Sole NGO, Indian Community Benevolent Forum, Qatar also received the award. From the Gulf countries, Dr Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin of Saudi Arabia and Mr Mohan Jashanmal of UAE were the awardees.

Among the notable awardees are the Governor-General of New Zealand, Sir Anand Satyanand, Prof Veena Harbhagwan Sahajwalla of Australia, Ms Lata Pada of Canada, Mr Harindrapal Singh Banga of Hong Kong, Mr Mohammad Munir Nazir Hassan Ansari of Israel, Mr Upjit Singh Sachdeva of Liberia, Tan Sri Dato Ajit Singh of Malaysia, Mr Saleh Wahid of the Netherlands, Dr Mohiaddin Syed Karimuddin of Saudi Arabia, Mr Mano Selvanathan of Sri Lanka, Mr Mohan Jashanmal of UAE, Baroness Dr Sandip Verma of UK, Mr Ashok Kumar Ramsaran and Dr Rajiv Shah of US.