Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in Bengaluru from Jan 7

New Delhi, Aug 26  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 here, 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 format has been changed. The event will now be result-oriented," she said.

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.