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Over 1,500 delegates to attend Non-Resident Indians Day | The eighth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (non-resident Indians
Day) would see over 1,500 delegates of Indian origin attending the event, said Vayalar Ravi, Union Minister for Overseas Indian affairs on Wednesday. Besides,
the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Convention will be held in the national capital
from January 7-9, 2010, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh formally inaugurating
the event. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will deliver the valedictory address
and confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2010 on distinguished PIOs (Persons
of Indian origin) and Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) on January 9. Also, 14 chief
ministers and seven ministers in foreign governments of Indian origin will attend
the convention. "So far 520 persons have been registered from abroad, from 40
countries, almost. Now there are some people... there will be 50 or 100, this
kind of groups also expected to come and we are expecting it will cross 1000,
more than 1000 and total delegates will be 1,500 including some institutes in
India," Ravi told media. Meanwhile, a number of new features have been added to
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2010. As per the scheduled programme, Prof. Jagdish Bhagwati
of Columbia University, will deliver a lecture on 'India: the role of Diaspora'
on January 8. Two Seminars on 'Nanotechnology' and on 'Property-rated issues of
the overseas Indian community' are also being held as pre-conference events. Further,
the PBD will be webcast live on the ministry's website and in the website of the
official e-magazine. Delegates from across the world will get the opportunity
to interact with cabinet ministers during a plenary session. The Pravasi Bhartiya
summit is held on January 9 every year, to mark the return of Mahatma Gandhi,
father of the nation, from South Africa on this day in 1915. |
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