Speech By The President Of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee On The Occasion Of The Platinum Jubilee Of Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan And 125th Birth Anniversary Of Dr. K.m. Munshi
I am delighted to be here today to inaugurate the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and the 125th Birth Anniversary of its illustrious founder, Dr. K.M. Munshi. Dr. K.M Munshi was a true visionary, institution-builder and a great son of India. He was of a small build. But there was nothing small in what he achieved during his life time.
It gives me great pleasure to be present at this Convocation ceremony of the University of Mumbai. This institution is truly the fountainhead of higher education in India. It was founded in 1857 along with the Universities of erstwhile Madras and Kolkata, and had a key role in nurturing a number of leaders who led India to its independence.
I am indeed happy to be here today to deliver the first memorial lecture of a great son of our soil, the late Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao. He was our Prime Minister, a deft practitioner of realpolitik, a great intellectual, an erudite scholar, thinker, writer and linguist and someone who would be remembered for his historic contributions to the country.
At the outset, I wish the participants to the Centenary session of Indian Science Congress and the people of the Nation, a purposeful and productive New Year.
Your Excellency Rajkeswur Purryag, President of the Republic of Mauritius,
