President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam gave away
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards to 15 recipients at
the valedictory function of the 4th Pravasi Bharatiya
Diwas-2006 here today. They are: Shri Shivnath Rai
Bajaj (Thailand), Shri Eliahu Bezale (Israel), Shri
Abdool Raouf Bundhun (Mauritius), Smt. Pratima Kale,
(Philppines), Dr. Majid Uddin Kazi (Saudi Arabia),
Shri C.K. Menon (Qatar), Sir Gulam Kaderbhai Noon
(UK), Dr. Sudhir Parikh (USA), Shri Yesu Persaud
(Guyana), Dr. V. Ramadoss (Seychelles), Shri Sisupal
Rambharos (South Africa), Shri Niranjan S. Shah
(USA), Shri Rusy M. Shroff (Hong Kong), Shri
Jean-Paul Virapoulle (France) and Shri Fareed Zakaria
(USA).
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