Chief Guests of Foundation Day
19th December
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Year
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Chief Guest
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1947
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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1951
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Professor Zakir Hussain
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1954
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Dr. V. T. Krishnamachari
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1955
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Sh. K. M. Panikar
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1957
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Dr. J. C. Ghosh
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1958
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Dr. K. S. Krishnan
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1959
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Sh. P.N. Kirpal
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1961
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Professor C. D. Deshmukh
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1962
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Mrs. Galbraith
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1964
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Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao
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1965
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Professor A. C. Joshi
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1969
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Dr. R. K. Singh
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1970
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Professor V. V. John
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1973
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Professor Hussain
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1974
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Dr. Karam Singh
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1976
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Prof. D. S. Kothari
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1978
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Professor M. Adiseshayya
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1979
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Justice H. R. Khanna
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1980
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Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
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1981
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Sh. Jainendra Kumar
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1984
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Swami Hiranmayanda
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1985
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Prof. Jalaluddin
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1986
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Professor Romesh Thapar
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1987
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Smt. Amrita Pritam
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1988
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Smt. Kapila Vatsyayan
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1989
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Smt. Nirmal Pandey
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1991
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Sh. Ashok Nath Mitra
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1992
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Professor Yash Pal
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1993
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Sh. Ramachandra Gandhi
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1994
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Dr. A. K. Sharma
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1995
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Sh. Narayanan
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1996
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Sh. T. N. Seshan
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1997
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Professor Rajni Kothari
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1998
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Sh. Jyotirbhai Desai
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1999
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Smt. Maha Sweta Devi
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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Justice J.S. Verma
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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Dr. Kiran Datar
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2009
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Sh. Ashok Vajpai
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2010
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Prof. Jean Dreze
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2011
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Sh. Shyam Benegal
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2012
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Prof. Shantha Sinha
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2013
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Prof. R.N. Mehrotra
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2014
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Sh. Anupam Mishra
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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Mr. Kumar Prasant
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2020
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2021
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2022
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Professor Virendra Kumar Malhotra
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2023
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Professor Najma Akhtar
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