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Bahrain - based Indian businessman K G Baburajan win Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award
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Bahrain-based entrepreneur KG Baburajan has won the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians. India is celebrating the Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Day 2021 today. Known as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the NRI Day is observed to mark the efforts of Indians residing overseas in the development of the country. The day also commemorates the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa in 1915 after which he started India s freedom struggle.
Mr Baburajan, a geotechnical and QA/QC Engineer by profession, won the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2021, held virtually in wake of the coronavirus pandemic at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2021 Convention with a theme of Contributing to Aatmanirbhar Bharat . The event had three segments and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The flagship event of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the PBD is celebrated biennially to engage and connect with overseas Indians.
The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate-General of India in Dubai celebrated the 16th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Non-Resident Indian Day on Saturday, January 9.
Consul General Dr Aman Puri addressed the diaspora on the occasion of #PBD2021 and applauded contribution of Indian community in UAE for their hard work and welfare of Indian community. #AtmaNirbharBharat@OIA MEA@SecySanjay@DrSJaishankar@IndembAbuDhabi@PMOIndia@DDNewslivepic.twitter.com/6YMaxGh3B1 India in Dubai (@cgidubai) January 9, 2021
01/09/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/09/2021 06:03
Welcome Address by External Affairs Minister at the Valedictory Session of the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2021
Respected Rashtrapatiji,
Participants and Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends,
1. It is my privilege to warmly welcome all of you to the Valedictory Session of the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in the august presence of the Hon ble President of India. I am truly grateful to Rashtrapatiji for gracing the occasion. I also thank all those - abroad and in India - who attended the Convention and contributed to its success. I also welcome you all to the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award Ceremony.
Dubai: The Indian Consulate in Dubai will on Saturday celebrate the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), the Non-Resident Indians’ (NRI) Day Convention, which will be held virtually for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The flagship event of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) provides it with a platform to engage and connect with the overseas Indians.
The biennial jamboree of NRIs held in different cities in India used to be attended by several Indian expats from the UAE in the past editions. Due to the pandemic, the Indian mission in Dubai has limited its celebrations by hosting a virtual session of the daylong event that will be inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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