Vice President  Mohammad Hamid Ansari presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015 to fifteen personalities on the XIII edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award was organized by the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to honor the contributions of NRIs in their respective profession
The AwardeesÂ
Essop Goolam Pahad from South Africa
Ashraf Pellarkunnmal from UAE
Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi from New Zealand
Rajamal Parakh from Oman
Duraikannu Karunakaran from Seychelles
Dr Rajaram Sanjaya from Mexico
Bharat Kumar Jayantilal Shah from UAE
Mahendra Nanji Mehta from Uganda
Nathuram Puri from the United Kingdom
Lord Raj Lumba from the United Kingdom
Satyanarayan Nadela from USA
Mala Mehta from Australia
Kamlesh Lulla from the US
Nandani Tandon from US
President Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar from Guyana