New Delhi, Feb 25 : President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate a sub-regional conference of South, South-West and Central Asia on Higher Education here today.

The two-day conference is being organised by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) in collaboration with UNESCO.

New Delhi, July, Feb 24 : President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate a sub-regional conference of South, South-West and Central Asia on Higher Education here tomorrow.

The two-day conference is being organized by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) in collaboration with UNESCO.

New Delhi, Feb 17 : President Pratibha Patil unveiled the statue of prominent social reformer and educationist Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj in Parliament on Tuesday.

Vice President Hamid Ansari, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Leader of the Opposition LK Advani, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Maharashtra Governor SC Jamir, and a host of state cabinet ministers, Union Ministers and Members of Paliament, attended the unveiling ceremony.

Ram Sutar, the sculptor of the eight-foot statue was honoured by Patil.

New Delhi, Feb 16 : President Pratibha Patil today presented Hindi Sevi Samman - 2007 awards to a number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language.

The award ceremony was organised by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra, which is an autonomous organization under the Department of Higher Education, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.

New Delhi, Feb 16: President Pratibha Patil will present Hindi Sevi Samman - 2007 awards to a number of Hindi experts for playing their important role in promoting the Hindi language.

The award ceremony today is being organised by Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra, which is an autonomous organization under the Department of Higher Education, Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Union Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Singh will preside over the function.

New Delhi - The Indian economy was expected to grow at a fast pace despite the global economic slowdown, thanks to demand from its more than 1 billion people and reform policies, President Pratibha Patil said Thursday.

"Even in the prevailing adverse global environment, our economy, it is hoped, would still register a relatively high growth rate," Patil said in an address to a joint session of Parliament.