Bhubaneswar, Jan 8: The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) will be presented at the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention on the third day.
This distinguished award celebrates the exceptional contributions of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), and organizations they have established, both in India and across the world.
The awards will be presented at the Valedictory Session by the Honorable President of India Droupadi Murmu.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2025 Award recipients are:
- Prof. Ajay Rane, Australia – Community Service
- Dr. Marialena Joan Fernandes, Austria – Education
- Dr. Philomena Ann Mohini Harris, Barbados – Medical Science
- Swami Sanyuktanand, Fiji – Community Service
- Saraswati Vidya Niketan, Guyana – Community Service
- Dr. Lekh Raj Juneja, Japan – Science & Technology
- Dr. Prem Kumar, Kyrgyz Republic – Medical Science
- Soukthavy Chowdhury, Laos – Business
- Krishna Savjani, Malawi – Business
- ‘Tan Sri’ Dr. Subramaniam K.V. Sathasivam, Malaysia – Politics
- Dr. Sarita Boodhoo, Mauritius – Community Service
- Mr. Abhaya Kumar, Moldova – Business
- Dr. Ram Niwas @ Hla Tun, Myanmar – Education
- Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana, Romania – Business
- Hindustani Samaj, Russia – Community Service
- Sudha Rani Gupta, Russia – Education
- Dr. Syed Anwar Khursheed, Saudi Arabia – Medical Science
- Atul Arvind Temurnikar, Singapore – Education
- Robert Masih Nahar, Spain – Community Service
- Dr. Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, Tanzania – Medicine
- H.E. Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT, Trinidad & Tobago – Public Affairs
- Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer, UAE – Business
- Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu, Uganda – Community Service
- Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar, UK – Politics
- Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal, USA – Medicine
- Dr. Sharmila Ford, USA – Community Service
- Ravi Kumar S., USA – Business (IT & Consulting)
