Text Speeches

Apr 18, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Inaugural Function of the World Heritage Day organised by Indian National trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi on 18 April 2009

New Delhi | April 18, 2009 It gives me great pleasure to participate in the inaugural function of the World Heritage Day organized by the Indian Natio[...]

Apr 16, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Thirteenth Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on 16 April 2009 at 1100 hours

Shimla | April 16, 2009 The Intellectual and Society: Role and Responsibility I do have happy memories of some years of schooling spent in this city a[...]

Apr 11, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Release of the Book titled Challenges and Strategy Rethinking Indias Foreign Policy by Ambassador Rajiv Sikri at Federation House, New Delhi at 1130 hours on 13 April 2009

New Delhi | April 13, 2009 Ambassador Sikri has written a book that compels introspection. His basic premise is that the world has changed and continu[...]

Apr 7, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kuwait on April 7, 2009

Kuwait City | April 7, 2009 I thank you for your warm words of welcome. I thank the Government of the State of Kuwait, and the Kuwait Chamber of Comme[...]

Apr 6, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Indian Community Meeting, Arraya Convention Centre, Kuwait on 6 April 2009

Kuwait City | April 6, 2009 I am not altogether a stranger to Kuwait but over the years Kuwait has changed beyond recognition and so has the profile o[...]

Mar 23, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Dr. Anandswarup Gupta Memorial Lecture on 23 March 2009 at 1600 hours at New Delhi

New Delhi | March 23, 2009 The Law, the Police and the Public – The imperative for a balance It is a privilege to be invited to deliver the Anan[...]

Mar 7, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Annual Virasat Lecture on 7 March 2009 at 1700 hrs. at Sayaji Garden Museum, near M.S. University Road, Vadodara

Vadodara | March 7, 2009 It is a pleasure for me to be here in Vadodara on my first visit to the state. The occasion, by happy coincidence, is one tha[...]

Mar 2, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Dr. Zakir Husain Memorial Lecture on 2nd March 2009 at 1100 hrs at Zakir Husain College, New Delhi

New Delhi | March 2, 2009 One cannot come to this College without a realization of its place in Delhi’s intellectual history. The Madrasa Ghaziuddin[...]

Mar 2, 2009

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the book release function of the book Hopes Alive Surviving AIDS And Despair published by FXB India Suraksha on 2 March 2009 at 1700 hours at New Delhi

New Delhi | March 2, 2009 It gives me great pleasure to be present today at this function and to release this book outlining human stories of hope and[...]

Feb 10, 2009

Inaugural Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Map World Forum at 0930 hrs on 10 February 2009 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, Hyderabad

Hyderabad | February 10, 2009 It is indeed a privilege for me to inaugurate the Map World Forum today. Let me acknowledge that I was impressed with th[...]