Text Speeches

Jan 16, 2008

Address by Shri Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India Chancellor, Panjab University at the 57th annual Convocation of the Panjab University on 16th January 2008 at 1100 hrs at Chandigarh

Chandigarh | January 16, 2008 Nature is evolutionary, but has occasional spurts of cataclysmic activity and tectonic shifts. The University of Panjab [...]

Jan 13, 2008

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Dedication Ceremony of the Centenary Faculty Block in the Campus of National Institute of Advanced Study, Bangalore on 13th January 2008 at 1600 hrs

Bangalore | January 13, 2008 Shri Rameshwar Thakurji Dr. Kasturirangan Prof. Vasavi Mr. Xerxes Desai Prof. C.N.R. Rao Prof. Roddam Narasimha Ladies an[...]

Dec 27, 2007

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the inauguration of the South Indian Agricultural Fair, on 27 December 2007 at Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

Thrissur | December 27, 2007 Excellency Governor of Kerala & Chancellor of the University; Shri Elamaram Kareem, Minister of Industries Shri Mulla[...]

Dec 26, 2007

Inaugural Speech by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India on the occasion of the Puraskara Ceremony under the auspices of the Pazhassi Raja Charitable Trust and Anusmarana Samithi, Kozhikode on 26th December, 2007

Kozhikode | December 26, 2007 His Excellency Governor, Shri R.L. Bhatia Shri Binoy Viswom, Minister of Forests & Training Shri Elamaram Kareem, Mi[...]

Dec 19, 2007

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Ceremony to present the IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism 2007 at Teen Murti Bhawan Auditorium on 19th December, 2007 at 1130 hrs

New Delhi | December 19, 2007 Dr. Justice Anand saheb Mr. Philip Mathew Mr. N. Ravi Mr. Vinod Mehta Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen I consid[...]

Dec 14, 2007

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Inauguration of the International Ghalib Seminar at Aiwan e Ghalib, Ghalib Institute, New Delhi on 14th December, 2007

New Delhi | December 14, 2007 Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Inauguration of the International Ghalib Seminar [...]

Nov 30, 2007

Haksar Memorial Lecture by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India, at the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh on 30 November 2007 at 1730 hours

New Delhi | November 30, 2007 While writing the foreword to this book, I had lamented the lack of serious scholarship on Myanmar despite its obvious i[...]

Nov 25, 2007

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Fourth Convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, on 25 November 2007 at Srinagar

Srinagar | November 25, 2007 Excellency General Sinha, Governor of J&K and Chancellor of the University Hon’ble Ghulam Nabi Azad saheb Hon’ble[...]

Nov 23, 2007

Inaugural address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Third International Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association on 23 November 2007 at 4 p.m. at Academic Research Centre, University of Delhi

New Delhi | November 23, 2007 Vice Chancellors Professor Neera Chandhoke Distinguished participants in the Third Congress of the Asian Political and I[...]

Nov 21, 2007

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the International Conference on Emerging Security Concerns in West Asia organised by the Observer Research Foundation on 21 November 2007 at 0900 hours

New Delhi | November 21, 2007 Ambassador Rasgotra Prof. Michael Brie Gen. V.P. Malik Members of the ORF fraternity Distinguished guests Ladies and gen[...]