November 13, 2012 1:36 PM

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Suu Kyi in India on five day visit

The Chairperson of the National League of Democracy of Myanmar Ms Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in New Delhi today on a five day visit to India. She was received at the airport by Foreign Secretary Mr. Ranjan Mathai. During her stay in Delhi, she is scheduled to deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the birth Anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru tomorrow. She will also call on the Vice President and Prime Minister, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and External Affairs Minister. She will pay tributes at the Samadhis of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in New Delhi. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will visit her alma mater, Lady Sri Ram College, where she will interact with the faculty and students and also visit The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Gurgaon. Besides her engagements in Delhi, she will be travelling to Bangalore where she will visit the Indian Institute of Science and the Infosys Campus. She is also scheduled to tour rural areas in Andhra Pradesh to gain a firsthand impression of the rural development and women’s empowerment programmes being undertaken in India.

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