Bahrain resident among those considered for top Indian expatriate award

Bahrain’s Al Hilal Hospital vice-chairman and leading businessman V T Vinod and Indian-American economist Gita Gopinath are among the awardee list of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-Resident Indian Day).

The award will be distributed today at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention (PBD 2019) being held at Varanasi, India. V T Vinod is the Managing Director of Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals in Oman. The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman honours exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession.

The award is given by the President of India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday inaugurated the plenary session of the 15th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas at Deendayal Hastkala Sankul in Varanasi. Chief Guest of PBD 2019, Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Jugnauth, Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj along with UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat, Union Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs Retd General V K Singh and several other dignitaries were present on the occasion.