Text Speeches

Feb 19, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India at the event to mark the Silver Jubilee function and Presentation of Karan Singh Interfaith Harmony Award at Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi on 19 February 2016

New Delhi | February 19, 2016 Faith and Interfaith: An Imperative of Our Times Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is a joyous happening.[...]

Feb 15, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India on the occasion of the birth Centenary celebrations of Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorious at Constitution Club, New Delhi on 15th February 2016

New Delhi | February 15, 2016 His Grace Most Rev. Benedict Mar Gregarious was the Archbishop of Trivandrum for more than four decades, heading the Mal[...]

Feb 4, 2016

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok on 4 February 2016

Bangkok | February 4, 2016 India, Thailand and ASEAN: Contours of a Rejuvenated Relationship I am delighted to be here at this prestigious University [...]

Feb 3, 2016

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari Honourable Vice President of India at University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei on 3 February 2016

Brunei | February 3, 2016 India-Brunei; Partners in Peace and Prosperity It is a pleasure for me to be in your beautiful country and to interact with [...]

Jan 30, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice-President of India on the occasion of the presentation of Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation, Wardha, International Gandhi Award 2015 on 30 January 2016

New Delhi | January 30, 2016 Leprosy is an ancient disease. Accounts of its prevalence are available from ancient India, Egypt, the Levant, China and [...]

Jan 19, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India at IInd West Asia Conference organized by IDSA on 19 January 2016

New Delhi | January 19, 2016 Turbulence in West Asian State Systems: Road Blocks in the Quest for Participatory Governance I thank the IDSA and Ambass[...]

Jan 13, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India as Chief Guest at the function for Declaration of Kerala as the First Total Primary Education attained State in India at Kerala University Senate Hall, Thruvananthapuram

Thruvananthapuram | January 13, 2016 The impressive march of Kerala on the education and various other socio-economic fronts has been due to what Nobe[...]

Jan 12, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India at the release of the book Jawaharlal Nehru and The Indian Polity in Perspective (Edited by Prof. (Dr.) P.J. Alexander on Tuesday, the 12th January, 2016 at Hotel Mascot, Trivandrum

Trivandrum | January 12, 2016 Ahsotosh Varshney, writing in the Indian Express on Nehru said, “To appraise Nehru in a purely abstract manner, while [...]

Jan 10, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice president of India at launch of new look Rajya Sabha TV, book release, and panel discussion on Scientific Temper A pre-requisite for Knowledge based Society at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 10 January 2016

New Delhi | January 10, 2016 The value of Scientific TemperI could not have thought of beginning the New Year on a better note than to participate in [...]

Jan 6, 2016

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India at the release of the Book, State, Policy and Conflicts in Northeast India written by Shri K.S. Subramanian and published by Routledge India on 6 January 2016.

New Delhi | January 6, 2016 Some years back, writing on the rapid pace of political, economic and social developments in our North-East, Sanjoy Hazari[...]