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| Full text of Nirupama Rao's speech |
| Full text of Nirupama Rao's speech at University of Florida
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 28-April-2012
3:32:18 AM |
| Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao spoke to students of the University of Florida.
Below is the complete text of her Commencement Address.
It is not usual for me to deliver a commencement address and I am deeply honoured by this opportunity to address all of you who stand on the threshold of your beautiful tomorrows.
I am aware that the University of Florida is one of the premier seats of learning in the United States, committed to academic excellence, contributing to the socio-economic development of your state and preparing students like you to be global citizens for an increasingly inter-connected world.
You are ready to face the challenges of the 21st Century with the learning and knowledge you have acquired within these portals.
I am happy to learn that more than 1100 Indian students are currently enrolled at the University of Florida. Through its linkages and partnership with several Indian academic institutions, the University is performing yeoman service in the promotion of greater understanding between the Indian and American peoples.
For example, only recently, a University of Florida-led research team has been selected to participate in a five-year, $125 million project on the development of clean energy technologies involving research institutions, universities and industry from India and the United States.
Commencement ceremonies always induce a sense of nostalgia in us older people. On this day, I cannot but help thinking of my own student days and the world of the early seventies when I stood on the threshold of my tomorrow.
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