Vice President to Virtually Inaugurate the Permanent Exhibition on Journey of Vande Mataram and International Seminar on Sardar Patel’s Vision at IIAS, Shimla

**Summary of Press Release: Virtual Inauguration by the Vice-President of India** On July 9, 2026, the Vice-President's Secretariat announced that the Vice-President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, will virtually inaugurate two major events at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. **Event Details:** * **Permanent Exhibition:** "Journey of Vande Mataram." * **International Seminar:** “Sardar Patel’s Vision: Integration, Unification and Federalism.” * **Location:** Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. * **Mode of Participation:** Video conferencing. **Logistical Update:** Although originally scheduled to attend the ceremony in person in Shimla, the Vice-President will now conduct the inauguration and address the gathering virtually. This change in schedule is due to inclement weather conditions preventing travel to the region. **Administrative Information:** * **Release Date/Time:** 09 JUL 2026, 2:50 PM. * **Release ID:** 2282793. * **Reference Code:** PR/ASM/VM. * **Issuing Authority:** PIB Delhi on behalf of the Vice President's Secretariat. * **Visitor Count:** 606 (at the time of release). * **Language Availability:** The official notification is available in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Bengali-TR, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

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