Text Speeches

May 10, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha at the release of the book Prithvi Sukta on 10th May 2012 at 1715 hrs at Main Committee Room, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi

New Delhi | May 10, 2012 It gives me great pleasure to release Shri N. C. Joshi’s book on the Prithvi Sukta. The real achievement is in being able t[...]

May 8, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the release of the three volumes of Sumer Chands Valmiki Ramayan in Hindi and Persian on 8th May 2012 at 1730 hours at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi

New Delhi | May 8, 2012 It gives me great pleasure to participate in this function, organised by Rampur Raza Library, to release the three volumes of [...]

May 7, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the closing ceremony of the commemoration of 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore on 7th May, 2012 at 1830 Hrs at Vigyan Bhawan, Plenary Hall, New Delhi

New Delhi | May 7, 2012 This is a rare privilege. On the 6th of May last year I had visited Dhaka to participate in the inaugural function of the join[...]

May 5, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice-President of India at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana at Bhargava Auditorium, PGI, Sector 12, Chandigarh on 5th May, 2012 at 1130 Hrs

Chandigarh | May 5, 2012 It gives me great pleasure to participate in the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana. During[...]

May 3, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the presentation ceremony of the 59th National Film Awards including the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2011 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 3rd May, 2012 at 1800 Hrs

New Delhi | May 3, 2012 A sociologist has argued, rightly, that popular culture is a site where “collective social understandings are created”. Ou[...]

Apr 21, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Inauguration of the Sesquicentenary Celebrations of the Calcutta High Court on 21st April, 2012 at 1600 Hrs at Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Kolkata | April 21, 2012 Poets, writers and visitors have for long dwelt on the virtues of Kolkata. Today’s gathering pertains to a lesser known, th[...]

Apr 12, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India on the Centenary Celebrations of Bihar Legislative Council on 12th April, 2012 at 1100 Hrs

Bihar | April 12, 2012 To come to one of the most ancient seats of governance in the country is to share in a fleeting moment some of its illustrious [...]

Apr 7, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the Inaugural Function of the 11th Annual International Conference RGCON2012 at Sovereign Hall, Le Meridien, New Delhi on 7th April, 2012

New Delhi | April 7, 2012 I am happy to inaugurate the 11th Annual International Conference organized by the Raijv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Researc[...]

Mar 2, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the 44th annual convocation of Utkal University on 2nd March 2012 at 1100 Hrs at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

Orissa | March 2, 2012 I am happy to be here in your midst today. The world over, Convocations are an important date in a University’s calendar. Nei[...]

Feb 22, 2012

Address by Shri M. Hamid Ansari, Honble Vice President of India at the birth centenary celebrations of Sachidananda Hiranand Vatsyayan Agyeya on 22nd February, 2012 at 1100 Hrs

Kolkata | February 22, 2012 It gives me immense pleasure to take part in the Birth Centenary celebrations of the Shri Sachidananda Hiranand Vatsyayan,[...]