| Country | Name | Description | Field of Merit |
| Bahrain | Dr. Ravi Pillai | Managing director Nasser Al Hajri Corporation | Business |
| Mauritius | Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam | Prime Minister Mauritius | Public Affairs |
| Australia | Neville Joseph Roach | Chairman of TCS-FNS | - |
| Japan | A. P. S. Mani | Founder and coordinator of Indian Community Activities in Tokyo | - |
| New Zealand | Judge Ajit Swaran Singh | District Judge in New Zealand | - |
| Saudi Arabia | Dr. Rafiudin Fazulbhoy | Founding member of the Indian school at Jeddah and the Indian Pilgrims` Welfare Forum | - |
| Sweden | Bicky Chakraborty | CEO Elite Hotels, Sweden | - |
| United Arab Emirates | Krishnamurthy Kumar | Founding governor of the Indian Business and Professional Council | - |
| United Kingdom | Lord Karan Bilimoria | Chancellor Thames Valley University | - |
| United States | Dr. Thomas Abraham | Founder chairman Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO Inc.) | - |
| United States | Joy Cherian | Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commmision | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | National Council of Indian Culture | NGO dedicated to the promotion of Indian culture in Trinidad and Tobago | - |