The President of India has issued the notification for announcing 15 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards for this year and in addition one of last year’s awardees who could not accept the award last year, this is Senator Liza Singh from Australia who is also in Gandhinagar to receive the award. So there are 16 awards presented this year.
The names and the countries of the awardees are as follows:
- Ms. Mala Mehta from Australia,
- Mr. Esop Ghulam from South Africa,
- Mr. Satyanarayan Nadela from USA (this award will be in absentia)
- Dr. Kamlesh Lula from the US,
- Mr. Mahendra Nanji Mehta from Uganda,
- Lord Raj Lumba from the United Kingdom,
- Prof. Nathuram Puri from the United Kingdom,
- Dr. Sanjay Rajaram from Mexico,
- Justice Karunakaran from the Seychelles,
- Mr. Rajamal Para from Oman,
- Mr. Bharat Kumar Jayantilal Shah from the UAE
- Mr. Ashraf Pellarkunnmal from UAE,
- Ms. Nandani Tandon from US,
- President Donald Ramotar from Guyana and
- Mr. Kanwaljit Bakshi from New Zealand.