Meeting the 100-odd scribes individually, she ducked questions like decision on mercy petitions but said she will continue to contribute towards eradication of social evils.
"I have been in public life for 50 years and I will continue to contribute towards it especially in eradication social evils of our society," she said in reply to a question.
She said she will miss meeting people from various cross section of life who used to come to Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"I loved meeting children from Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh and hear their experiences like boarding of train and seeing tall buildings," she said in reply to another question.
Asked about her future plans and whether she intends to pen down her memoirs, Patil said, "Not immediately as I will take some rest. May be sometime in future."
Later, two books -- compilation of her activities during her five-year tenure of Presidency and Engaging the World, brought out by CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM highlighting the importance of her foreign visits, were released.
The book from chambers of commerce comes against the backdrop of reports that her wanderlust cost the public exchequer a whopping Rs 205 crore on her foreign visits, surpassing the record of all her predecessors.