Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in Bengaluru from Jan 7

The 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in Bengaluru from January 7 to 9, 2017, it was announced on Friday.

Launching a new logo for the three-day event in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a press conference that format of the annual function has been changed and the event will now be result-oriented instead of a cultural function.

The main function of the event will be on January 9.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated in India each year to mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to the development of India.