Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Portugal counterpart Antonio Costa will inaugurate the main convention of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Bengaluru today. <br/><br/>On the first day yesterday, Youth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was inaugurated by Suriname Vice President Micheal Ashwin Adhin, along with Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel, Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh and Karnataka Ministers RV Deshpande and Priyanka Kharge.<br/><br/>President Pranab Mukherjee will confer Pravasi Bhartiya Samman tomorrow. The convention is an important platform for engagement of the Central and state governments with the Overseas Indian Community.<br/><br/>Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has been held traditionally on January 9 every year to commemorate the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India.