Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2019: List of winners

30 NRIs including IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath, Norwegian MP Himanshu Gulati and South African diplomat Anil Sooklal were bestowed with prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award. 

At a glittering function, President Ram Nath Kovind presented the awards.

Two organisations - Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha and Indian Community Association in Egypt - were also awarded for their contributions in community service.

In the field of business, Canada's Ramesh Chotai, China's Amit Waikar, Italy's Bitthal Das Maheshwari, New Zealand's Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon, Oman's Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil (V. T. Vinodan is the Managing Director of Mars Hypermarket), UAE's Girish Pant and Surender Singh Kandhari grabbed the award.

Australia's Nihal Singh Agar (Social Work), Bhutan's Rajinder Nath Khazanchi (Civil Engineering), France's Malini Ranganathan (Academics and Arts), Jamaica's Guna Sekhar Muppuri (Medical and Entrepreneurship), Kenya's P V Sambasiva Rao (Technology), Kenya's Prakash Madhavdas Heda (Medical Science), Kuwait's Rajpal Tyagi (Architecture), Myanmar's Banwarilal Satya Narayan Goenka (Business Management), and Poland's Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri (Entrepreneurship) were also honoured.

Qatar's Purnendu Chandra Tiwary (Training and Simulation), South Africa's Swami Saradaprabhananda (Community Service), Switzerland's Rajendra Kumar Joshi (Science), Tanzania's Shamim Parkar Khan, UAE's Zulekha Daud (Medical Science and Business), Uganda's Rajesh Chaplot (Chartered Accountancy), US' Chandra Shekhar Mishra (Science), US' Gitesh Jayantilal Desai (Structural Engineering) and US' Kiran Chhotubhai Patel (Medical Science) won the award.

Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, UP Governor Ram Naik, Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya and Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh were also present at the event.