Divas (PBD) Convention from Jan 7-9 2009 at Chennai, from Jan 7-9 at New Delhi, from Jan 7-9, 2011 at New Delhi and from Jan 7-9,2012 at .
The Prime Minister announced that overseas Indian professionals in various fields holding Overseas Citizen of India could now practice their profession in India.He launched the website of the Global Indian Network for Knowledge to facilitate the exchange of information between India and the , as well as the e-governance project for migration of workers.
The convention saw the then record participation of over 1500 delegates.The two pre-conference seminars on -technology and property-related issues of overseas Indians drew enthusiastic participation of all stake-holders and came in for appreciation from several quarters.The first meeting of the Prime Minister’s Global Advisory Council was another highlight of the Convention.The Convention had three plenary sessions, six concurrent sessions and separate state sessions.
The special feature of the Convention was the participation of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and eight North Eastern States as partner.The focus of the Convention was the young overseas Indian.In order to engage the younger generation of the overseas Indians with emerging India, a plenary session on “Engaging with the young overseas Indianâ€