Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pravasi Bharatiya Community Service Award


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The result was   delete. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:32, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Pravasi Bharatiya Community Service Award

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Unreferenced for over 2 years, and no sources to be found aside from the granting organization's own website. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 18:11, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:10, 6 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - No significant coverage about this award. I can find some mentions of it being presented.  This article mentions it.  This would appear to be the same one although not mentioned by name.  I did come across the "Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award" award a lot in searching, but it appears to be a different award as it is conferred by the government and not the GOPIO. -- Whpq (talk) 17:02, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment I have come to understand that many organizations in India (and perhaps elsewhere, but India seems to be relatively rife with this) hand out (or in many cases, sell) awards simply for the purpose of bolstering one's resume. The similarity of this award's name to the more notable government-granted award leads me to question the motives of the award-granting organization, and hence to question the notability of the award itself.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 17:21, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Reply - See Pravasi Bharatiya Divas which indicates that it translates to non-resident Indian day. I suspect that the name is similar because both are awarded to non-resident Indians.  We do have an article on Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award. -- Whpq (talk) 18:34, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
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