Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017
1. 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
celebrations are being held in Bangalore from January 7-9,2017. PBD conventions
are being held every year since 2003 and we have been honoring our Pravasis
since the first edition.
2. It was decided late last year to
hold the PBD conventions after an interval of two years. Therefore, the number
of awards to be conferred for PBD 2017 have been doubled to 30. The Jury cum
Awards Committee can also make upto six suo-motto nominations for persons from
the fields in which the awards are to be conferred. This year, the jury also
considered Pravasi’s contribution for achievements on philanthropic investments
and charitable work in India and for contribution towards India’s development.
3. Nominations were invited in the
prescribed format from all eligible categories of Overseas Indians/Organizations.
The last date for receipt of nominations at the Ministry was 29th August 2016.
4. The Jury-cum-Awards Committee,
chaired by Hon’ble Vice-President, considered all the nominations for the PBSA.
A list of 123 nominations that were found eligible as per the guidelines and
another list of 55 nominations that were received late were presented for
consideration of the Committee. The nominations were initially examined by a
Screening Committee comprising of Officers from the Ministry of External
Affairs.
5. The Jury-cum-Awards Committee for
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards (PBSA) comprised of following members:
i. Vice President of India-Chairman
ii. Hon’ble EAM , Vice-Chairman
iii. Shri Swapan Dasgupta, Member of
Parliament, Rajya Sabha
iv. Principal Secretary to PM
v. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Foreign
Secretary
vi. Shri Rajeev Mehrishi, Home
Secretary
vii. Shri Satish Chandra, former
Ambassador of India to the USA
viii. Ms. Indra Noooyi CEO Pepsico
ix. Shri Yusuf Ali M.A. Managing
Director, Lulu Group of Industries, UAE
x. Shri Shyam Parande, Secretary,
Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad
xi. Shri Dnyaneshwar M. Mulay,
Secretary (OIA & CPV) & Member Secretary
6. The Jury members considered all
eligible nominations and the relevant information placed before the Committee.
After detailed discussions, thirty nominees were unanimously recommended by the
Jury-cum- Awards Committee for Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, 2017 by the
Committee on December 20,2016.
List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman-2017
Awardees
|
S.NO.
|
Name
|
Country
|
Field
|
|
1
|
Dr.
Gorur Krishna Harinath
|
Australia
|
Community
Service
|
|
2 .
|
Mr.
Rajasekharan Pillai Valavoor Kizhakkathil
|
Bahrain
|
Business
|
|
3 .
|
Antwerp
Indian Association
|
Belgium
|
Community
Service
|
|
4 .
|
Mr.
Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah
|
Brunei
|
Community
Service
|
|
5.
|
Mr.
Mukund Bhikhubhai Purohit
|
Canada
|
Business
|
|
6.
|
Mr.
Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari
|
Djibouti
|
Community
Service
|
|
7.
|
Mr.
Vinod Chandra Patel
|
Fiji
|
Social
Service
|
|
8.
|
Mr.
Raghunath Marie Antonin Manet
|
France
|
Arts
& Culture
|
|
9.
|
Dr. Lael
Anson E. Best
|
Israel
|
Medical
Science
|
|
10.
|
Dr.
Sandip Kumar Tagore
|
Japan
|
Arts
& Culture
|
|
11.
|
Mr.
Ariful Islam
|
Libya
|
Community
Service
|
|
12 .
|
Tan Sri
Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah
|
Malaysia
|
Education
and Community
Service |
|
13 .
|
Hon’ble
Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
|
Mauritius
|
Public
Service
|
|
14 .
|
H.E. Mr.
Antonio Luis Santos da Costa
|
Portugal
|
Public
Service
|
|
15 .
|
Dr.
Raghavan Seetharaman
|
Qatar
|
Business
Management
|
|
16 .
|
Ms.
Zeenat Musarrat Jafri
|
Saudi
Arabia
|
Education
|
|
17.
|
Singapore
Indian Association
|
Singapore
|
Community
Service
|
|
18.
|
Dr.
Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi
|
Sweden
|
Medicine
|
|
19 .
|
Mr.
Susheel Kumar Saraff
|
Thailand
|
Business
|
|
20.
|
Mr.
Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran
|
Trinidad
& Tobago
|
Public
Service
|
|
21.
|
Mr.
Vasudev Shamdas Shroff
|
United
Arab Emirates
|
Community
Service
|
|
22 .
|
India
Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi
|
United
Arab Emirates
|
Philanthropy
and Community Service
|
|
23 .
|
Rt.
Hon’ble Ms. Priti Patel
|
United
Kingdom
|
Public
Service
|
|
24 .
|
Ms.
Neena Gill
|
United
Kingdom
|
Public
Service
|
|
25 .
|
Mr. Hari
Babu Bindal
|
USA
|
Environmental
Engineering
|
|
26 .
|
Dr.
Bharat Haridas Barai
|
USA
|
Community
Service
|
|
27 .
|
Ms.
Nisha Desai Biswal
|
USA
|
Public
Affairs
|
|
28 .
|
Dr.
Mahesh Mehta
|
USA
|
Community
Service
|
|
29 .
|
Mr.
Ramesh Shah
|
USA
|
Community
Service
|
|
30.
|
Dr.
Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi
|
USA
|
Community
Leadership
|
