14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations was held in Bangalore from January 7-9,2017. It was decided late last year to hold the PBD conventions after an interval of two years.
The number of awards conferred in PBD 2017 have been doubled to 30.
The Jury-cum-Awards Committee, chaired by Vice-President, considered all the nominations for the PBSA. Following were selected for PBD Awards 2017:
| S.NO. | Name | Country | Field |
| 1 | Dr. Gorur Krishna Harinath | Australia | Community Service |
| 2 . | Mr. Rajasekharan Pillai Valavoor Kizhakkathil | Bahrain | Business |
| 3 . | Antwerp Indian Association | Belgium | Community Service |
| 4 . | Mr. Nazeer Ahamed Mohamed Zackiriah | Brunei | Community Service |
| 5. | Mr. Mukund Bhikhubhai Purohit | Canada | Business |
| 6. | Mr. Nalinkumar Sumanlal Kothari | Djibouti | Community Service |
| 7. | Mr. Vinod Chandra Patel | Fiji | Social Service |
| 8. | Mr. Raghunath Marie Antonin Manet | France | Arts & Culture |
| 9. | Dr. Lael Anson E. Best | Israel | Medical Science |
| 10. | Dr. Sandip Kumar Tagore | Japan | Arts & Culture |
| 11. | Mr. Ariful Islam | Libya | Community Service |
| 12 . | Tan Sri Dato Dr. Muniandy Thambirajah | Malaysia | Education and Community Service |
| 13 . | Hon’ble Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth | Mauritius | Public Service |
| 14 . | H.E. Mr. Antonio Luis Santos da Costa | Portugal | Public Service |
| 15 . | Dr. Raghavan Seetharaman | Qatar | Business Management |
| 16 . | Ms. Zeenat Musarrat Jafri | Saudi Arabia | Education |
| 17. | Singapore Indian Association | Singapore | Community Service |
| 18. | Dr. Carani Balaraman Sanjeevi | Sweden | Medicine |
| 19 . | Mr. Susheel Kumar Saraff | Thailand | Business |
| 20. | Mr. Winston Chandarbhan Dookeran | Trinidad & Tobago | Public Service |
| 21. | Mr. Vasudev Shamdas Shroff | United Arab Emirates | Community Service |
| 22 . | India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Philanthropy and Community Service |
| 23 . | Rt. Hon’ble Ms. Priti Patel | United Kingdom | Public Service |
| 24 . | Ms. Neena Gill | United Kingdom | Public Service |
| 25 . | Mr. Hari Babu Bindal | USA | Environmental Engineering |
| 26 . | Dr. Bharat Haridas Barai | USA | Community Service |
| 27 . | Ms. Nisha Desai Biswal | USA | Public Affairs |
| 28 . | Dr. Mahesh Mehta | USA | Community Service |
| 29 . | Mr. Ramesh Shah | USA | Community Service |
| 30. | Dr. Sampatkumar Shidramapa Shivangi | USA | Community Leadership |