The IT-BT capital of the country, Bengaluru, will host the 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas. Scheduled to take place on February 7, 8 and 9 of 2017, the Ministry of External Affairs held a meeting with Tourism Minister R V Deshpande for a preliminiary round of talks.

•  Minister for Tourism R V Deshpande said: “The Bharatiya Pravasi Divas, scheduled to be hosted from February 7 to February 9, will see close to 3000 Non-Residential Indians (NRI) and PIO delegates from across the world,” said the minister.

• The minister said the State will constitute a committee for the event, which is scheduled to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the event on February 8.

• The event will also see 400 students from across the world participating in the event on the preliminiary day, and interact with the Union Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj.
  Pravasi Divas 2017 will also see awards being given to 30 distinguished NRIs who have contributed to the growth of the country.
• This will be the 15th Bharatiya Pravasi Divas, meant to interact with representatives of the 30 million NRIs and PIOs around the world.