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Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award conferred on Dr V T Vinod

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Dr V T Vinod, Managing Director, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals and Mars Hypermarkets received the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from Hon’ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind at the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Varanasi, UP, India.


He was felicitated in presence of esteemed guests and dignitaries including Prime Minister of Mauritius His Excellency Mr Pravind Jugnauth, Foreign Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj, Chief Minister of UP Shri Yogi Adithyanath, Chief Minister of Haryana Shri Manohar Lal Khattar & Chief Minister of Utharakand Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat and Gen. Dr. V K Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs. Earlier Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2019 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.


This award is the highest honour conferred by the President of India in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Conventions organized alongside Republic Day of India celebrations. Not just one criterion, laid by Government of India as qualifiers for this award, Dr. V T Vinod has made significant contribution across various fields like undertaking social and humanitarian causes in India and abroad, ensuring welfare of the local and Indian community in the region, providing huge employment opportunities to Indians, expatriates from other countries and localities and above all being philanthropic.


Dr. V T Vinod had a humble beginning in the Sultanate of Oman in the year 1978. In the year 1990, he left his government employment to see and realize a bigger dream, where along with his growth he would provide employment to thousands of families. He started life as a businessman from a small shop, Mars, in Ruwi, Muscat which has grown into a leading and preferred chain of hypermarkets in the Sultanate. In the year 2002, he ventured into healthcare with his two partners by setting up a medical clinic, Badr Al Samaa, with few specialities in Ruwi, Muscat. Badr Al Samaa group has grown into the largest private healthcare provider in Oman, known for its quality of care, compassionate doctors and affordability. Over the years, he catalyzed its growth and spread it to many countries in GCC like Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Dubai with total employee strength of around 3,000.


In meager 28 years of business, he owns successful diverse entities in private healthcare and retail industry in the Sultanate. Mars International LLC, one among the largest organized retail chains in the Sultanate of Oman established in 1990. Mars International today is operating from two different countries with more than 2000 people employed at different locations and prides itself as one of the best retail chains in the Middle East. They have achieved this growth by delighting the customers by passionately focusing on customer value and by providing dignity, value and employment security to the Associates. It was never an easy journey for him but with his dedication and passion, he overcame all challenges and obstacles. Today, he has considered amongst the elite business personalities in the Middle East recognized for his wisdom, vision and philanthropy.


Speaking on this special occasion Dr. Vinod said, “I wish to extend my sincere gratitude to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said and the people of Oman. I dedicate this award to this beautiful country which treasured my dreams and supported me in every way to realize them. Today what I have achieved is because of the positive environment of doing business in this country and the support from all the ministries and regulators. I would like to express a word of thanks to my employees as well who have always worked hard and contributed to my successful dreams.”



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