The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Convention was held in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh n January 21-23, 2019, and was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The theme of the PBD Convention 2019 is, “Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India”. The Prime Minister of Mauritius, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth, was the chief guest of the PBD convention. Mr. Himanshu Gulati, Member of Parliament of Norway,was the Special Guest while Mr. Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, Member of Parliament of New Zealand was the Guest of Honor. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj chaired the Youth PBD conference.