Mano Selvanathan honoured
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Mano Selvanathan
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A Sri Lankan business leader has been honoured by India for his
contribution to the advancement of business and community relations
between the two nations with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award, the
country's highest recognition for people of Indian origin.
The award presented by Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to
Carson Cumberbatch PLC Group Director Mano Selvanathan places him in an
extraordinary group of eminent global citizens of Indian ancestry whose
efforts in their countries have benefitted local communities and helped
forge stronger ties with India.
Selvanathan is the first Sri Lankan to receive the Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman award, presented at the valedictory session of the ninth Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) Convention at New Delhi's
Bigyan Bhawan, January 9, 2011, 96 years to the day Mahatma Gandhi
returned to India from South Africa.
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