Gandhinagar: Former President of India Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee, gave away the Dr A P J Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards 2019 to 21 creative and innovative children for their 18 distinct ideas and innovations (List of awardees included in the Annexure 1). The competition is organised every year by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) - India, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. An exhibition to showcase all award-winning ideas by youn...Read More

Ahmedabad: Former President Pranab Mukherjee today delivered first lecture to students at IIM Ahmedabad.  Dr. Mukherjee  is visiting IIMA as distinguished guest faculty for the course "Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India" offered to students by Professors Anil Gupta & Vijaya Sherry Chand under the aegis of the JSW School of Public Policy. Topic of today's lecture was 'Constitutional Provisions for Socio-Economic Inclusivity: Theory and Parliamentary Practice'. Details ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Students across PGPM (Post Graduate Programme in Management), FABM (Food and Agri-Business Management) and PGPX (Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives) programs at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad will be attending a course called “Public Policy for Inclusive Development of India”. This brand new course is housed within the JSW School of Public Policy at IIMA and Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India is to be the faculty for at least 12 out of ...Read More

Nagpur: Presented here is live streaming of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) function in Nagpur in presence of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat and former president Pranab Mukherjee. DeshGujarat Read More

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today appeared to give hints that he may not be the occupant of Rashtrapati Bhavan next year when his five-year term ends. "Perhaps, when the next visitor's conference is held, there will be someone else presiding over the event. But I am sure the crusade for excellence that we started will continue with greater vigour," he said. The President, who is a Visitor to all central universities, was addressing the concluding session of the three-day Visitor'...Read More

Chandigarh: Preparations are in full swing for the international 'Gita Mahotsav' to be celebrated in Kurukshetra from December 6 to 10. President Pranab Mukherjee, would be the chief guest at the Mahotsav and would inaugurate and lay foundation stones of various programmes and schemes, an official release said. About 18,000 people would participate in the mega event and chant 18 shlokas of Gita "which would be telecast live via YouTube during the celebrations which are being elevated to g...Read More

Ahmedabad: Members of President Pranab Mukherjee's entourage, including Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela, today escaped unhurt when the helicopter ferrying them made an emergency landing at Vadodra after developing a technical problem. The incident was reported at about 4:00 PM after the three Mi-17 choppers took off from Ankleshwar to Ahmedabad after the President inaugurated a super-speciality hospital there. However, only the chopper carrying the President an...Read More

Ankleshwar:President Pranab Mukherjee today said he feels he is a "Gujarati at heart", though he may not speak the local language. Mukherjee, who is on a two-day visit to the state, said he has been a Rajya Sabha member from the state in the past. "I am not new to Gujarat in the sense that I had the privilege ... they (political leaders) helped me to get elected from Gujarat to Rajya Sabha for full six years... in that way I can claim to be a Gujarati but unfortunately I cannot speak (th...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today met President Pranab Mukherjee here to brief him on the developments related to the Uri terror attack, hours after he discussed the issue with senior ministers and top officials. Modi went to the Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening and apprised the President of the details related to the attack on the Army camp that took place yesterday, official sources said. The Prime Minister's meeting with the President came hours after he chaired a meeting on ...Read More

Bharuch: President of India Dr Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate Sevashram hospital in Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Patel's native place Bharuch in central Gujarat on October 23. Ahmed Patel visited Bharuch in order to review the progress of the hospital project and preparations pertaining to its inauguration by President of India next month. The hospital belongs to independence era of last century. It is being revamped under supervision of Ahmed Patel. A 120-bed hospital will be inaugurated ...Read More