Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Banquet in Honour of the President of the Republic of Maldives, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom
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,
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It gives me great pleasure to be here today for the presentation of the National Awards instituted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.
My Fellow Citizens: