Text Speeches

Mar 8, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Annual Day Celebrations of the Shri Ram College of Commerce on 8th March, 2008 at 10.30 hrs

New Delhi | March 8, 2008 I am happy to be here today at the Annual Day Celebrations of the Shri Ram College of Commerce. The College has over the pas[...]

Mar 5, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the presentation of the Saraswati Samman Awards for 2006 and 2007 at the National Museum at 18.30 Hours on 5th March, 2008

New Delhi | March 5, 2008 Philanthropy as a social virtue and as a source of public good is inadequately appreciated in our country and insufficiently[...]

Feb 26, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Golden Jubilee Foundation Day Function of Maulana Azad Medical College on 26th February 2008 at 1530 hours

New Delhi | February 26, 2008 It is my pleasure to be here today at the Golden Jubilee Foundation Day function of the Maulana Azad Medical College (MA[...]

Feb 23, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the inauguration of the Seminar on India and the Gulf organised by the Association of Indian Diplomats at the India International Centre on 23 February 2008 at 1030 hours

New Delhi | February 23, 2008 India and ‘the Gulf’I am delighted to be here today, amidst friends, and to talk about a subject that, by accident r[...]

Feb 16, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the 19th Convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Open University on 16th February, 2008 at 15.30 hrs at University Campus, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi

New Delhi | February 16, 2008 There is a sense of uniqueness about the occasion. University convocations are location-specific. Today, thanks to the t[...]

Feb 15, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the IONS Seminar 2008 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi at 0930 hours on 15 February 2008

New Delhi | February 15, 2008 Once upon a time the commander-in-chief of a rising land power, unfamiliar with seafaring and uneasy about it, asked one[...]

Feb 4, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha at the inauguration of the Fourteenth All India Whips Conference in Mumbai on 4 February 2008 at 0930 hours

Mumbai | February 4, 2008 This distinguished gathering brings together persons who are an essential instrument for the functioning of parliamentary de[...]

Feb 4, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the inauguration of the Dr. D.D. Kosambi Festival of Ideas on 4 February 2008 at 1700 hours at Goa

Goa | February 4, 2008 It is a pleasure to be in the salubrious surroundings of Goa and be honoured by being invited to participate in the D.D. Kosamb[...]

Jan 18, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Valedictory and the First Convocation of St. Xaviers College, Kolkata on 18 January 2008

Kolkata | January 18, 2008 Homecoming is a feeling that is difficult to articulate. A sense of happiness is evident. So is a flood of memories. I retu[...]

Jan 17, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Closing Ceremony of the Sesqui-Centenary Celebration of the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur on 17th January, 2008 at 1600 hrs at the University Premises

Kolkata | January 17, 2008 It is an honour for me to be present today at the closing ceremony of the Sesqui-Centenary celebrations of the Bengal Engin[...]