The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians.
PBSA is conferred by the President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention on Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin or an organisation/institution established and run by the Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin in recognition of their outstanding achievements both in India and abroad.
A Jury-cum-Awards Committee, with India’s Vice-President Jagdish Dhankar as the Chairman and External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar as the Vice-Chair with other distinguished members from various walks of life considered the nominations for the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, 2023 and unanimously selected the awardees.
The awardees represent the excellence achieved by the Indian diaspora in various fields.
Following is the list of Awardees recommended by Jury-cum-Awards Committee for conferment of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2023:
| Sr. No. | Name | Country | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prof. Jagadish Chennupati | Australia | Science & Technology/ Education |
| 2 | Prof. Sanjeev Mehta | Bhutan | Education |
| 3 | Prof. Dilip Loundo | Brazil | Art & Culture/Education |
| 4 | Dr. Alexander Maliakel John | Brunei Darussalam | Medicine |
| 5 | Dr. Vaikuntam Iyer Lakshmanan | Canada | Community Welfare |
| 6 | Mr. Joginder Singh Nijjar | Croatia | Art & Culture/Education |
| 7 | Prof. Ramjee Prasad | Denmark | Information Technology |
| 8 | Dr. Kannan Ambalam | Ethiopia | Community Welfare |
| 9 | Dr. Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay | Germany | Community Welfare/Medicine |
| 10 | H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali | Guyana | Politics/Community Welfare |
| 11 | Ms. Reena Vinod Pushkarna | Israel | Business/Community Welfare |
| 12 | Dr. Maqsooda Sarfi Shiotani | Japan | Education |
| 13 | Dr. Rajagopal | Mexico | Education |
| 14 | Mr. Amit Kailash Chandra Lath | Poland | Business/Community Welfare |
| 15 | Mr. Parmanand Sukhumal Daswani | Republic of Congo | Community Welfare |
| 16 | Mr. Piyush Gupta | Singapore | Business |
| 17 | Mr. Mohanlal Hira | South Africa | Community Welfare |
| 18 | Mr. Sanjaykumar Shivabhai Patel | South Sudan | Business/Community Welfare |
| 19 | Mr. Sivakumar Nadesan | Sri Lanka | Community Welfare |
| 20 | Dr. Dewanchandrebhose Sharman | Suriname | Community Welfare |
| 21 | Dr. Archana Sharma | Switzerland | Science & Technology |
| 22 | Justice Frank Arthur Seepersad | Trinidad & Tobago | Community Welfare/Education |
| 23 | Mr. Siddharth Balachandran | UAE | Business/Community Welfare |
| 24 | Mr. Chandrakant Babubhai Patel | UK | Media |
| 25 | Dr. Darshan Singh Dhaliwal | USA | Business/Community Welfare |
| 26 | Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam | USA | Business |
| 27 | Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwary | Uzbekistan | Business |
The 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention is scheduled to be held from 8–10 January 2023 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Dr Archana Sharma from Switzerland posted a heartfelt note on social media after hearing the news of her being awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards will be conferred by the President of India Mrs Droupadi Murmu at the PBD Convention in the valedictory session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations.
