A top Indian businessman, who employs more than 30,000 people in the Gulf, Dr Ravi Pillai is to be honoured by the Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam on Thursday.
Kerala's Irrigation Minister N K Premachandran will arrive in Bahrain to take part in the ceremony.
Dr Pillai, who has been awarded a PhD by Excelsior University in Washington, also holds a Masters degree in business management.
He is the managing director of Nasser Al Hajri Corporation, which has an annual turnover of $2 billion.
The company has its regional office in Bahrain.
Nasser Al Hajri Corporation, which mainly works in the oil and gas construction sector in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, employs more than 30,000 people of different nationalities.
Dr Pillai, who has been living in the Gulf for the past 29 years, is also the chairman and managing director of Upasana Nursing College & School in Kerala.
His business empire also includes the Upasana Nursing College and School in Kerala, Arabian Choice General Trading Company, Gulf Asia Contracting Company, Versalilles Hotel, R P Hotel Management - all in Dubai, and Air Choice Travel & Tourism in Abu Dhabi.
A well-known philanthropist, Dr Pillai has contributed substantially to various charity and community projects both in India and the Gulf.
Mr Premachandran, who was a member of the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) from 1996 to 1999, and Rajya Sabha from 2000 to last year, has been a minister in Kerala from last year.
Indian Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty will also attend as a special guest at the reception ceremony.
"The Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam considers it an honour to arrange a reception to Dr Pillai, who is one of the top Indian businessmen and philanthropists in the Gulf," said samajam president G K Nair.
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