THE Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Anand Satyanand, will be the
Chief Guest of forthcoming 9th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)-2011. This was
disclosed by the Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, Mr Vayalar Ravi, at a
Press Conference here today.
Mr
Vayalar said that more than 1300 delegates of overseas Indian community across
the world are expected to participate in the PBD-2011. He said that so far,
delegates from 38 countries have registered for participating in the event. He
further said that the effort is being made to have a more meaningful and
interactive event that would address issues and concerns of the overseas Indian
community effectively. He said that overseas Indians have emerged as important
constituents of their adopted countries. They have contributed to transforming
the economies, participating in political process and added value to thought and
innovation of their destination countries.
The Minister said that the
theme of PBD-2011 is "Engaging the Global Indian”. The event will be held from
7th to 9th January-2011 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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