Singapore Indian club to be honoured at PBD |
One of Singapore`s oldest sporting clubs for Indians will be conferred with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award in Bengaluru during the upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) celebrations. The award will be given during the convention on January 9. The Singapore Indian Association (IA), formed in 1923, will be conferred with the award by the President of India at the convention, Jawed Ashraf, the High Commissioner of India to Singapore, said. The foundation of IA was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on June 17, 1950.The recognition is also for contributions to social and humanitarian causes in India or abroad, welfare of the local Indian community, philanthropic and charitable work, eminence in one`s field or outstanding work which has enhanced India`s prestige in the country of residence or eminence in skills that have enhanced India`s prestige in that country for non-professional workers. Incidentally, Singapore has 9.2 per cent Indians in its population of 5.78 million, more than 6,000-registered businesses across various economic sectors and a strong expatriate community of professionals and blue-colour workers who call Singapore their home away from India.
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