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Nov 21, 2014

The Eighth V.M. Tarkunde Memorial Lecture on Citizens and State Conduct by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India on November 21, 2014 at 1800 hours at IIC, New Delhi

New Delhi | November 21, 2014 It is a great privilege to be invited to deliver the 8th Tarkunde Memorial Lecture today. I did not have the good fortun[...]

Nov 11, 2014

The 43rd Maulana Azad Memorial Lecture delivered by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India on A Century of Turmoil in Western Asia: Some Pitfalls of Nationalism on November 11, 2014 at 1700 hours at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

New Delhi | November 11, 2014 A Century of Turmoil in western Asia: some pitfalls of nationalism I deem it a privilege to be invited to deliver the 43[...]

Nov 5, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the inauguration of the 7th South Asia Economic Summit organised by Research and Information System for Developing Countries, on November 5, 2014 at 1500 hours, at The Oberoi, New Delhi

New Delhi | November 5, 2014 I am happy to be here today for the inauguration of the 7th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES) on ‘Towards South Asia Ec[...]

Oct 30, 2014

Remarks by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the inauguration of the 7th Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Scientific Session (APHRSS) on October 30, 2014 at 1230 hours at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi

New Delhi | October 30, 2014 I am happy to be here today for the inauguration of the 7th Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Scientific Session being held in In[...]

Oct 16, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the 20th Anniversary Conclave ‘Vision-2034’ by the Delhi Policy Group on October 16, 2014 at Hotel Taj Mahal, New Delhi

New Delhi | October 16, 2014 I thank Dr. Radha Kumar and the Delhi Policy Group for inviting me today to join this distinguished group in what some ma[...]

Oct 10, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India, at the release of the international edition of ‘Encyclopaedia of Hinduism’ by India Heritage Research Foundation at 1700 hours on October 10, 2014 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

New Delhi | October 10, 2014 I thank Swami Chidanand Saraswati ji for inviting me today to this function for the launch of the Encyclopaedia of Hindui[...]

Sep 27, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the inauguration of Decennial Celebration Conference of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS) on ‘Inequality Revisited: Theory, Evidence, and Policy’ at 1100 hours

New Delhi | September 27, 2014 I thank the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies for inviting me today. I congratulate the Institute on the important occa[...]

Sep 21, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the Valedictory Function of the Centenary celebrations of the Catholic Association of South Kanara at 1730 hours on September 21, 2014 at Mangalore

Mangalore | September 21, 2014 I am happy to be here today for the valedictory of the centenary celebrations of the Catholic Association of South Kana[...]

Sep 13, 2014

Inaugural Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India at the international seminar on ‘Europe and Emerging Asia’ organized by Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta on September 13, 2014 at 1030 hours in Kolkata

Kolkata | September 13, 2014 I thank the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta, for inviting me today to inaugurate this seminar[...]

Sep 12, 2014

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India on ‘Separated at Birth: The Imperative of an Indo-Iranian Relationship’ at the Iran Society, Kolkata on September 12, 2014

Kolkata | September 12, 2014 Separated at Birth: The Imperative of an Indo-Iranian Relationship Aaj phir baad-e-saba laai hai paigham-e-bahaar Gulshan[...]