Hyderabad, Jan. 13 -- Japanese-based Telangana NRI scientist was among the 30 NRIs including three from the Gulf who were conferred the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on Saturday.

The award is the highest honour conferred by the President of India as part of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) Conventions on a Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Person of Indian Origin (PIO), and organization or institution established and run by NRIs or PIOs.

Besides a known Telugu doctor in the USA, Sudhakar Jonnalagadda of Andhra Pradesh, Saudi-based entrepreneur Siddeek Ahmed and a known community worker and ENT doctor in Qatar, Mohan Thomas and Bahrain businessman K.G. Baburajan - all three Malayalis - were among others awarded the highest honour of NRIs.

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