| Country | Name | Description |
| Hong Kong | M. Arunachalam | President, Asia Pacific India Chambers of Commerce |
| United States | Jagdish Bhagwati | Indian American economist |
| South Africa | Amina Cachalia | Women`s activist, politician |
| Tanzania | J.K. Chande | Chancellor, International Medical and Technological University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
| Germany | Alokeranjan Dasgupta | Poet, philosopher, academic |
| South Africa | Ahmed Kathrada | South African anti-apartheid activist |
| United States | Sunil Khilnani | Political scientist, writer |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Basdeo Panday | Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago |
| United Kingdom | Bhikhu Parekh | member, British House of Lords |
| United States | Sam Pitroda | Indian American entrepreneur and Indian communications policymaker |
| United Kingdom | Vikram Seth | Novelist and poet |
| United States | M. Night Shyamalan | Indian American film screenwriter, director and producer |
| Fiji | Vijay Singh | Indo-Fijian golfer |
| - | Dr. Sant Singh Virmani | Rice scientist |
| United Arab Emirates | Yusuffali M.A. | Owner of EMKE Group (Abu Dhabi based Indian congleramate) |
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The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2005 was awarded to 16 people hailing from various fields like novelist, political scientist, writer, economists. Some of the popular awardees were M. Night Shyamalan, Sunil Khilnani, Vijay Singh, M.A. Yusuff Ali, etc.
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