Microsoft CEO Satyanarayan Nadella and Guyana President Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar are among 15 prominent NRIs who will receive 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman'award for their contribution in various fields on the concluding day of Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas convention today. The awards will be presented by Vice-President Hamid Ansari at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Among others who will get the award are Mala Mehta, Rajaram Sanjaya, Kanwaljit Singh Bakhshi, Rajmal Parakh, Duraikannu Karunakaran, Essop Goolam Pahad, Shah Bharatkumar Jayantilal, Ashraf Palarkunnummal, Mahendra Nanji Mehta, Professor Nathu Ram Puri, Dr Lulla Kamlesh and Dr Nandini Tandon. An External Affairs Ministry release said that Mala Mehta is getting the award for her contribution to Hindi language. She established an 'Indo-Australian Bal Bharatiya Vidyalaya' in Thornleigh suburb in Sydney and sincethen she has been pursuing the growth of Hindi in Australia. Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar has been awarded for his work for the Indian diaspora in Guyana. Rajaram Sanjaya, an India-born Mexico scientist, is winner of the '2014 World Food Prize' for developing 480 wheat varieties that have been released in 51 countries. Kanwaljit Singh Bakhshi is an MP from New Zealand and is also known for work he had done for the Indian diaspora.
News On AIR | January 9, 2015 8:07 AM
Nadella among 15 NRIs to be awarded 'Pravasi Bhartiya Samman'