27 Overseas Indians To Receive Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards: Who Are They?

The awards will be conferred by President Droupadi Murmu in Indore, Madhya Pradesh from 8-10 January.

As many as 27 Indians living overseas have been chosen by the Indian government for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA), for outstanding achievements both in India and abroad.

The award is the highest honour conferred upon Indians living abroad, including Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) or organisations/institutions established and run by them.

The awards will be conferred upon the recipients by President Droupadi Murmu during the 17th edition of the PBSA, which is scheduled to be held from 8-10 January in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

The jury that selected the recipients comprised Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar as its chairman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as its Vice-Chair, among other distinguished dignitaries from different fields.

List of Overseas Indians Chosen for the Honour

• Jagadish Chennupati

  Country: Australia

  Field: Science & Technology/ Education

• Sanjeev Mehta

  Country: Bhutan

  Field: Education

• Dilip Loundo

  Country: Brazil

  Field: Art & Culture/Education

• Alexander Maliakel John

  Country: Brunei Darussalam

  Field: Medicine

• Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan

  Country: Canada

  Field: Community Welfare

• Joginder Singh Nijjar

  Country: Croatia

  Field: Art & Culture/Education

• Ramjee Prasad

  Country: Denmark

  Field: Information Technology

• Kannan Ambalam

  Country: Ethiopia

  Field: Community Welfare

• Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay

  Country: Germany

  Field: Community Welfare/Medicine

• Mohamed Irfaan Ali

  Country: Guyana

  Field: Politics/Community Welfare

• Reena Vinod Pushkarna

  Country: Israel

  Field: Business/Community Welfare

• Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani

  Country: Japan

  Field: Education

• Rajagopal

  Country: Mexico

  Field: Education

• Amit Kailash Chandra Lath

  Country: Poland

  Field: Business/Community Welfare

• Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani

  Country: Republic of Congo

  Field: Community Welfare

• Piyush Gupta

  Country: Singapore

  Field: Business

• Mohanlal Hira

  Country: South Africa

  Field: Community Welfare

• Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel

  Country: South Sudan

  Field: Business/Community Welfare

• Sivakumar Nadesan

  Country: Sri Lanka

  Field: Community Welfare

• Dewanchandrebhose Sharman

  Country: Suriname

  Field: Community Welfare

• Archana Sharma

  Country: Switzerland

  Field: Science & Technology

• Frank Arthur Seepersad

  Country: Trinidad & Tobago

  Field: Community Welfare/Education

• Siddharth Balachandran

  Country: UAE

  Field: Business/Community Welfare

• Chandrakant Babubhai Patel

  Country: UK

  Field: Media

• Darshan Singh Dhaliwal

  Country: USA

  Field: Business/Community Welfare

• Rajesh Subramaniam

  Country: USA

  Field: Business

• Ashok Kumar Tiwary

  Country: Uzbekistan

  Field: Business