Od_Bh-15_Bhubaneshwar_Minister_Of_External_Affair_Pc_Live_16-05-02

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00:002023 in partnership with the state government of Madhya Pradesh.

00:07The 18th Prabhasi Bharatiya Devas Convention will be formally inaugurated by the Honorable

00:12Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi ji on 9th of January. Her Excellency, Crystal Karla

00:20Kangalu, ORTT, the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobacco, will be the chief guest of

00:28the 18th Prabhasi Bharatiya Devas and she would be virtually addressing the convention. Dr. Dev

00:35Prabhak, CEO and co-founder of Newsweek, will be the guest of honor at the Youth Prabhasi Bharatiya

00:44Devas on 8th January. We will have ministerial level delegations from Mauritius, Malaysia and

00:53South Africa and big delegations of diaspora from several other countries, including from

01:01Malaysia, Mauritius, Oman, Qatar, UAE, UK and USA. There would be five plenary sessions,

01:11which would be chaired by union ministers and moderated by eminent Indians from their

01:17respective fields. The Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi has given us the

01:25vision of a Vixit Bharat by 2047. We have taken the initiative of not only sharing this vision

01:35with our esteemed diaspora, but have also urged them to partner our journey towards this

01:42cherished goal. The Indian diaspora has an important role to play in the vision of Vixit

01:49Bharat. It acts as a living bridge between their motherland and their adopted homeland. That is why

01:57the Government of India has chosen the diaspora's contribution to Vixit Bharat as the overarching

02:05theme of the 18th Prabhasi Bharatiya Diwas. Now, coming to the program of the convention,

02:14the Youth Prabhasi Bharatiya Diwas would be celebrated on the first day, that is the 8th

02:20of January. It will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the

02:26Government of India in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs. Honorable Chief

02:32Minister of Odisha, Shri Mohit Chatterjee, Honorable Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports,

02:38Dr. Mansukh Manviyaji, Honorable External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jayashankar, MOS for External

02:45Affairs, Shri Pavitra Margareta and the Guest of Honour, Dr. Dev Pragad will all address the

02:52Indian diaspora delegates at the Prabhasi Bharatiya Youth Convention. The inauguration of the Youth

03:01PBB will be followed by a special plenary session on the theme titled, Beyond Borders,

03:08Diaspora, Youth Leadership in a Globalized World. This will be chaired by the Honorable Minister of

03:15Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mantia. As a parallel event, the Honorable Chief Minister

03:22of Odisha and the Honorable External Affairs Minister would be chairing a business session

03:28with the business community of the Visiting Indian Diaspora.

03:35On the afternoon of the first day, the State Government of Odisha would be hosting two

03:40plenary sessions. The first one is called, Unraveling India's Best Kept Secret and the

03:48second one is titled, Odisha, a Land of Opportunities. At these two sessions,

03:55the State Government of Odisha would showcase the enormous potential that could be harnessed by the

04:02Indian diaspora in Odisha through their engagements in developing and promoting tourism, trade,

04:11investments in different sectors such as textiles and garments, forest products, health care,

04:18pharma, food processing and startups. The State Government of Odisha would also offer the PBD

04:26delegates an opportunity to have a glimpse and feel of its rich cultural heritage embodied in

04:35its intrinsic and diverse art forms and its different popular festivals by conducting

04:41their visits to several places of touristic and cultural attractions near Bhubaneswar.

04:48Arrangements have been made to serve several cuisines of Odisha to the delegates during the

04:53course of the next three days. As I have mentioned earlier, the 18th