Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari, Vice President & Chairman, Rajya Sabha,
Smt. Meira Kumar, Speaker, Lok Sabha,
Mr. Abdelwahed Radi, President of the Inter- Parliamentary Union,
Distinguished Speakers and Deputy Speakers participating in this Conference,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
इण्डिया कैम-2012 के उद्घाटन समारोह के लिए आज यहां उपस्थित होकर मुझे बहुत खुशी हो रही है।
It is a pleasure to be here today for the inaugural function of India Chem 2012.
It gives me great pleasure to be amongst you today on the occasion of inauguration of the 26th Conference of Accountants General. The Accountants General of the States and their equivalents in the Centre are important functionaries assigned with the task of being watchdogs of public finance.
It is an honour and a privilege to address this august body of the Karnataka legislature.
I am very happy to be present here to confer the 46th Bharatiya Jnanpith Award on Dr.Chandrashekhara Kambar, the eighth awardee of this prestigious National Literary Award in Kannada language.
I thank Shri B.L. Joshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Minister, Shri Akhilesh Yadav for a very warm welcome extended to me. I am no stranger to Uttar Pradesh. However this is my first visit to Uttar Pradesh after assumption of my present responsibility.
It is indeed my privilege to be here at the convocation of the Lalit Narayan Mithila University. You are fortunate and privileged to have been educated at this University - which is the brainchild and result of the collective efforts of the eminent academicians of the time, Dr. Amarnatha Jha, Dr. R.C. Mazumdar, Dr. A.S. Altekar, Dr. Sunit Kumar Chaterjee.
