27 Individuals to Receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards in Bhubaneswar

Twenty-seven persons will be conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards by President Droupadi Murmu in the valedictory session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations. The 18th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention is scheduled to be held from 8th to 10th January at Bhubaneswar in Odisha.

The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians. PBSA is conferred by the President as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention on Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin, or an



organisation or institution established and run by the Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin in recognition of their outstanding achievements both in India and abroad. 

A jury-cum-awards committee, with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar as the chairman and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar as the vice chair, considered the nominations for awards and unanimously selected the awardees. The awardees represent the excellence achieved by the Indian diaspora in various fields.