Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is on a six-day visit to India during which she will meet various leaders of the country. Suu Kyi is Myanmar's opposition leader and the chairperson of the
National League of Democracy of Myanmar. Her visit to India is part of
India's engagement with the multi-party polity in Myanmar. During her
nearly week-long stay, she will also meet Vice President Hamid Ansari,
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
Suu Kyi began her day today by paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
She then visited Shantivan to pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru.
Later in the day, she will deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the former PM's birth anniversary.
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi hold books on Burma and India during the Nehru memorial lecture in New Delhi November 14, 2012
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting in New Delhi November 14, 2012.
She will also visit her alma mater, Lady Sri Ram College in New Delhi, where she will interact with the faculty and the students(studied political science at the college in the 1960s)
She will also visit the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Gurgaon before flying 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 first-hand experience of rural development and women's empowerment programmes being undertaken in India.
India awarded Suu Kyi the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1992 while she was under house arrest under the military government in Myanmar.
Suu Kyi began her day today by paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
She then visited Shantivan to pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru.
Later in the day, she will deliver the Nehru Memorial Lecture on the occasion of the former PM's birth anniversary.
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Chief of India's ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi hold books on Burma and India during the Nehru memorial lecture in New Delhi November 14, 2012
Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) speaks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their meeting in New Delhi November 14, 2012.
She will also visit her alma mater, Lady Sri Ram College in New Delhi, where she will interact with the faculty and the students(studied political science at the college in the 1960s)
She will also visit the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Gurgaon before flying 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 first-hand experience of rural development and women's empowerment programmes being undertaken in India.
India awarded Suu Kyi the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1992 while she was under house arrest under the military government in Myanmar.
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