Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on the Occasion of the Fieo Golden Jubilee and Presentation of Fieo’s Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards
I am delighted to be here this evening on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). Ladies and Gentlemen:

1.I am happy to be amidst you this evening for the National Technology Day celebrations. This Day – eleventh of May, eighteen years ago is significant in relation to the development of India’s technological capabilities.
1.It is indeed a happy occasion for me to confer the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2016 to the deserving nursing personnel of our country. These Awards are presented on the occasion of the International Nurses’ Day.
1.I am happy to have inaugurated the intelligent operations centre and launched a mobile application, ‘Monitor’, towards a Smart President’s Estate.
1. I thank you for your kind words of welcome.I am delighted to begin my State Visit to China here in Guangzhou. This historic city has always been an important port of call for Indian business.
1.It is an honour for me to address this gathering of distinguished cultural and leading academic personalities of China.
1. I thank you for your kind words of welcome. I am delighted to be here today at this prestigious institution of higher learning. The Peking University is world renowned for the erudition of its scholars and inspired leadership.
1.At the outset I would like to thank the Peking University and Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China for hosting this Round Table.
1.I am happy to be present at this ceremony conferring the Malti Gyan Peeth Puraskar 2016. The awards ceremony today coincides with the 95thbirthday of Malti-ji. My best wishes to her on this special day!
1.It is indeed my privilege to visit the Republic of Ghana on the first ever State Visit by a President of India. I am accompanied by a delegation of Parliamentarians that represent diverse regions of our country.