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.

Nomoskar!

President Jacob Zuma,

Distinguished Leaders of the African National Congress,

Eminent Heads of State and Governments and

It is my pleasure to be here today to inaugurate the Global PSE Summit, being organized by the Department of Public Enterprises and the Confederation of Indian Industry.

It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening for the National Energy Conservation Awards function.

1. It is a happy occasion for me to be here today to inaugurate the twenty-eighth Indian Engineering Congress, being convened by The Institution of Engineers (India).

I am very happy to join you today at this concluding event of the centenary celebrations of former President of India, Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy.

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.