Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Banquet in Honour of the President of the Republic of Liberia, H.E. Madame Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome Your Excellency, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and your distinguished delegation on your first State visit to India.


I am happy to be here to inaugurate this Engineers Conclave 2013 being held for the first time in our country.
At the very outset, I would like to congratulate Shri Khamliana and Shri Mohammad Abdul Bari and the Foundation for Amity and Solidarity, New Delhi.
I consider it my good fortune to be here today to inaugurate the new hospital building of Jagadguru Sri Shiva-rathreeshwara (JSS) Maha-vidya-peetha. The JSS Maha-vidya-peetha was set up in 1954 by Dr.
It gives me immense pleasure to be amongst you on the occasion of the celebrations of the Centenary of Indian Cinema, being organized jointly by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFC).
It is a joy for me to be here – the confluence of an extra-ordinary past, a promising present and a significant future.
It is my pleasure to be here today for the twenty third Convocation of the Pondicherry University and see the exuberance and excitement in the students who have come for this venerable occasion.
It is indeed a privilege for me to be present amidst you to inaugurate the Nineteenth Meeting of the Governing Council of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP).
I am indeed happy to be amidst you to participate in the International Day of Older Persons.