The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award (PBSA) is the highest honour 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 have excelled in one’s field for outstanding work which has enhanced India’s prestige in the country of residence and who has made

1. significant contribution towards better understanding abroad of India and support to India’s causes and concerns in a tangible way;
2. significant contribution for the welfare of diaspora;
3. notable contribution in philanthropic and charitable work and for social and humanitarian causes in India and abroad;
4. significant contribution in building closer links between India and its diaspora in the economic, cultural and scientific fields; and
5. for eminence in his skills which has enhanced India’s prestige in that country (for non-professional workers).