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{{Infobox award
| name          = Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
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| caption       = Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Medal and Ribbon
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| awarded_for   = to honour exceptional [[Indian diaspora|Overseas Indians]]
| sponsor       = [[President of India]]
| firstawarded  = 2003
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| holder_label  = Most recent winner
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| award1_type   = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 136
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The '''Pravasi Bharatiya Samman''' (Overseas Indian Award) is the highest Indian award for [[Indian diaspora|Overseas Indians]] or an organisation or institution established and run by Overseas Indian diaspora, constituted by the [[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs]], [[Government of India]] in conjunction with the ''[[Pravasi Bharatiya Divas]]'' (Overseas Indian Day), to honour exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pravasi Bharatiya Divas |url=https://pbdindia.gov.in/en/about-us#:~:text=Award%20is%20the%20highest%20honour%20conferred%20on%20a%20Non-Resident%20Indian,%20Person%20of%20Indian%20Origin;%20or%20an%20organisation%20or |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=pbdindia.gov.in}}</ref> The award is given by the [[President of India]].<ref name="eco">{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Divas concludes; Overseas Indian doctors ready to help India|date=9 Jan 2011|work=Economic Times|access-date=29 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113140658/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/services/travel/visa-power/pravasi-bharatiya-divas-concludes-overseas-indian-doctors-ready-to-help-india/articleshow/7249551.cms|archive-date=13 January 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2016, the [[Government of India]] has doubled the number of awardees each year to 30 after a decision to grant the award once every two years.<ref name=":0" />

==Award criteria==
[[File:Pravasi bharatiya samman award.jpg|alt=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award|thumb|Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award]]
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (PBS) is conferred for outstanding contributions in any of the following areas:
{{ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha
| "Better understanding of India"
| "Support to India’s causes and concerns in a tangible way"
| "Building closer links between India, the overseas Indian community and their country of residence;"
| "Social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad"
| "Welfare of the local Indian community"
| "Philanthropic and charitable work"
| "Eminence in one’s field or outstanding work, which has enhanced India’s prestige in the country of residence; or"
| "Eminence in skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in
that country (for non-professional workers)."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgihamburg.gov.in/pdf/PBD_01_2019.pdf|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, 2019|website=www.cgihamburg.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/pravasi-bharatiya-samman.htm|title=MEA &#124; Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA)|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>}}
==Awardees for 2003==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
| {{MUS}}|| [[Rt. Hon’ble Sir Anerood Jugnauth]] || Prime Minister of Mauritius
|-
|{{ZAF}}|| Prof. [[Fatima Meer]] || She took active part in political, social and philanthropic causes, deeply influenced by the Gandhian values and approach
|-
| {{HKG}}|| [[Hari Harilela|Dr. Hari N. Harilela]]  || Business ventures and community welfare activities, he has been long considered the standard-bearer and the most recognizable symbol of the Indian Diaspora in Hong Kong.
|-
| {{Flag|Oman}} || Shri Kanaksi Gokaldas Khimji || The Khimjis have utilized their proximity to the ruling family in the cause of the Diaspora and strengthening links between India and Oman.
|-
|{{KEN}}|| [[Manu Chandaria|Shri Manilal Premchand Chandaria ]]|| He has used his resources to propagate Indian ethos and values. He helped set-up Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Academy Society and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi Fund in Kenya.
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Navnit Dholakia, Baron Dholakia]] || Lord Dholakia made significant contributions in the fields of community care and issues relating to ethnic unrest. He played an  important role in addressing the sensitive issue of racial discontent.
|-
|{{USA}}|| Shri [[Rajat Gupta]] || Shri Gupta has embarked on work relating to community welfare and social and Philanthropic causes. He played a key-role in the establishment of the Indian School of Business at Hyderabad.
|-
|{{GUY}}|| [[Shridath Ramphal|Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal]] || Sir Shridath Ramphal is a distinguished Jurist having been Solicitor General and Attorney General of Guyana and Member of International Commission of Jurists. Sir Shridath Ramphal also held positions of responsibility in international organizations such as Independent Commission on International Development Issues, Independent Commission on Disarmament and Security Issues, Independent Commission of International Humanitarian Issues and World Commission on Environment and Development, Chairman UN Committee for Development Planning and President, World. He is a former [[Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations]].
|-
| {{MAS}}|| [[Samy Vellu|Dato’ Seri S. Samy Vellu]]|| Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing (1978–79); Minister for Works (1979–85) and Minister of Energy,  Tele communications & Posts, Malaysia (1989–95). He has been a Member of the House of Representatives of the Malaysian Parliament since 1974.
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] || In 1991, Shri Dosanjh was elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Vancouver Kensington constituency and then as Caucus Chair. He became the Minister for Human Rights, Multiculturalism, Sports and Immigration in 1995, and then was appointed the [[Attorney General of British Columbia]]. In a historic development, he was elected as the 33rd Premier and President of the Executive Council of British Columbia, which is first for a person of Indian origin in Canada.
|}

==Awardees for 2004==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Dipak Jain]] || Dean, [[Kellogg School of Management]]
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Kalpana Chawla]] || NASA Astronaut
|-
|| {{ZIM}} || Ahmed Moosa Ebrahim ||Supreme Court justice
|-
|| {{GUY}} || [[Bharrat Jagdeo]] || President of Guyana
|-
|| {{FJI}} || [[Mahendra Chaudhry|Mahendra Pal Chaudhry]] || Fmr. Prime Minister of Fiji
|-
|| {{KUW}} || Dr. Marian Chisti ||
|-
|| {{GBR}} || Lord [[Meghnad Desai]] || Economist, Writer, Labour politician
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Narinder Singh Kapany]] ||
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Shashi Tharoor]] || Politician, Diplomat, Writer
|-
|| {{NZL}} || [[Sukhi Turner]] || Fmr. Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
|-
|| {{IND}} || [[P. Mohamed Ali]] || Industrialist
|}

==Awardees for 2005==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|| {{HKG}} || [[M. Arunachalam (businessman)|M. Arunachalam]] || President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Jagdish Bhagwati]] || Indian American economist
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Amina Cachalia]] || Women's activist, politician
|-
|| {{TZA}} || [[Jayantilal Chande|J.K. Chande]] || Chancellor, [[International Medical and Technological University]], [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]].
|-
|| {{DEU}} || [[Alokeranjan Dasgupta]] || Poet, philosopher, academic
|-
|| {{ZAF}} || [[Ahmed Kathrada]] || South African anti-apartheid activist
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sunil Khilnani]] || Political scientist, writer
|-
|| {{TTO}} || [[Basdeo Panday]] || Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Bhikhu Parekh]] || member, British House of Lords
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sam Pitroda]] || Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker
|-
|| {{GBR}} || [[Vikram Seth]] || Novelist and poet
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[M. Night Shyamalan]] || Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer
|-
|| {{FJI}}||[[Vijay Singh]] || Indo-Fijian golfer
|-
|| {{LKA}} || A Vijayan || Disaster Search & Rescue - Indian Ocean Tsunami
|-
|| {{USA}} || [[Sant Singh Virmani]] || Rice scientist
|-
|| {{ARE}} ||[[M. A. Yusuff Ali]]
| Owner of [[Lulu Hypermarket|Lulu Group International]] (Abu Dhabi headquartered Indian conglomerate)
|}

==Awardees for 2006==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description
|-
|{{THA}} || Shivnath Rai Bajaj||
|- 
|{{ISR}} || Eliahu Bezalel||
|-
|{{MUS}} || [[Raouf Bundhun|Abdool Raouf Bundhun]] ||
|-
|{{PHL}} || Pratima Kale||
|-
|{{SAU}} || Majid Uddin Kazi||
|-
|{{QAT}} || [[Cheril Krishna Menon|C. K. Menon]]||
|-
|{{GBR}} || Gulam Kaderbhai Noon||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Sudhir M. Parikh]]||
|-
|{{GUY}} || Yesu Persaud||
|-
|{{SYC}} || V. Ramadoss||
|-
|{{ZAF}} || Sisupal Rambharos||
|-
|{{USA}} || Niranjan S. Shah||
|-
|{{HKG}} || {{ill|Rusy M. Shroff|zh|勞士·施羅孚}} ||
|-
|{{SIN}} || Shan V||
|-
|{{REU}} || [[Jean-Paul Virapoullé]]||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Fareed Zakaria]] || journalist, editor of ''Newsweek International''
|}

==Awardees for 2007==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Gopal Raju]] || journalist, founder-editor [[India Abroad]] || Media
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Diljit Rana]] || Hon. Consul Belfast, Managing Director Andras House || Business
|-
|{{CAN}} || [[Dave Hayer|Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer]] ||Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia || Public Affairs
|-
|{{USA}} || Madhavan Anirudhan || President Essen Nutrition || Business
|-
|{{ZAF}} || [[Billy Nair]] || Member of Parliament, ANC South Africa || Public Affairs
|-
|{{KEN}} || Pheroze Nowrojee || Advocate, Human Rights Activist || Community Affairs
|-
|{{USA}} || Nirmal K. Sinha || Community Leader, Significant contribution to fostering friendship between India and USA || Community Affairs
|-
|{{MAS}} || [[Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram]] || Executive Chairman, National Land Finance Co-operative Society || Public Affairs
|-
|{{JAM}} || Kenneth S. Benjamin || Founder and chairman of the Guardsman Group || Business
|-
|{{DEU}} || Sibabrata Roy || President Indo-German Society Hamburg, Promoter of Indian Culture in Germany || Community Affairs
|-
|{{UAE}} || Syed M. Salahuddin || Managing director, ETA-Ascon Group || Business
|-
|{{UAE}} || [[B. R. Shetty|Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty]] || Businessman Pharmaceuticals, Chairman Board of Governors Abu Dhabi Indian School || Business
|-
|{{FJI}} || Sir [[Moti Tikaram]] || Justice, National President for Fiji, [[World Jurist Association]] || Public Affairs
|-
|{{POR}} || Abdool Magid Karim Vakil || President Comunidade Islamica de Lisboa || Business
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Panchapakesa Jayaraman]] || Writer, Promoter of Hindi language and literature || Culture
|}

==Awardees for 2008==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{KSA}} || Dr. Mohammed Roshankt || Chairman of TCS-FNS ||
|-
|{{BHR}} || Dr. [[Ravi Pillai]] || Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation || Business
|-
|{{MUS}} || Dr. [[Navinchandra Ramgoolam]] || Prime Minister Mauritius || Public Affairs
|-
|{{AUS}} || Neville Joseph Roach || Chairman of TCS-FNS || 
|-
|{{JPN}} || A. P. S. Mani || Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo || 
|-
|{{NZL}} || Judge [[Ajit Swaran Singh]] || District Judge in New Zealand || 
|-
|{{SAU}} || Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy || Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims' Welfare Forum || 
|-
|{{SWE}} || [[Bicky Chakraborty]] || CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden ||
|-
|{{UAE}} || Krishnamurthy Kumar || Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council || 
|-
|{{GBR}} || Lord [[Karan Bilimoria]] || Chancellor Thames Valley University ||
|-
|{{USA}} || Dr. [[Thomas Abraham]] || Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.) ||
|-
|{{USA}} || [[Joy Cherian]] || Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission || 
|-
|{{TRI}} || National Council of Indian Culture || NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago ||
|}

==Awardees for 2009==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country!! Name<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Press Information Bureau: Government of India news site, PIB Mumbai website, PIB Mumbai, Press Information Bureau, PIB, India's Official media agency, Government of India press releases, PIB photographs, PIB photos, Press Conferences in Mumbai, Union Minister Press Conference, Marathi press releases, PIB features, Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Bharat Nirman Campaign, Public Information Campaign, Indian Government press releases, PIB Western Region |url=http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011PR1283}}</ref>!! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}||[[Vadiveloo Govindasamy|Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo]]||Community Service
|-
|{{BHR}}||Soman Baby||Community Service
|-
|{{MUS}}||Shri [[Angidi Chettiar]] || Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Madagascar}}||Shri {{ill|Ylias Akbaraly|fr|Ylias Akbaraly}} ||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Netherlands}}||Shri [[Ram Lakhina]]|| Community Service 
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}} || [[P. N. C. Menon]] || Philanthropy 
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| [[Prema Naidoo|Shri Parmananthan ‘Prema’ Naidoo]] ||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Suriname}}|| Shri [[Ramdien Sardjoe]]|| Public Service
|-
|{{UAE}}||Shri [[J. R. Gangaramani]]|| Community Service
|-
|{{UK}}||[[Shreela Flather|Baroness Shreela Flather]]|| Public Service
|-
|{{USA}}||[[C. K. Prahalad|Prof C. K. Prahalad]] || Management
|-
|{{USA}}|| Prof. [[Sumit Ganguly]]||Public Service 
|-
|{{USA}}|| Dr. [[Sampat Shivangi|Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi]] ||Community Leadership
|-
|}

==Awardees for 2010==

{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name<ref name="auto" />!! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{UAE}} ||Dr. [[Azad Moopen]]||Chairman of [[Aster DM Healthcare]]||Healthcare
|-
|{{QAT}}||Azim Abbas||Director of Al Sulaiman Jewellery & Watches ||Business
|-
|{{TZA}}||[[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]]|||Work with the Tanzania Heart Babies Project.||Healthcare
|-
| {{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}} ||Shri Mohinder Singh Bhullar|||| Community Service
|-
|{{flag|Fiji}}||Shri Yanktesh Permal Reddy||||Community Service
|-
| {{Flag |Japan}} ||Shri [[Ryuko Hira]] ||||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag |Japan}} ||Smt Dr. [[Ruby Umesh Pawankar]] ||||Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}} ||Shri Suresh Kumar Virmani |||| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}} ||Shri [[Pravin Gordhan|Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan]] ||||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}||Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo||||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}} ||Shri Deepak Mittal ||||Business
|-
|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}}||Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith||||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Dr. [[Mani Lal Bhaumik]] |||| Community Service 
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Shri [[Ashok Kumar Mago]] |||| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|USA}} ||Shri [[Upendra J. Chivukula]] ||||Public Service
|-
|}

== Awardees for 2011 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{AUS}}|| Prof. [[Veena Sahajwalla]] ||||Science
|-
|{{CAN}}|| [[Dr. Rajni Kanabar]] || ||Arts
|-
|{{HKG}}|| Shri [[Harindarpal Banga|Harindarpal Singh Banga]] || || Business
|-
|{{flag|Palestine}}|| Sheikh Mohammad Munir Nazir Hassan Ansari || ||Community Service
|-
|{{flag|Liberia}}|| Shri Upjit Singh Sachdeva |||| Community Service
|-
|{{MAS}}|| Tan Sri Dato’ Ajit Singh||||Public Affairs
|-
|{{NZL}}||| Sir [[Anand Satyanand]]|| || Public Affairs
|-
|{{NLD}} || Shri Saleh Wahid|| || Community Service
|-
|{{QAT}}||ICBF - Indian Community Benevolent Forum|||| Community Service
|-
|{{KSA}}|| Dr. Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin||Pediatrician, Jeddah|| Community Service
|-
|{{LKA}}|| Shri Mano Selvanathan|||| Business
|-
|{{UAE}} ||Shri Mohan Jashanmal |||| Community Service
|-
|{{GBR}}|| [[Sandip Verma, Baroness Verma]] || ||  Public Affairs
|}

==Awardees for 2012==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}} ||Mr. [[P. V. Radhakrishna Pillai]] or Plavalil Kizhakkethil Vasudevan Radhakrishna Pillai ||||
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}||Mr. [[Sachchidanand Sahai]] ||   || 
|-
|{{CAN}} ||Indo‐Canada Chamber of Commerce||     ||
|-
|{{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}||Mr. Deepak Naraindas Shivdasani||   || 
|-
|{{DEU}}||Mr. Victor Shahid Smetacek ||    || 
|-
|{{Flag|Indonesia}} ||Mr. [[Sri Prakash Lohia]] ||    || 
|-
|{{flag|Mozambique}} ||Mr. Jose Parayanken||     || 
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}||Mr. Kiran Navinchandra Asher||    ||
|-
|{{QAT}}||Mr. Hassan Abdulkarim Chougule||    ||
|-
|{{SIN}}||Mr. [[S. R. Nathan]]&nbsp;— The former President of Singapore||    ||
|-
|{{ZAF}}||Ms. Khorshed Noshir Ginwala||     || 
|-
| {{TRI}}||The Hon. [[Kamla Persad-Bissessar]], [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] ||    ||
|-
|{{flag|Ukraine}} ||Mr. Rajesh Kumar Saraiya||   ||
|-
|{{USA}}||Prof. Surendra Kumar Kaushik||    || 
|-
|{{USA}}||Kalpalatha Kummamuri Guntupalli||     ||
|}

==Awardees for 2013==
{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
| {{MUS}}|| H E Mr. [[Rajkeswur Purryag]]||The President of the Republic of Mauritius||
|-
|{{USA}}||Narendra R Kumar||A doctor specialising in [[otolaryngology]] head and neck surgery<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |title=Mauritius President among Pravasi awardees - the Economic Times |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=4 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904055334/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/nris-in-news/mauritius-president-among-pravasi-awardees/articleshow/17954251.cms |archive-date=4 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>||
|-
|{{UAE}}||[[KT Rabeeullah]] ||Businessman - Chairman  and Managing Director of Shifa Al Jazeera Medical Group [[Middle East]]||Community Service
|-
|{{UAE}}|| Bava Haji Pandalingal || ||
|-
|{{IND}}||[[Patricia Rozario|Patricia Maria Rozario]] || Music||Contributions in the field of music "Outstanding achievements"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Patricia-Rozario-bags-Pravasi-Bharatiya-Samman-Award/articleshow/17960406.cms|title=Patricia Rozario bags Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award|website=The Times of India|date=10 January 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|{{DEU}}|| Professor Gurusharan Singh Chatwal|| ||Science
|-
|{{GUI}}||Ashok S. Vaswani, ||||community service
|-
|{{MAS}}||Tan Sri Ravindran Menon||||Community service
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}||Dr. Rasik V.Joshi|| || Literature
|-
|{{NZL}}||Dr.Satendra K.Singh||||Community service
|-
|{{REU}}||Gilbert. C. Moutien |||| Business
|-
|{{ZAF}}||[[Ebrahim Ebrahim|Ismail E. Ebrahim]] ||||Public Services
|-
|{{USA}}|| Subhash Razdan|| ||Public service
|-
|}

==Awardees for 2014==

{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Name !! Description !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}||[[Lisa Singh|Senator Lisa Maria Singh]]|| First member of South Asian descent in Australian Parliament ||
|-
|{{flag|Bahrain}}||Dr Varghese Kurian||Leading overseas Indian businessman||
|-
| {{CAN}}||[[Vasu Chanchlani|Vasdev Chanchlani]]||[[Entrepreneur]] and [[philanthropist]] based in||
|-
|{{FJI}}||[[Ramakrishna Mission]] |||| 
|-
|{{Flag|France}}||[[Bikas C Sanyal |Bikas Chandra Sanyal]]||Renowned educationist||
|-
|{{NLD}}||{{ill|Satnarainsing Rabin Baldewsingh|nl|Rabin Baldewsingh}} ||Significant contribution to promoting better understanding of India||
|-
|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}}||[[Sasindran Muthuvel]]||First Member of Parliament of Indian origin in Papua||
|-
|{{KSA}}||Shihabudeen VavaKunju||Contributor to welfare of Indian community || 
|-
| {{ZAF}}|| [[Ela Gandhi]] ||Contributions in promoting ties between India and South Africa, and the cause of freedom || 
|-
|{{UAE}}|| [[Shamsheer Vayalil]] ||Contribution in field of healthcare business and for promoting etter understanding of India || 
|-
|{{GBR}}||[[Shailesh Vara]]||First Indian origin Govt. minister for Conservative Party || 
|-
| {{USA}}|| Dr. Parthasarathy Chiramel Pillai|| Contributions in field of science, and fostering closer relations between India and USA||
|-
| {{USA}} || [[Renu Khator|Dr. Renu Khator]] ||One of the first persons of Indian origin to head a higher system and a research university in the United States. Chancellor of the [[University of Houston System]] and President of the [[University of Houston]] ||
|-
| {{USA}} || Dr. Namita Roy-Chowdhury ||First Indian woman to become a full professor at [[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], New York. ||Discoverer
of the genetic bases of inherited jaundice (Crigler-Najjar syndrome and Gilbert
Syndrome)
|}

==Awardees for 2015==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country !! Name
!Description!! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| Mala Mehta
|Founder of Indo- Australian Bal Bharatiya Vidyalaya in Thornleigh suburb in Sydney. Since its establishment, she has been pursuing the growth of Hindi in Australia.||Education & Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|[[Donald Ramotar|Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar]]
|President of Guyana and awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora.
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|[[Sanjaya Rajaram|Dr Rajaram Sanjaya]]
|India-born Mexico scientist and winner of the 2014 [[World Food Prize]] for developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries.
|Scientific Research
|-
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|[[Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi]]
|Member of Parliament (MP) from New Zealand. He is also known for his work for the Indian diaspora in New Zealand.
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|Rajmal Parakh
|Leading philanthropist, active in social services and charitable work in [[Oman]] and [[India]].
|Social Service
|-
|{{Flag|Seychelles}}
|Duraikannu Karunakaran
|Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Seychelles]]
|Judicial Service
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|[[Essop Pahad|Essop Goolam Pahad]]
|Politician and Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to 2008
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Shah Bharatkumar Jayantilal
|Social worker known for contributions to charities and philanthropy.
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[Ashraf (social worker)|Ashraf Thamarassery]]
|Social activist
|Social Work
|-
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|Mahendra Nanji Mehta
|Indian-origin businessman
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Nathu Ram Puri
|Founder of Purico and awarded for his contributions to the Indian diaspora.
|Education & Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Raj Loomba, Baron Loomba]]
|Philanthropist and founder of clothing company Rinku Group. He is a Liberal Democrat member of the [[House of Lords]]
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Satya Nadella]]
|CEO of [[Microsoft]]
|Business Management
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Kamlesh Lulla
|Chief Scientist for Earth Observation in the Human Exploration Science office at [[Johnson Space Center]] at [[NASA]]
|Scientific Research
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Nandini Tandon
|Awarded for her contributions to life sciences, healthcare and [[Information technology]] in USA, India as well as other emerging economies.
|Management of Healthcare and Business
|}

==Awardees for 2017==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country!! Name!! Field of Merit
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/27911/Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awards2017|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2017|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/pravasi-bharatiya-samman-awards-2017-conferred-1484034060-1|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2017 conferred|date=10 January 2017|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}||[[Harry Harinath|Gorur Krishna Harinath]]|| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}||[[V.K. Rajashekharan Pillai]]|| Business
|-
|{{Flag|Belgium}}||Antwerp Indian Association|| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Brunei}}||Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah|| Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}||[[Mukund Purohit]]||Business
|-
|{{Flag|Djibouti}}||Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari ||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Fiji}}||[[Vinod Patel]]||Social Service
|-
|{{Flag|France}}||[[Raghunath Manet]] ||Arts & Culture
|-
|{{Flag|Israel}}|| Lael Anson E. Best || Medical Science
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}||Sandip Kumar Tagore  ||Arts & Culture
|-
|{{Flag|Libya}}||Ariful Islam||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}|| Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah ||Education and Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Mauritius}}||[[Pravind Jugnauth]]||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Portugal}}||[[António Costa]]|| Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Qatar}}|| [[Raghavan Seetharaman]]||Business Management
|-
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||Zeenat Musarrat Jafri||Education
|-
|{{Flag|Singapore}}|| [[Singapore Indian Association]] ||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Sweden}}|| Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi||Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}}||Susheel Kumar Saraff ||Business
|-
|{{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}|| [[Winston Dookeran|Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran]]||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| Vasudev Shamdas Shroff||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}|| India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi ||Philanthropy & Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Priti Patel]]||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}||[[Neena Gill]]||Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Hari Babu Bindal||Environmental Engineering
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Bharat Haridas Barai||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| [[Nisha Desai Biswal]]||Public Affairs
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Mahesh Mehta||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| Ramesh Shah ||Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}|| [[Sampat Shivangi|Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi]] || Community Leadership
|}

== Awardees for 2019 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2019 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/30941/List+of+Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awardees+PBSA+for+the+year+2019|title=List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2019|website=www.mea.gov.in|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| Nihal Singh Agar||Social Service
|-
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}
|Rajinder Nath Khazanchi
|Civil Engineering
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|Ramesh Chotai
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|People's Republic of China}}
|Amit Waikar
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Egypt}}
|Indian Community Association in Egypt
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|France}}
|Malini Ranganathan
|Academics & Arts
|-
|{{Flag|Guyana}}
|Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|Bitthal Das Maheshwari
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Jamaica}}
|Guna Sekhar Muppuri
|Medical Science & Entrepreneurship
|-
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|P. V. Sambasiva Rao
|Technology
|-
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|Prakash Madhavdas Heda
|Medical Science
|-
|{{Flag|Kuwait}}
|Rajpal Tyagi
|Architecture
|-
|{{Flag|Myanmar}}
|[[Satya Narayan Goenka]]
|Business Management
|-
|{{Flag|New Zealand}}
|Bhavdeep Singh Dhillon
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|[[Himanshu Gulati]]
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Oman}}
|Vinodan Verambally Thazhikuniyil
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Poland}}
|Jagdeshwar Rao Maddukuri
|Entrepreneurship
|-
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|Purnendu Tiwary
|Training & Simulation
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|Anil Sooklal
|Diplomacy
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|Swami Saradaprabhananda
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|Rajendra Kumar Joshi
|Science
|-
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|Shamim Parkar Khan
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Girish Pant
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|Surender Singh Kandhari
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|[[Zulekha Daud]]
|Medical Science & Business
|-
|{{Flag|Uganda}}
|Rajesh Chaplot
|Chartered Accountancy
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Chandra Shekhar Mishra
|Science
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Gita Gopinath]]
|Academics
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Gitesh Jayantilal Desai
|Structural Engineering
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|[[Kiran C Patel]]
|Medical Science
|}

== Awardees for 2021 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2021 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awardees (PBSA) for the year 2021|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/33381/Pravasi+Bharatiya+Samman+Awards2021|access-date=2021-09-03|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Armenia}}|| NGO Cultural Diversity for Peaceful Future ||Promoting Indian Culture
|-
|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}}
|Dr. Rajani Chandra D’Mello
|Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Bahrain}}
|Mr. Baburajan Vava Kalluparambil Gopalan
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Botswana}}
|Mrs. Jamal Ahmad
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Cameroon}}
|Mr. Janakiraman Ravikumar
|Closer ties with India
|-
|{{Flag|Curaçao}}
|[[Eugene Rhuggenaath]]
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Czech Republic}}
|[[Debashish Chaudhuri]]
|Art and Culture
|-
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|Mr. Mohammed Husein Hasanali Sardharwala
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Fiji}}
|Sai Prema Foundation
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}
|Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani
|Education
|-
|{{Flag|Hong Kong}}
|Mr. Lal Lokumal Chellaram
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|Dr. (Prof.) Muralidhar Miryala
|Science & Technology
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}
|Mr. Rajib Shaw
|Education
|-
|{{Flag|Maldives}}
| Mr. Salil Panigrahi
|Tourism
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|[[Ravi Prakash Singh|Dr. Ravi Prakash Singh]]
|Science & Technology
|-
|{{Flag| New Zealand}}
|[[Priyanca Radhakrishnan]]
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Nigeria}}
|Indian Cultural Association (ICA)
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Qatar}}
|Dr. Mohan Thomas Lazarus Pakalomattom
|Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|France}}
|[[Jean-Régis Ramsamy]]
|Media & Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|[[Siddeek Ahmed]]
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|Dr. Anil Kumar Chotalal Mithani
|Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|[[Chan Santokhi]]
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|Dr. Shachi Gurumayun
|Bio-tech Agronomy
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|Mr. Vashdev Tikamdas Purswani
|Business
|-
|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|Resham Singh Sandhu
|Public Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Mr. Arvind Phukan
|Environment Technology
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Ms. Nilu Gupta
|Promoting Indian Culture
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Federation of Indian Associations NY, NJ & CT
|Community Service
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America}}
|Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda
|Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|United States of America|Singapure}}
|Mukesh Aghi
| Business
|}

== Awardees for 2023 ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2023 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2023|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/36078/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Awards2023|access-date=2024-04-01|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
|{{Flag|Australia}}|| [[Chennupati Jagadish|Prof. Jagadish Chennupati]] ||Science & Technology/Education
|-
|{{Flag|Bhutan}}|| Prof. Sanjeev Mehta ||Education
|-
|{{Flag|Brazil}}|| Prof. Dilip Loundo ||Art & Culture/Education
|-
|{{Flag|Brunei Darussalam}}|| Dr. Alexander Maliakel John ||Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}|| Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Croatia}}|| Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar ||Art & Culture/Education
|-
|{{Flag|Denmark}}|| Prof. Ramjee Prasad ||Information Technology
|-
|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}|| Dr. Kannan Ambalam ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Germany}}|| Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay ||Community Welfare/Medicine
|-
|{{Flag|Guyana}}|| [[Irfaan Ali|H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali]] ||Politics/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Israel}}|| Ms. Reena Vinod Pushkarna ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Japan}}|| Dr. Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani ||Education
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}|| [[Rajagopal (professor_and_researcher)| Dr. Rajagopal]] ||Education
|-
|{{Flag|Poland}}|| Mr. Amit Kailash Chandra Lath ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Republic of Congo}}|| Mr. Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Singapore}}|| [[Piyush Gupta|Mr. Piyush Gupta]] ||Business
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}|| Mr. Mohanlal Hira ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|South Sudan}}|| Mr. Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}|| Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Suriname}}|| [[Dew Sharman|Dr. Dewanchandrebhose Sharman]] ||Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}|| [[Archana Sharma (physicist)|Dr. Archana Sharma]] ||Science & Technology
|-
|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}}|| Justice Frank Arthur Seepersad ||Community Welfare/Education
|-
|{{Flag|UAE}}|| [[Siddharth Balachandran|Mr. Siddharth Balachandran]] ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|UK}}|| Mr. Chandrakant Babubhai Patel ||Media
|-
|{{Flag|USA}}|| Dr. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal ||Business/Community Welfare
|-
|{{Flag|USA}}|| [[Raj Subramaniam|Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam]] ||Business
|-
|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}}|| Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwary ||Business
|}

==Awardees for 2025==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+2025 Awardees<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards-2025|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/38883/Pravasi_Bharatiya_Samman_Awards2025|access-date=2025-01-08|website=www.mea.gov.in}}</ref>
! Country of residence!! Name !! Field of Merit
|-
| {{Flag|Australia}} || [[Ajay Rane]] || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Austria}} || Marialena Joan Fernandes || Education
|-
| {{Flag|Barbados}} || Philomena Ann Mohini Harris || Medical Science
|-
| {{Flag|Fiji}} || Swami Sanyuktanand || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Guyana}} || Saraswati Vidya Niketan || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Japan}} || Lekh Raj Juneja || Science & Technology
|-
| {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || Prem Kumar || Medical Science
|-
| {{Flag|Laos}} || Soukthavy Chowdhury || Business
|-
| {{Flag|Malawi}} || [[Krishna Savjani]] || Business
|-
| {{Flag|Malaysia}} || [[Subramaniam Sathasivam]] || Politics
|-
| {{Flag|Mauritius}} || Sarita Boodhoo || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Moldova}} || Abhaya Kumar || Business
|-
| {{Flag|Myanmar}} || Ram Niwas (Hla Tun) || Education
|-
| {{Flag|Romania}} || Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana || Business
|-
| {{Flag|Russia}} || Hindustani Samaj || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Russia}} || Sudha Rani Gupta || Education
|-
| {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} || Syed Anwar Khursheed || Medical Science
|-
| {{Flag|Singapore}} || Atul Temurnikar || Education
|-
| {{Flag|Spain}} || [[Robert Masih Nahar]] || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|Tanzania}} || Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya || Medicine
|-
| {{Flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || [[Christine Kangaloo]] || Public Affairs
|-
| {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} || Ramesh Ramakrishnan || Business
|-
| {{Flag|Uganda}} || Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}} || [[Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar]] || Politics
|-
| {{Flag|United States}} || Sharad Lakhanpal || Medicine
|-
| {{Flag|United States}} || Sharmila Ford || Community Service
|-
| {{Flag|United States}} || [[Ravi Kumar Singisetti]] || Business
|}

==See also==
* [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India]]

== References ==
{{reflist|40em}}

==External links==
* [https://www.mea.gov.in/pravasi-bharatiya-samman.htm Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, Official webpage] at ''[[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]]'' (MEA)
* [https://pbdindia.gov.in/en Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141228131301/http://moia.gov.in/services.aspx?ID1=34&id=m2&idp=30&mainid=23 List of Previous Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Awardees] ''[[Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs|MOIA]]'' archived website

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