Distinguished guests,
It gives me great pleasure to be amongst you today on the occasion of the inauguration of the International Conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
It is my privilege to address you in this Ninth Convocation of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, which is an important centre of technical education in Eastern India.
NIT Durgapur was established as Regional Engineering College in the year 1960 with the legendary Dr. B.C. Roy as its first Chairman of the Board of Governors. With his vision and the support from the Government of India and the Government of West Bengal, this College has grown in stature to become an Institution of National Importance.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is indeed my privilege to be present amongst you on this happy occasion when the Coir Board is celebrating 60 years of it’s existence. At the very outset, I would like to extend to you all my greetings and felicitations.
It is indeed privilege for me to be present amidst this very distinguished gathering to deliver the Foundation Day Lecture of the Union Public Service Commission.
I am delighted to be here today to address this august House.
I am happy to be here today for the Twelfth Convocation of the Rajiv Gandhi University, a premier institution of higher learning in Arunachal Pradesh.
It gives me immense pleasure to be here, in your midst, once again in Nagaland on such an auspicious day. At the outset, let me congratulate the people and Government of Nagaland on their completion of 50 years as a state.
I am indeed very happy to be amidst you this evening on the occasion of presentation of the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
President Jacob Zuma,
Distinguished Leaders of the African National Congress,
Eminent Heads of State and Governments and
Nomoskar!