islam||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{UAE}}|| [[Shamsheer Vayalil]] ||Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting etter understanding of India ||
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}|| Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah ||Education and Community Service
|-
|-
|{{GBR}}||[[Shailesh Vara]]||First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party ||
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}||[[Pravind Jugnauth]]||Public Service
|-
|-
| {{USA}}|| Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai|| Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between India and USA||
|{{Flag|Portugal}}||[[António Costa]]|| Public Service
|-
|-
| {{USA}} || [[Renu Khator|Dr. Renu Khator]] ||One of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in the United States. Chancellor of the [[University of Houston System]] and President of the [[University of Houston]] ||
|{{Flag|Qatar}}|| [[Raghavan Seetharaman]]||Business Management
|-
|-
| {{USA}} || Dr. Namita Roy-Chowdhury ||First Indian woman to become a full professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. ||Discoverer
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||Zeenat Musarrat Jafri||Education
of the genetic bases of inherited jaundice (Crigler-Najjar syndrome and Gilbert
Syndrome)
|}
 
==Awardees for 2013==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
| {{MUS}}|| H E Mr. [[Rajkeswur Purryag]]||The President of the Republic of Mauritius||
|{{Flag|Singapore}}|| [[Singapore Indian Association]] ||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{USA}}||Narendra R Kumar||A doctor specialising in [[otolaryngology]] head and neck surgery<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904055334/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |archive-date=4 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>||
|{{Flag|Sweden}}|| Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi||Medicine
|-
|-
|[[Middle East]]||[[KT Rabeeullah]] ||Businessman - Chairman  and Managing Director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group [[Middle East]]||Community Service
|{{Flag|Thailand}}||Susheel Kumar Saraff ||Business
|-
|-
|{{UAE}}|| Bava Haji Pandalingal || ||
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}|| [[Winston Dookeran|Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran]]||Public Service
|-
|-
|{{IND}}||[[Patricia Rozario|Patricia Maria Rozario]] || Music||Contributions in the field of music "Outstanding achievements"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Patricia-Rozario-bags-Pravasi-Bharatiya-Samman-Award/articleshow/17960406.cms|title=Patricia Rozario bags Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| Vasudev Shamdas Shroff||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{DEU}}|| Professor Gurusharan Singh Chatwal|| ||Science
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi ||Philanthropy & Community Service
|-
|-
|{{GUI}}||Ashok S. Vaswani, ||||community service
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Priti Patel]]||Public Service
|-
|-
|{{MAS}}||Tan Sri Ravindran Menon||||Community service
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Neena Gill]]||Public Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}||Dr. Rasik V.Joshi|| || Literature
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Hari Babu Bindal||Environmental Engineering
|-
|-
|{{NZL}}||Dr.Satendra K.Singh||||Community service
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Bharat Haridas Barai||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{REU}}||Gilbert. C. Moutien |||| Business
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| [[Nisha Desai Biswal]]||Public Affairs
|-
|-
|{{ZAF}}|| Ismail E. Ebrahim ||||Public Services
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Mahesh Mehta||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{USA}}|| Subhash Razdan|| ||Public service
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Ramesh Shah ||Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| [[Sampat Shivangi|Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi]] || Community Leadership
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2012==
== Awardees for 2019 ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|+2019 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/30941/List+of+Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awardees+PBSA+for+the+year+2019|title=List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2019|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| Nihal Singh Agar||Social Service
|-
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|Rajinder Nath Khazanchi
|Civil Engineering
|-
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}} ||Mr. [[P. V. Radhakrishna Pillai]] or Plavalil Kizhakkethil Vasudevan Radhakrishna Pillai ||||
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|Ramesh Chotai
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}||Mr.[[Sachchidanand Sahai]] ||   ||
|{{Flag|People's Republic of China}}
|Amit Waikar
|Business
|-
|-
|{{CAN}} || Indo‐Canada Chamber of Commerce||     ||
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|Indian Community Association in Egypt
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}||Mr. Deepak Naraindas Shivdasani||   ||
|{{Flag|France}}
|Malini Ranganathan
|Academics & Arts
|-
|-
|{{DEU}}|| Mr. Victor Shahid Smetacek ||    ||
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Indonesia}} || Mr.Prakash Lohia||    ||
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|Bitthal Das Maheshwari
|Business
|-
|-
|{{flag|Mozambique}} ||Mr. Jose Parayanken||     ||
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|Guna Sekhar Muppuri
|Medical Science & Entrepreneurship
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}||Mr. Kiran Navinchandra Asher||    ||
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|P. V. Sambasiva Rao
|Technology
|-
|-
|{{QAT}}|| Mr. Hassan Abdulkarim Chougule||    ||
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|Prakash Madhavdas Heda
|Medical Science
|-
|-
|{{SIN}}|| Mr.[[S. R. Nathan]]&nbsp;— The former President of Singapore||    ||
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|Rajpal Tyagi
|Architecture
|-
|-
|{{ZAF}}||Ms. Khorshed Noshir Ginwala||     ||
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|[[Satya Narayan Goenka]]
|Business Management
|-
|-
| {{TRI}}|| The Hon. [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] ||    ||
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon
|Business
|-
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}} ||Mr. Rajesh Kumar Saraiya||   ||
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|[[Himanshu Gulati]]
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{USA}}||Prof. Surendra Kumar Kaushik||    ||
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil
|Business
|-
|-
|{{USA}}|| Kalpalatha Kummamuri Guntupalli||     ||
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|}
|Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri
 
|Entrepreneurship
== Awardees for 2011 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{AUS}}|| Prof.Veena Harbhagwan Sahajwalla ||||Science
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|Purnendu Tiwary
|Training & Simulation
|-
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]] || ||Arts
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|Anil Sooklal
|Diplomacy
|-
|-
|{{HKG}}|| Shri [[Harindarpal Banga|Harindarpal Singh Banga]] || || Business
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|Swami Saradaprabhananda
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{ISR}}|| Shri Hohammad Munir Nazir Hassan Ansari || ||Community Service
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|Rajendra Kumar Joshi
|Science
|-
|-
|{{flag|Liberia}}|| Shri Upjit Singh Sachdeva |||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|Shamim Parkar Khan
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{MAS}}|| Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh||||Public Affairs
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Girish Pant
|Business
|-
|-
|{{NZL}}||| Sir [[Anand Satyanand]]|| || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Surender Singh Kandhari
|Business
|-
|-
|{{NLD}} || Shri Saleh Wahid|| || Community Service
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[Zulekha Daud]]
|Medical Science & Business
|-
|-
|{{QAT}}||Indian Community Benevolent Forum|||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|Rajesh Chaplot
|Chartered Accountancy
|-
|-
|{{KSA}}|| Dr. Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin||Pediatrician, Jeddah|| Community Service
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Chandra Shekhar Mishra
|Science
|-
|-
|{{LKA}}|| Shri Mano Selvanathan|||| Business
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Gita Gopinath]]
|Academics
|-
|-
|{{UAE}} ||Shri Mohan Jashanmal |||| Community Service
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Gitesh Jayantilal Desai
|Structural Engineering
|-
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma]] || ||  Public Affairs
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Kiran C Patel]]
|Medical Science
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2010<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011PR1283|title=Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site, PIB Mumbai website, PIB Mumbai, Press Information Bureau, PIB, India's Official media agency, Government of India press releases, PIB photographs, PIB photos, Press Conferences in Mumbai, Union Minister Press Conference, Marathi press releases, PIB features, Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Bharat Nirman Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Indian Government press releases, PIB Western Region}}</ref>==
== Awardees for 2021 ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|+2021 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2021|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/33381/Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awards2021|access-date=2021-09-03|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{UAE}} ||Dr.[[Azad Moopen]]||Chairman of [[Aster DM Healthcare]]||Healthcare
|{{Flag|Armenia}}|| NGO Cultural Diversity for Peaceful Future ||Promoting Indian Culture
|-
|-
|{{TZA}}||[[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]]|||In recognition of the philanthropic work done under the Tanzania Heart Babies Project. He was instrumental in facilitating surgeries of 1300 children from Tanzania in India who were suffering from congenital heart defects. Founder of the [[Regency Medical Centre]] in [[Dar es Salaam]]||Healthcare
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|Dr. Rajani Chandra D’Mello
|Medicine
|-
|-
| {{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}} || Shri Mohinder Singh Bhullar|||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|Mr. Baburajan Vava Kalluparambil Gopalan
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{flag|Fiji}}||Shri Yanktesh Permal Reddy||||Community Service
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|Mrs. Jamal Ahmad
|Business
|-
|-
| {{Flag |Japan}} || Shri Ryuko Hira ||||Community Service
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|Mr. Janakiraman Ravikumar
|Closer ties with India
|-
|-
|{{Flag |Japan}} ||Smt Dr. [[Ruby Umesh Pawankar]] ||||Medicine
|{{Flag|Curaçao}}
|[[Eugene Rhuggenaath]]
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}} || Shri Suresh Kumar Virmani |||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|[[Debashish Chaudhuri]]
|Art and Culture
|-
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}} || Shri [[Pravin Gordhan|Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan]] ||||Public Service
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|Mr. Mohammed Husein Hasanali Sardharwala
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo||||Community Service
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|Sai Prema Foundation
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}} ||Shri Deepak Mittal ||||Business
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani
|Education
|-
|{{Flag|Hong Kong}}
|Mr. Lal Lokumal Chellaram
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}}|| Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith||||Public Service
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|Dr. (Prof.) Muralidhar Miryala
|Science & Technology
|-
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} || Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik|||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|Mr. Rajib Shaw
|Education
|-
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} || Shri [[Ashok Kumar Mago]] |||| Community Service
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
| Mr. Salil Panigrahi
|Tourism
|-
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} || Shri [[Upendra J. Chivukula]] ||||Public Service
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|[[Ravi Prakash Singh|Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh]]
|Science & Technology
|-
|-
|}
|{{Flag| New Zealand}}
 
|[[Priyanca Radhakrishnan]]
==Awardees for 2009<ref name="auto"/>==
|Public Service
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country!! Name!! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}||[[Vadiveloo Govindasamy|Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo]]||Community Service
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|Indian Cultural Association (ICA)
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{BHR}}||Soman Baby||Community Service
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|Dr. Mohan Thomas Lazarus Pakalomattom
|Medicine
|-
|-
|{{MUS}}||Shri [[Angidi Chettiar]] || Public Service
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[Jean-Régis Ramsamy]]
|Media & Community Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}||Shri Ylias Akbaraly||Community Service
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|[[Siddeek Ahmed]]
|Business
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}||Shri [[Ram Lakhina]]|| Community Service
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|Dr. Anil Kumar Chotalal Mithani
|Medicine
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}} || [[P. N. C. Menon]] || Philanthropy
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|[[Chan Santokhi]]
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| [[Prema Naidoo|Shri Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo]] ||Public Service
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|Dr. Shachi Gurumayun
|Bio-tech Agronomy
|-
|-
|{{Flag|Suriname}}|| Shri [[Ramdien Sardjoe]]|| Public Service
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|Mr. Vashdev Tikamdas Purswani
|Business
|-
|-
|{{UAE}}||Shri [[J. R. Gangaramani]]|| Community Service
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Resham Singh Sandhu
|Public Service
|-
|-
|{{UK}}||[[Shreela Flather|Baroness Shreela Flather]]|| Public Service
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Mr. Arvind Phukan
|Environment Technology
|-
|-
|{{USA}}||[[C. K. Prahalad|Prof C. K. Prahalad]] || Management
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Ms. Nilu Gupta
|Promoting Indian Culture
|-
|-
|{{USA}}|| Prof. [[Sumit Ganguly]]||Public Service  
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Federation of Indian Associations NY, NJ & CT
|Community Service
|-
|-
|{{USA}}|| Dr. Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi||Community Leadership
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda
|Medicine
|-
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America|Singapure}}
|Mukesh Aghi
| Business
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2008==
== Awardees for 2023 ==
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2023 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2023|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/36078/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Awards2023|access-date=2024-04-01|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{KSA}} || Dr. Mohammed Roshankt || Chairman of TCS-FNS ||
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| [[Chennupati Jagadish|Prof. Jagadish Chennupati]] ||Science & Technology/Education
|-
|-
|{{BHR}} || Dr. [[Ravi Pillai]] || Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation || Business
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}|| Prof. Sanjeev Mehta ||Education
|-
|-
|{{MUS}} || Dr. [[Navinchandra Ramgoolam]] || Prime Minister Mauritius || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|Brazil}}|| Prof. Dilip Loundo ||Art & Culture/Education
|-
|{{AUS}} || Neville Joseph Roach || Chairman of TCS-FNS ||  
|-
|-
|{{JPN}} || A. P. S. Mani || Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo ||  
|{{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}}|| Dr. Alexander Maliakel John ||Medicine
|-
|-
|{{NZL}} || Judge [[Ajit Swaran Singh]] || District Judge in New Zealand ||  
|{{Flag|Canada}}|| Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{SAU}} || Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy || Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims' Welfare Forum ||  
|{{Flag|Croatia}}|| Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar ||Art & Culture/Education
|-
|-
|{{SWE}} || [[Bicky Chakraborty]] || CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden ||
|{{Flag|Denmark}}|| Prof. Ramjee Prasad ||Information Technology
|-
|-
|{{UAE}} || Krishnamurthy Kumar || Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council ||  
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}|| Dr. Kannan Ambalam ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Karan Bilimoria]] || Chancellor Thames Valley University ||
|{{Flag|Germany}}|| Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay ||Community Welfare/Medicine
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || Dr. [[Thomas Abraham]] || Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.) ||
|{{Flag|Guyana}}|| [[Irfaan Ali|H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali]] ||Politics/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Joy Cherian]] || Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ||  
|{{Flag|Israel}}|| Ms. Reena Vinod Pushkarna ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{TRI}} || National Council of Indian Culture || NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago ||
|{{Flag|Japan}}|| Dr. Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani ||Education
|}
 
==Awardees for 2007==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Gopal Raju]] || journalist, founder-editor [[India Abroad]] || Media
|{{Flag|Mexico}}|| [[Rajagopal (professor_and_researcher)| Dr. Rajagopal]] ||Education
|-
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Diljit Rana]] || Hon. Consul Belfast, Managing Director Andras House || Business
|{{Flag|Poland}}|| Mr. Amit Kailash Chandra Lath ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{CAN}} || [[Dave Hayer|Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer]] ||Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}|| Mr. Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || Dr. Madhavan Anirudhan || President Essen Nutrition || Business
|{{Flag|Singapore}}|| [[Piyush Gupta|Mr. Piyush Gupta]] ||Business
|-
|-
|{{ZAF}} || [[Billy Nair]] || Member of Parliament, ANC South Africa || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| Mr. Mohanlal Hira ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{KEN}} || Pheroze Nowrojee || Advocate, Human Rights Activist || Community Affairs
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}|| Mr. Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || Nirmal K. Sinha || Community Leader, Significant contribution to fostering friendship between India and USA || Community Affairs
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}|| Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{MAS}} || [[Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram]] || Executive Chairman, National Land Finance Co-operative Society || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|Suriname}}|| [[Dew Sharman|Dr. Dewanchandrebhose Sharman]] ||Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{JAM}} || Kenneth S. Benjamin || Founder and chairman of the Guardsman Group || Business
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}|| [[Archana Sharma (physicist)|Dr. Archana Sharma]] ||Science & Technology
|-
|-
|{{DEU}} || Sibabrata Roy || President Indo-German Society Hamburg, Promoter of Indian Culture in Germany || Community Affairs
|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}}|| Justice Frank Arthur Seepersad ||Community Welfare/Education
|-
|-
|{{UAE}} || Syed M. Salahuddin || Managing Director, ETA-Ascon Group || Business
|{{Flag|UAE}}|| [[Siddharth Balachandran|Mr. Siddharth Balachandran]] ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{UAE}} || Dr.[[B. R. Shetty|Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty]] || Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School || Business
|{{Flag|UK}}|| Mr. Chandrakant Babubhai Patel ||Media
|-
|-
|{{FJI}} || Sir [[Moti Tikaram]] || Justice, National President Fiji World Jurist Association || Public Affairs
|{{Flag|USA}}|| Dr. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|-
|{{POR}} || Dr. Abdool Magid Karim Vakil || President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa || Business
|{{Flag|USA}}|| [[Raj Subramaniam|Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam]] ||Business
|-
|-
|{{USA}} || Dr. [[Panchapakesa Jayaraman]] || Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature || Culture
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}|| Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwary ||Business
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2006==
==Awardees for 2025==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|{{THA}} || Shivnath Rai Bajaj||
|-
|{{ISR}} || Eliahu Bezalel||
|-
|{{MUS}} || [[Raouf Bundhun|Abdool Raouf Bundhun]] ||
|-
|{{PHL}} || Pratima Kale||
|-
|{{SAU}} || Majid Uddin Kazi||
|-
|{{QAT}} || [[Cheril Krishna Menon|C. K. Menon]]||
|-
|{{GBR}} || Gulam Kaderbhai Noon||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Sudhir M. Parikh]]||
|-
|{{GUY}} || Yesu Persaud||
|-
|{{SYC}} || V. Ramadoss||
|-
|{{ZAF}} || Sisupal Rambharos||
|-
|{{USA}} || Niranjan S. Shah||
|-
|{{HKG}} || Rusy M. Shroff||
|-
|{{SIN}} || Shan V||
|-
|{{REU}} || [[Jean-Paul Virapoullé]]||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Fareed Zakaria]] || journalist, editor of ''Newsweek International''
|}


==Awardees for 2005==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+2025 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2025|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/38883/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Awards2025|access-date=2025-01-08|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country !! Name !! Description
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|-
|| {{HKG}} || [[M. Arunachalam]] || President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce
| {{Flag|Australia}} || [[Ajay Rane]] || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Jagdish Bhagwati]] || Indian American economist
| {{Flag|Austria}} || Marialena Joan Fernandes || Education
|-
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Amina Cachalia]] || Women's activist, politician
| {{Flag|Barbados}} || Philomena Ann Mohini Harris || Medical Science
|-
|-
|| {{TZA}} || [[Jayantilal Chande|J.K. Chande]] || Chancellor, [[International Medical and Technological University]], [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]].
| {{Flag|Fiji}} || Swami Sanyuktanand || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{DEU}} || [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]] || Poet, philosopher, academic
| {{Flag|Guyana}} || Saraswati Vidya Niketan || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Ahmed Kathrada]] || South African anti-apartheid activist
| {{Flag|Japan}} || Lekh Raj Juneja || Science & Technology
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sunil Khilnani]] || Political scientist, writer
| {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || Prem Kumar || Medical Science
|-
|-
|| {{TTO}} || [[Basdeo Panday]] || Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
| {{Flag|Laos}} || Soukthavy Chowdhury || Business
|-
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Bhikhu Parekh]] || member, British House of Lords
| {{Flag|Malawi}} || [[Krishna Savjani]] || Business
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sam Pitroda]] || Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker
| {{Flag|Malaysia}} || [[Subramaniam Sathasivam]] || Politics
|-
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Vikram Seth]] || Novelist and poet
| {{Flag|Mauritius}} || Sarita Boodhoo || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[M. Night Shyamalan]] || Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer
| {{Flag|Moldova}} || Abhaya Kumar || Business
|-
|-
|| {{FJI}}||[[Vijay Singh]] || Indo-Fijian golfer
| {{Flag|Myanmar}} || Ram Niwas (Hla Tun) || Education
|-
|-
|| {{LKA}} || A Vijayan || Disaster Search & Rescue - Indian Ocean Tsunami
| {{Flag|Romania}} || Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana || Business
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sant Singh Virmani]] || Rice scientist
| {{Flag|Russia}} || Hindustani Samaj || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{ARE}} ||[[M. A. Yusuff Ali]]
| {{Flag|Russia}} || Sudha Rani Gupta || Education
| Owner of [[Lulu Hypermarket|Lulu Group International]] (Abu Dhabi headquartered Indian conglomerate)
|}
 
==Awardees for 2004==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|-
|| {{THA}} || [[Dipak Jain]] || Dean, Kellogg School of Management
| {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} || Syed Anwar Khursheed || Medical Science
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Kalpana Chawla]] || NASA Astronaut
| {{Flag|Singapore}} || Atul Temurnikar || Education
|-
|-
|| {{ZIM}} || Ahmed Moosa Ebrahim ||Supreme Court justice
| {{Flag|Spain}} || [[Robert Masih Nahar]] || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{GUY}} || [[Bharrat Jagdeo]] || President of Guyana
| {{Flag|Tanzania}} || Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya || Medicine
|-
|-
|| {{FJI}} || [[Mahendra Chaudhry|Mahendra Pal Chaudhry]] || Fmr. Prime Minister of Fiji
| {{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || [[Christine Kangaloo]] || Public Affairs
|-
|-
|| {{KUW}} || Dr. Marian Chisti ||
| {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} || [[Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer]]|| Business
|-
|-
|| {{GBR}} || Lord [[Meghnad Desai]] || Economist, Writer, Labour politician
| {{Flag|Uganda}} || Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Narinder Singh Kapany]] ||
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar]] || Politics
|-
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Shashi Tharoor]] || Politician, Diplomat, Writer
| {{Flag|United States}} || Sharad Lakhanpal || Medicine
|-
|-
|| {{NZL}} || [[Sukhi Turner]] || Fmr. Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
| {{Flag|United States}} || Sharmila Ford || Community Service
|-
|-
|| {{IND}} || '''[http://pmohamedali.org/dr-p-mohamed-ali/ Dr P Mohamed Ali ]''' ||
| {{Flag|United States}} || [[Ravi Kumar Singisetti]] || Business
|}
|}


==Awardees for 2003==
==See also==
 
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
| {{MUS}}|| [[Rt. Hon’ble Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] || Prime Minister of Mauritius
|-
|{{ZAF}}|| Prof. [[Fatima Meer]] || she took active part in political, social and philanthropic causes, deeply influenced by the Gandhian values and approach
|-
| {{HKG}}|| [[Hari Harilela|Dr. Hari N. Harilela]]  || Business ventures and community welfare activities, he has been long considered the standard-bearer and the most recognizable symbol of the Indian Diaspora in Hong Kong.
|-
| {{Flag|Oman}} || Shri Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji || The Khimjis have utilized their proximity to the ruling family in the cause of the Diaspora and strengthening links between India and Oman.
|-
|{{KEN}}|| [[Manu Chandaria|Shri Manilal Premchand Chandaria ]]|| He has used his resources to propagate Indian ethos and values. He helped set-up Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Academy Society and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund in Kenya.
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia]] || Lord Dholakia made significant contributions in the fields of community care and issues relating to ethnic unrest. He played an  important role in addressing the sensitive issue of racial discontent.
|-
|{{USA}}|| Shri [[Rajat Gupta]] || Shri Gupta has embarked on work relating to community welfare and social and Philanthropic causes. He played a key-role in the establishment of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad.
|-
|{{GUY}}|| [[Shridath Ramphal|Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal]] || Sir Ramphal is a distinguished Jurist having been Solicitor General and Attorney General of Guyana and Member of International Commission of Jurists. Sir Ramphal also held positions of responsibility in international organizations such as Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, Independent Commission of International Humanitarian Issues and World Commission on Environment and Development, Chairman UN Committee for Development Planning and President, World
|-
| {{MAS}}|| [[Samy Vellu|Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu]]|| Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing (1978–79); Minister for Works (1979–85) and Minister of Energy,  Tele communications & Posts, Malaysia (1989–95). He has been a Member of the House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament since 1974.
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] || In 1991 Shri Dosanjh was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in the Vancouver Kensington constituency and then as Caucus Chair. He became the Minister for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Sports and Immigration in 1995 and then was appointed the Attorney General of British Columbia. In a historic development, he was elected as the 33rd Premier and President of the Executive Council of the British Columbia, which is first for a person of Indian origin in Canada.
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141228131301/http://moia.gov.in/services.aspx?ID1=34&id=m2&idp=30&mainid=23 List of Previous Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awardees] ''[[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs|MOIA]]'' archived website


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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman


Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Medal and Ribbon
Sponsored byPresident of India
First awarded2003
Highlights
Total awarded136

The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for Overseas Indians or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indian Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession.[1] The award is given by the President of India.[2] Since 2016, the Government of India has doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.[3]

Award criteria[edit | edit source]

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:

  1. "Better understanding of India"
  2. "Support to India’s causes and concerns in a tangible way"
  3. "Building closer links between India, the overseas Indian community and their country of residence;"
  4. "Social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad"
  5. "Welfare of the local Indian community"
  6. "Philanthropic and charitable work"
  7. "Eminence in one’s field or outstanding work, which has enhanced India’s prestige in the country of residence; or"
  8. "Eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in that country (for non-professional workers)."[4][5]

Awardees for 2003[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description
 Mauritius Rt. Hon’ble Sir Anerood Jugnauth Prime Minister of Mauritius
 South Africa Prof. Fatima Meer She took active part in political, social and philanthropic causes, deeply influenced by the Gandhian values and approach
Template:HKG Dr. Hari N. Harilela Business ventures and community welfare activities, he has been long considered the standard-bearer and the most recognizable symbol of the Indian Diaspora in Hong Kong.
 Oman Shri Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji The Khimjis have utilized their proximity to the ruling family in the cause of the Diaspora and strengthening links between India and Oman.
 Kenya Shri Manilal Premchand Chandaria He has used his resources to propagate Indian ethos and values. He helped set-up Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Academy Society and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund in Kenya.
 United Kingdom Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia Lord Dholakia made significant contributions in the fields of community care and issues relating to ethnic unrest. He played an important role in addressing the sensitive issue of racial discontent.
 United States Shri Rajat Gupta Shri Gupta has embarked on work relating to community welfare and social and Philanthropic causes. He played a key-role in the establishment of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad.
 Guyana Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal Sir Shridath Ramphal is a distinguished Jurist having been Solicitor General and Attorney General of Guyana and Member of International Commission of Jurists. Sir Shridath Ramphal also held positions of responsibility in international organizations such as Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, Independent Commission of International Humanitarian Issues and World Commission on Environment and Development, Chairman UN Committee for Development Planning and President, World. He is a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
 Malaysia Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing (1978–79); Minister for Works (1979–85) and Minister of Energy, Tele communications & Posts, Malaysia (1989–95). He has been a Member of the House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament since 1974.
 Canada Ujjal Dosanjh In 1991, Shri Dosanjh was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Vancouver Kensington constituency and then as Caucus Chair. He became the Minister for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Sports and Immigration in 1995, and then was appointed the Attorney General of British Columbia. In a historic development, he was elected as the 33rd Premier and President of the Executive Council of British Columbia, which is first for a person of Indian origin in Canada.

Awardees for 2004[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description
 United States Dipak Jain Dean, Kellogg School of Management
 United States Kalpana Chawla NASA Astronaut
 Zimbabwe Ahmed Moosa Ebrahim Supreme Court justice
 Guyana Bharrat Jagdeo President of Guyana
 Fiji Mahendra Pal Chaudhry Fmr. Prime Minister of Fiji
Template:KUW Dr. Marian Chisti
 United Kingdom Lord Meghnad Desai Economist, Writer, Labour politician
 United States Narinder Singh Kapany
 United States Shashi Tharoor Politician, Diplomat, Writer
 New Zealand Sukhi Turner Fmr. Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
 India P. Mohamed Ali Industrialist

Awardees for 2005[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description
Template:HKG 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
 Sri Lanka A Vijayan Disaster Search & Rescue - Indian Ocean Tsunami
 United States Sant Singh Virmani Rice scientist
 United Arab Emirates M. A. Yusuff Ali Owner of Lulu Group International (Abu Dhabi headquartered Indian conglomerate)

Awardees for 2006[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description
 Thailand Shivnath Rai Bajaj
 Israel Eliahu Bezalel
 Mauritius Abdool Raouf Bundhun
 Philippines Pratima Kale
 Saudi Arabia Majid Uddin Kazi
 Qatar C. K. Menon
 United Kingdom Gulam Kaderbhai Noon
 United States Sudhir M. Parikh
 Guyana Yesu Persaud
File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles V. Ramadoss
 South Africa Sisupal Rambharos
 United States Niranjan S. Shah
Template:HKG Rusy M. Shroff [zh]
 Singapore Shan V
Template:REU Jean-Paul Virapoullé
 United States Fareed Zakaria journalist, editor of Newsweek International

Awardees for 2007[edit | edit source]

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 Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Public Affairs
 United States 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 Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School Business
 Fiji Sir Moti Tikaram Justice, National President for Fiji, World Jurist Association Public Affairs
 Portugal Abdool Magid Karim Vakil President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa Business
 United States Panchapakesa Jayaraman Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature Culture

Awardees for 2008[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
Template:KSA Dr. Mohammed Roshankt Chairman of TCS-FNS
 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 Swaran 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 Commission
 Trinidad and Tobago National Council of Indian Culture NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago

Awardees for 2009[edit | edit source]

Country Name[6] Field of Merit
 Malaysia Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo Community Service
 Bahrain Soman Baby Community Service
 Mauritius Shri Angidi Chettiar Public Service
 Madagascar Shri Ylias Akbaraly [fr] Community Service
 Netherlands Shri Ram Lakhina Community Service
 Oman P. N. C. Menon Philanthropy
 South Africa Shri Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo Public Service
 Suriname Shri Ramdien Sardjoe Public Service
 United Arab Emirates Shri J. R. Gangaramani Community Service
 United Kingdom Baroness Shreela Flather Public Service
 United States Prof C. K. Prahalad Management
 United States Prof. Sumit Ganguly Public Service
 United States Dr. Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi Community Leadership

Awardees for 2010[edit | edit source]

Country Name[6] Description Field of Merit
 United Arab Emirates Dr. Azad Moopen Chairman of Aster DM Healthcare Healthcare
 Qatar Azim Abbas Director of Al Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches Business
 Tanzania Dr. Rajni Kanabar Work with the Tanzania Heart Babies Project. Healthcare
 Brunei Darussalam Shri Mohinder Singh Bhullar Community Service
 Fiji Shri Yanktesh Permal Reddy Community Service
 Japan Shri Ryuko Hira Community Service
 Japan Smt Dr. Ruby Umesh Pawankar Medicine
 Oman Shri Suresh Kumar Virmani Community Service
 South Africa Shri Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan Public Service
 South Africa Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo Community Service
 Thailand Shri Deepak Mittal Business
Template:Country data Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith Public Service
 USA Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik Community Service
 USA Shri Ashok Kumar Mago Community Service
 USA Shri Upendra J. Chivukula Public Service

Awardees for 2011[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
 Australia Prof. Veena Sahajwalla Science
 Canada Dr. Rajni Kanabar Arts
Template:HKG Shri Harindarpal Singh Banga Business
 Palestine Sheikh Mohammad Munir Nazir Hassan Ansari    Community Service
 Liberia Shri Upjit Singh Sachdeva  Community Service
 Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh Public Affairs
 New Zealand Sir Anand Satyanand Public Affairs
 Netherlands Shri Saleh Wahid Community Service
 Qatar ICBF - Indian Community Benevolent Forum Community Service
Template:KSA Dr. Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin Pediatrician, Jeddah Community Service
 Sri Lanka Shri Mano Selvanathan Business
 United Arab Emirates Shri Mohan Jashanmal Community Service
 United Kingdom Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma  Public Affairs

Awardees for 2012[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
 Bahrain Mr. P. V. Radhakrishna Pillai or Plavalil Kizhakkethil Vasudevan Radhakrishna Pillai
 Cambodia Mr. Sachchidanand Sahai   
 Canada Indo‐Canada Chamber of Commerce     
 Côte d'Ivoire Mr. Deepak Naraindas Shivdasani   
 Germany Mr. Victor Shahid Smetacek    
 Indonesia Mr. Sri Prakash Lohia    
 Mozambique Mr. Jose Parayanken     
 Oman Mr. Kiran Navinchandra Asher     
 Qatar Mr. Hassan Abdulkarim Chougule    
 Singapore Mr. S. R. Nathan — The former President of Singapore    
 South Africa Ms. Khorshed Noshir Ginwala     
 Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago    
 Ukraine Mr. Rajesh Kumar Saraiya   
 United States Prof. Surendra Kumar Kaushik    
 United States Kalpalatha Kummamuri Guntupalli     

Awardees for 2013[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
 Mauritius H E Mr. Rajkeswur Purryag The President of the Republic of Mauritius
 United States Narendra R Kumar A doctor specialising in otolaryngology head and neck surgery[7]
 United Arab Emirates KT Rabeeullah Businessman - Chairman and Managing Director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group Middle East Community Service
 United Arab Emirates Bava Haji Pandalingal
 India Patricia Maria Rozario Music Contributions in the field of music "Outstanding achievements"[8]
 Germany Professor Gurusharan Singh Chatwal Science
Template:GUI Ashok S. Vaswani, community service
 Malaysia Tan Sri Ravindran Menon Community service
 Mexico Dr. Rasik V.Joshi Literature
 New Zealand Dr.Satendra K.Singh Community service
Template:REU Gilbert. C. Moutien Business
 South Africa Ismail E. Ebrahim Public Services
 United States Subhash Razdan Public service

Awardees for 2014[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
 Australia Senator Lisa Maria Singh First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament
 Bahrain Dr Varghese Kurian Leading overseas Indian businessman
 Canada Vasdev Chanchlani Entrepreneur and philanthropist based in
 Fiji Ramakrishna Mission
 France Bikas Chandra Sanyal Renowned educationist
 Netherlands Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh [nl] Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India
 Papua New Guinea Sasindran Muthuvel First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua
Template:KSA Shihabudeen VavaKunju Contributor to welfare of Indian community
 South Africa Ela Gandhi Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom
 United Arab Emirates Shamsheer Vayalil Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting etter understanding of India
 United Kingdom Shailesh Vara First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party
 United States Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between India and USA
 United States Dr. Renu Khator One of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in the United States. Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston
 United States Dr. Namita Roy-Chowdhury First Indian woman to become a full professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. Discoverer

of the genetic bases of inherited jaundice (Crigler-Najjar syndrome and Gilbert Syndrome)

Awardees for 2015[edit | edit source]

Country Name Description Field of Merit
 Australia Mala Mehta Founder of Indo- Australian Bal Bharatiya Vidyalaya in Thornleigh suburb in Sydney. Since its establishment, she has been pursuing the growth of Hindi in Australia. Education & Community Service
 Guyana Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar President of Guyana and awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora. Public Service
 Mexico Dr Rajaram Sanjaya India-born Mexico scientist and winner of the 2014 World Food Prize for developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries. Scientific Research
 New Zealand Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi Member of Parliament (MP) from New Zealand. He is also known for his work for the Indian diaspora in New Zealand. Public Service
 Oman Rajmal Parakh Leading philanthropist, active in social services and charitable work in Oman and India. Social Service
File:Flag of the Seychelles.svg Seychelles Duraikannu Karunakaran Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles Judicial Service
 South Africa Essop Goolam Pahad Politician and Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to 2008 Public Service
 United Arab Emirates Shah Bharatkumar Jayantilal Social worker known for contributions to charities and philanthropy. Community Service
 United Arab Emirates Ashraf Thamarassery Social activist Social Work
 Uganda Mahendra Nanji Mehta Indian-origin businessman Public Service
 United Kingdom Nathu Ram Puri Founder of Purico and awarded for his contributions to the Indian diaspora. Education & Community Service
 United Kingdom Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba Philanthropist and founder of clothing company Rinku Group. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords Public Service
 United States of America Satya Nadella CEO of Microsoft Business Management
 United States of America Kamlesh Lulla Chief Scientist for Earth Observation in the Human Exploration Science office at Johnson Space Center at NASA Scientific Research
 United States of America Nandini Tandon Awarded for her contributions to life sciences, healthcare and Information technology in USA, India as well as other emerging economies. Management of Healthcare and Business

Awardees for 2017[edit | edit source]

Country Name Field of Merit

[9][3]

 Australia Gorur Krishna Harinath Community Service
 Bahrain V.K. Rajashekharan Pillai Business
 Belgium Antwerp Indian Association Community Service
 Brunei Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah Community Service
 Canada Mukund Purohit Business
 Djibouti Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari Community Service
 Fiji Vinod Patel Social Service
 France Raghunath Manet Arts & Culture
 Israel Lael Anson E. Best Medical Science
 Japan Sandip Kumar Tagore   Arts & Culture
 Libya Ariful Islam Community Service
 Malaysia Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah Education and Community Service
 Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth Public Service
 Portugal António Costa Public Service
 Qatar Raghavan Seetharaman Business Management
 Saudi Arabia Zeenat Musarrat Jafri Education
 Singapore Singapore Indian Association Community Service
 Sweden Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi Medicine
 Thailand Susheel Kumar Saraff Business
 Trinidad and Tobago Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran Public Service
 United Arab Emirates Vasudev Shamdas Shroff Community Service
 United Arab Emirates India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi Philanthropy & Community Service
 United Kingdom Priti Patel Public Service
 United Kingdom Neena Gill Public Service
 United States of America Hari Babu Bindal Environmental Engineering
 United States of America Bharat Haridas Barai Community Service
 United States of America Nisha Desai Biswal Public Affairs
 United States of America Mahesh Mehta Community Service
 United States of America Ramesh Shah Community Service
 United States of America Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi Community Leadership

Awardees for 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Awardees[10]
Country of residence Name Field of Merit
 Australia Nihal Singh Agar Social Service
 Bhutan Rajinder Nath Khazanchi Civil Engineering
 Canada Ramesh Chotai Business
 People's Republic of China Amit Waikar Business
 Egypt Indian Community Association in Egypt Community Service
 France Malini Ranganathan Academics & Arts
 Guyana Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha Community Service
 Italy Bitthal Das Maheshwari Business
 Jamaica Guna Sekhar Muppuri Medical Science & Entrepreneurship
 Kenya P. V. Sambasiva Rao Technology
 Kenya Prakash Madhavdas Heda Medical Science
 Kuwait Rajpal Tyagi Architecture
 Myanmar Satya Narayan Goenka Business Management
 New Zealand Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon Business
 Norway Himanshu Gulati Public Service
 Oman Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil Business
 Poland Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri Entrepreneurship
 Qatar Purnendu Tiwary Training & Simulation
 South Africa Anil Sooklal Diplomacy
 South Africa Swami Saradaprabhananda Community Service
  Switzerland Rajendra Kumar Joshi Science
 Tanzania Shamim Parkar Khan Public Service
 United Arab Emirates Girish Pant Business
 United Arab Emirates Surender Singh Kandhari Business
 United Arab Emirates Zulekha Daud Medical Science & Business
 Uganda Rajesh Chaplot Chartered Accountancy
 United States of America Chandra Shekhar Mishra Science
 United States of America Gita Gopinath Academics
 United States of America Gitesh Jayantilal Desai Structural Engineering
 United States of America Kiran C Patel Medical Science

Awardees for 2021[edit | edit source]

2021 Awardees[11]
Country of residence Name Field of Merit
 Armenia NGO Cultural Diversity for Peaceful Future Promoting Indian Culture
 Azerbaijan Dr. Rajani Chandra D’Mello Medicine
 Bahrain Mr. Baburajan Vava Kalluparambil Gopalan Community Service
 Botswana Mrs. Jamal Ahmad Business
 Cameroon Mr. Janakiraman Ravikumar Closer ties with India
 Curaçao Eugene Rhuggenaath Public Service
 Czech Republic Debashish Chaudhuri Art and Culture
 Ethiopia Mr. Mohammed Husein Hasanali Sardharwala Business
 Fiji Sai Prema Foundation Community Service
 Germany Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani Education
 Hong Kong Mr. Lal Lokumal Chellaram Community Service
 Japan Dr. (Prof.) Muralidhar Miryala Science & Technology
 Japan Mr. Rajib Shaw Education
 Maldives Mr. Salil Panigrahi Tourism
 Mexico Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh Science & Technology
 New Zealand Priyanca Radhakrishnan Public Service
 Nigeria Indian Cultural Association (ICA) Community Service
 Qatar Dr. Mohan Thomas Lazarus Pakalomattom Medicine
 France Jean-Régis Ramsamy Media & Community Service
 Saudi Arabia Siddeek Ahmed Business
 Sudan Dr. Anil Kumar Chotalal Mithani Medicine
 Suriname Chan Santokhi Public Service
  Switzerland Dr. Shachi Gurumayun Bio-tech Agronomy
 Thailand Mr. Vashdev Tikamdas Purswani Business
 United Kingdom Resham Singh Sandhu Public Service
 United States of America Mr. Arvind Phukan Environment Technology
 United States of America Ms. Nilu Gupta Promoting Indian Culture
 United States of America Federation of Indian Associations NY, NJ & CT Community Service
 United States of America Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda Medicine
 United States of America Mukesh Aghi Business

Awardees for 2023[edit | edit source]

2023 Awardees[12]
Country of residence Name Field of Merit
 Australia Prof. Jagadish Chennupati Science & Technology/Education
 Bhutan Prof. Sanjeev Mehta Education
 Brazil Prof. Dilip Loundo Art & Culture/Education
 Brunei Darussalam Dr. Alexander Maliakel John Medicine
 Canada Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan Community Welfare
 Croatia Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar Art & Culture/Education
 Denmark Prof. Ramjee Prasad Information Technology
 Ethiopia Dr. Kannan Ambalam Community Welfare
 Germany Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay Community Welfare/Medicine
 Guyana H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali Politics/Community Welfare
 Israel Ms. Reena Vinod Pushkarna Business/Community Welfare
 Japan Dr. Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani Education
 Mexico Dr. Rajagopal Education
 Poland Mr. Amit Kailash Chandra Lath Business/Community Welfare
Template:Country data Republic of Congo Mr. Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani Community Welfare
 Singapore Mr. Piyush Gupta Business
 South Africa Mr. Mohanlal Hira Community Welfare
 South Sudan Mr. Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel Business/Community Welfare
 Sri Lanka Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan Community Welfare
 Suriname Dr. Dewanchandrebhose Sharman Community Welfare
  Switzerland Dr. Archana Sharma Science & Technology
Template:Country data Trinidad & Tobago Justice Frank Arthur Seepersad Community Welfare/Education
 UAE Mr. Siddharth Balachandran Business/Community Welfare
 UK Mr. Chandrakant Babubhai Patel Media
 USA Dr. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal Business/Community Welfare
 USA Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam Business
 Uzbekistan Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwary Business

Awardees for 2025[edit | edit source]

2025 Awardees[13]
Country of residence Name Field of Merit
 Australia Ajay Rane Community Service
 Austria Marialena Joan Fernandes Education
 Barbados Philomena Ann Mohini Harris Medical Science
 Fiji Swami Sanyuktanand Community Service
 Guyana Saraswati Vidya Niketan Community Service
 Japan Lekh Raj Juneja Science & Technology
 Kyrgyzstan Prem Kumar Medical Science
 Laos Soukthavy Chowdhury Business
 Malawi Krishna Savjani Business
 Malaysia Subramaniam Sathasivam Politics
 Mauritius Sarita Boodhoo Community Service
 Moldova Abhaya Kumar Business
 Myanmar Ram Niwas (Hla Tun) Education
 Romania Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana Business
 Russia Hindustani Samaj Community Service
 Russia Sudha Rani Gupta Education
 Saudi Arabia Syed Anwar Khursheed Medical Science
 Singapore Atul Temurnikar Education
 Spain Robert Masih Nahar Community Service
 Tanzania Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya Medicine
 Trinidad and Tobago Christine Kangaloo Public Affairs
 United Arab Emirates Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer Business
 Uganda Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu Community Service
 United Kingdom Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar Politics
 United States Sharad Lakhanpal Medicine
 United States Sharmila Ford Community Service
 United States Ravi Kumar Singisetti Business

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Divas". pbdindia.gov.in. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concludes; Overseas Indian doctors ready to help India". Economic Times. 9 January 2011. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 conferred". Jagranjosh.com. 10 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, 2019" (PDF). www.cgihamburg.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "MEA | Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)". www.mea.gov.in.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site, PIB Mumbai website, PIB Mumbai, Press Information Bureau, PIB, India's Official media agency, Government of India press releases, PIB photographs, PIB photos, Press Conferences in Mumbai, Union Minister Press Conference, Marathi press releases, PIB features, Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Bharat Nirman Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Indian Government press releases, PIB Western Region".
  7. ↑ "Mauritius President among Pravasi awardees - the Economic Times". The Economic Times. 9 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Patricia Rozario bags Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award". The Times of India. 10 January 2013.
  9. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2019". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2021". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2023". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2025". www.mea.gov.in. Retrieved 8 January 2025.

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