Sunday, January 20, 2008

Hamid Ansari









Hamid Ansari was born in Kolkata on April 1, 1937 and his family belongs to Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh. He is the grand nephew of former Congress President and freedom fighter Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari. He has received his education at Shimla's St Edwards High School, Kolkata's St Xavier's College and at the Aligarh Muslim University.

Ansari began his career as a civil servant in the Indian Foreign Service in 1961. He was Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Indian High Commissioner to Australia and Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. He was a recipient of the Padma Shree in 1984.He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University from May 2000 to March 2002. He is known for his role in ensuring reparation to the victims of the Gujarat riots .

Hamid Ansari is just one of the several Xaverians to represent India in various high level Government offices .Hamid Ansari was elected to the post of the Vice presidentship as the UPA Government candidate.

We hope that a Xaverian keeps the Xavier’s flag flying in foreign shores as well as Indian shores.











National Anthem of India composed by a Xaverian Rabindranath Tagore.

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