Address at the function to give away the National Amity Award instituted by the Foundation for Amity and National Solidarity to Shri Khushwant Singh, New Delhi, 26 September 2008.

Address at the Symposium on ‘Anti-Defection Law – Need for Review’, during the Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India, Chandigarh, 23 September 2008.

Inaugural Address at the 73rd Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India, Chandigarh, 21 September 2008

JRD Tata Memorial Lecture, 2008, On Economic Development and Political Consensus Building, New Delhi, 19 September 2008.

Address at the Inauguration of the Exhibition put up by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in connection with the National Nutrition Week, 5 September 2008.

Welcome Address at the Prof. Hiren Mukerjee Memorial Annual Parliamentary Lecture on 'Demands of Social Justice', Parliament House, New Delhi, 11 August 2008.

Opening Address at the Final Plenary of the 54th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, on 'The Communications Challenge for Parliament: Meeting the Information Needs of Members and the Public', Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 August 2008.

E.M.S. Namboodiripad Memorial Lecture on 'Democratic Consolidation : The Indian Experience' on 13 June 2008 at Thiruvananthapuram

Lokanath Choudhury Memorial Lecture by Shri Somnath Chatterjee Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 'India at 60 – An Agenda for Inclusive Development', Bhubaneswar, 8 June 2008

Address At the Function to lay the Foundation Stone of Kabir Smarak, Varanasi, 5 June 2008