President APJ Abdul Kalam presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman to 11 overseas Indians at a glittering ceremony on Sunday in Mumbai.
The event was clearly the high point of the three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, India's grand effort to connect with its vast diaspora, numbering nearly 25 million and dispersed across 110 countries.
Photograph: Jewella C Miranda
Also See: PBD 2005