President of India presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025 at the closing session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations.
The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu attended the valedictory session of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2025 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, on January 10, 2025. The President of India presided over the valedictory session of PBD 2025.
The 18th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention was held on January 8-10, 2025, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on the theme “Diaspora’s contribution to a Viksit Bharat” (Developed India). The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2025 was celebrated on 09 January 2025.
List of Awardees of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2025:
» President of India conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards on 27 individuals from 24 countries.
| S. No. | Name | Country | Field |
| 1 | Prof. Ajay Rane | Australia | Community Service |
| 2 | Dr. Marialena Joan Fernandes | Austria | Education |
| 3 | Dr. Philomena Ann Mohini Harris | Barbados | Medical Science |
| 4 | Swami Sanyuktanand | Fiji | Community Service |
| 5 | Saraswati Vidya Niketan | Guyana | Community Service |
| 6 | Dr. Lekh Raj Juneja | Japan | Science & Technology |
| 7 | Dr. Prem Kumar | Kyrgyz Republic | Medical Science |
| 8 | Mr. Soukthavy Chowdhury | Laos | Business |
| 9 | Mr. Krishna Savjani | Malawi | Business |
| 10 | ‘Tan Sri’ Dr. Subramaniam K.V. Sathasivam | Malaysia | Politics |
| 11 | Dr. Sarita Boodhoo | Mauritius | Community Service |
| 12 | Mr. Abhaya Kumar | Moldova | Business |
| 13 | Dr. Ram Niwas @ Hla Tun | Myanmar | Education |
| 14 | Mr. Jaggannath Shekhar Asthana | Romania | Business |
| 15 | Hindustani Samaj | Russia | Community Service |
| 16 | Ms. Sudha Rani Gupta | Russia | Education |
| 17 | Dr. Syed Anwar Khursheed Saudi | Arabia | Medical Science |
| 18 | Mr. Atul Arvind Temurnikar | Singapore | Education |
| 19 | Mr. Robert Masih Nahar | Spain | Community Service |
| 20 | Dr. Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya | Tanzania | Medicine |
| 21 | H.E. Christine Carla Kangaloo ORTT | Trinidad & Tobago | Public Affairs |
| 22 | Mr. Ramakrishnan Sivaswamy Iyer | UAE | Business |
| 23 | Mr. Bonthala Subbaiah Setty Ramesh Babu | Uganda | Community Service |
| 24 | Baroness Usha Kumari Prashar | UK | Politics |
| 25 | Dr. Sharad Lakhanpal | USA | Medicine |
| 26 | Dr. Sharmila Ford | USA | Community Service |
| 27 | Mr. Ravi Kumar S. | USA | Business (IT & Consulting) |
About Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award:
- The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians.
- PBSA is conferred by the Hon’ble President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention on Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin or an organization/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.