President Murmu to address valedictory session of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention in Indore

President Droupadi Murmu will on Tuesday address the valedictory session of the 17th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) convention underway in Madhya Pradeshs Indores city.

Murmu will take part in the ongoing programmes of the PBD at the Brilliant Convention Centre here in Madhya Pradesh. She is also scheduled to meet Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi and Guyana President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali in the afternoon.

Before addressing the valedictory session, President Murmu will also confer the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards, as per the official programme.

Union ministers S Jaishankar, Dharmendra Pradhan, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will also take part in the PBD programmes, official sources said.

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention here.

He described Pravasi Bharatiyas as the “brand ambassadors” of India on foreign soil and said they have a significant place in the journey of the country as it enters the Amrit kaal of the next 25 years.

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