Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to be here at the Golden Jubilee Celebration function of the Madhav Institute of Technology and Science. I congratulate the Management, the Principal and the faculty members on this occasion and would like to convey to them my good wishes for their future success.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am delighted to be amidst you today, for the launch of the India Development Gateway portal, developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - C-DAC. I understand that this portal has been designed to provide information to the rural community in the areas of agriculture, health, primary education, energy and e-governance.

I deem it a privilege and an honor to participate in the Amruthotsavam of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which in the name of Lord Balaji, has been serving the humanity for the last 75 years.

Dear Students and Faculty Members,

Ladies and Gentleman,

It gives me immense pleasure to be in this temple town amidst medical luminaries, faculty members and students on the occasion of the First Convocation of the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences.

It is indeed a pleasure to inaugurate the Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College building and to have an opportunity to speak to students.

I convey my heartiest congratulations to the entire family of Indian Council of Agricultural Research on the 79th Anniversary of its Foundation Day. ICAR has generated agricultural technologies and contributed to the Green Revolution, made agriculture more resilient against natural vagaries and helped to ward off threats of famine. This, indeed, is commendable work.