(1) The 2018 ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in Singapore on 6-7 January, 2018 to celebrate the 25 years of strategic partnership between India and ASEAN. The theme of the 2018 PBD Convention is “Ancient Route, New Journey: Diaspora in the Dynamic India-ASEAN Partnership”. India’s External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj, Road Transport and Highways Minister, Nitin Gadkari and chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Assam, N. Chandrababu Naidu and Sarbananda Sonowal, respectively will attend the function.