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Pravasi Samman Awards for 15 NRIs
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January 09, 2007 16:25 IST
Last Updated: January 09, 2007 19:57 IST

The 5th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ended in New Delhi on Tuesday with the conferment of the Pravasi Samman Awards to 15 people of Indian origin by President A P J Abdul New Delhi's Vigyan Bhavan.

The awardees are:

Two of the awardees -- Billy Nair from South Africa and Sibabrata Roy from Germany -- were unable to make it for the presentation.

Earlier, President Kalam, who received a thunderous applause from the 2,500 delegates and guests in the auditorium, walked up to hug a visually handicapped musician who led a team of young schoolgirls while singing the national anthem and then a song based on a poem written by the President.

The annual three day summit was started in 2002 to give the Indian Diaspora a platform to interact and to forge and revive ties with the land of their origin.





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