Varanasi hosts Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019; Yogi Adityanath, Sushma Swaraj inaugurate event

Varanasi: The 15th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas began in the holy city of Varanasi on Monday. Over the next three days, from 21st to 23rd January, the event shall witness a galaxy of seasoned luminaries from their respective fields addressing sessions on Indian heritage and culture and visit of the NRI diaspora to renowned places of Kashi, Sarnath and Ganga Ghats among others. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj along with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, MoS sports and Youth affairs, Colonel Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore will share the dais with Member of Parliament from New Zealand Kanwal Jeet Singh Bakshi and MP from Norway Himanshu Gulati among others. Several plenary sessions will be held on issues ranging from challenges and opportunities to sustainable development, artificial intelligence and cyber capacity to name a few at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre-TFC, the main venue of PBD at Bada Lalpur of Varanasi. Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award: The Pravasi Bhartiya Samman Award PSBA is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indian.