NewzVille Desk
The 67th edition of the prestigious Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Lecture series is being organised on 27 October 2026 at 3:00 PM at Rang Bhawan Auditorium of Akashvani at Sandad Marg, New Delhi. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development will deliver the Lecture.
Akashvani has been organizing the Annual Lecture series since 1955 in the memory of India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information & Broadcasting, the architect of national integration, also fondly remembered as the ‘Iron man of India’.
The recording of the Lecture is broadcast on the Jayanti of Sardar Patel (31st October) on the entire Akashvani Network at 9.30 P.M.
The inaugural lecture of the series was delivered by Bharat Ratna C. Rajagopalachari, Independent India’s first Governor General.
Since then, a galaxy of eminent leaders, scientists and historians have adored this podium. Some of the prominent names amongst them are, Dr. Zakir Hussain, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Morarji Desai, Dr. Karan Singh, Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Justice Leila Seth, Ram Nath Kovind, Arun Jaitley, Ajit Doval, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Gen Bipin Rawat, Dr. S. Somanath.
Last year, the 66th edition of the lecture was delivered by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Labour and Employment.
The annual event has served as a repository of thoughts, ideas and views on a variety of subjects and a tool to understand the unfathomable expanse and depth of many aspects of our diverse culture and developmental issues  in a better way.
