BY RAVI R PONANGI
Atlanta,
Jan 2013: India’s President Pranab Mukherjee recently conferred the
prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to Atlanta based community
leader Subash Razdan on Wednesday, Jan 09 at the concluding session of
the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD). The annual convention of 13th
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was held from Jan 7 to 9 in Kochi,
Kerala. Thirteen eminent overseas Indians from different walks of life
and two overseas Indian organizations also received awards.
Rajkeswur
Purryag, the president of Mauritius, who was the Special Guest of Honor
at the PBD 2013 was given an award for his achievements in public
service while the Australia India Society of Victoria was given the
community service award.
Others who received community service
award were Mr Ashok Vaswani based in Guinea, Indian Doctors Forum,
Kuwait, Tan Sri Ravindran Menon, Malaysia, Dr Salendra Singh, New
Zealand and Mr Bava Pandalingal of UAE.
Other recipients of
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award were Prof. Gursharan Chhatwal of
Germany, for Science, Mexico based Dr Rasik Joshi for Literature, while
awards for Business went to the duo of Mr Gilbert Moutien of Reunion
Island and Mr Mohammed Karuvanthodi of Saudi Arabia.
Public
Service award recipients were Mr Ismail Ebrahim of South Africa and Mr
Subash Razdan of U.S. while Ms Patricia Rozario of UK got an award for
Music while Dr Narendra Kumar, president of U.S. based AAPI bagged
Healthcare award.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is
the highest honor conferred on overseas Indians. PBSA is conferred by
the President of India as a part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)
Conventions organized annually since 2003 on a Non-Resident Indian,
Person of Indian Origin or an organization or institution established
and run by the Non-Resident Indians or Persons of Indian Origin, who
has made significant contribution enhancing the prestige of India.
Subash
Razdan is a graduate from IIT, New Delhi and a resident of Atlanta for
over 30 years during which he has been actively providing leadership to
the Indian community. He is a recipient of several citations including
the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2003. Razdan is known
for speaking up for the community. He is the chairman and co-founder of
Gandhi foundation of USA which promotes the philosophy of peace and non
violence as pioneered by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Razdan served as the president of India America cultural Association
(IACA) and president and vice president of National Federation of India
Associations (NFIA). His efforts and leadership resulted in the
installation of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Martin Luther King
Jr. historic site, Atlanta.
Razdan is counted amongst the 500
most influential Asian Americans in USA. He is also recognized for
enhancing the prestige of India and for his contributions to the public
and the Indian community.
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