I am indeed very happy to be present amidst you this morning. This is for the second time that I have come to this National Social Science Congress. I delivered the valedictory address at the XIX Indian Social Science Congress in 1996 at Allahabad University.
I am delighted to be here this evening to inaugurate this Conference.
It is indeed a privilege for me to present amidst you in this Sixty-Sixth Indian Chemical Engineering Congress and its inaugural session. This is the Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICE).
I am glad to be present here this evening to celebrate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Tribal Research and Training Institute of the Government of Maharashtra.
Your Excellency, President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom,
President of the Republic of Maldives,
Madame Fathimath Ibrahim,
Vice Chancellors of universities, Directors of Indian Institutes of Technology and National Institutes of Technology, Heads of other academic institutions; faculty
It gives me great pleasure to be present here for the twelfth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
It is my privilege to be here today for the forty eighth Convocation of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). It is a leading institution in our country for research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences.
It is with great joy and happiness that I visit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands once again.
Your Excellency, Madame Park Geun-hye,
President of the Republic of Korea,
Honourable Ministers,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
