Bhubaneswar, July 9: President of India, Droupadi Murmu’s Odisha visit is scheduled on July 14.
The President is slated to attend a number of significant programs in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack during her two-day visit that’s to conclude on July 15.
Ahead of the President’s visit a state-level preparatory meeting was held at Odisha Lok Seva Bhavan under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja on Wednesday. All the line departments were instructed to co-operate in the program ensuring smooth execution of Murmu’s Odisha visit.
According to press release issued in this connection, on the evening of July 14, the President will attend the 5th Convocation Ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar.
On July 15, she will participate in the 13th Annual Convocation Ceremony of the Ravenshaw University, Cuttack in the morning.
Apart from it, she will lay the foundation stone for the upgradation work of the Ravenshaw Girls’ High School in the noon.
Similarly on July 15, the President will also visit Sarala Bhawan at Biju Patnaik Square, Tulsipur, Cuttack, to pay floral tributes to Adikavi Sarala Das. She will also attend an event organized by the Sarala Sahitya Sansad here to mark the 600th birth anniversary of the Adikavi and present the coveted “Kalinga Ratna Award-2024”, to the awardees.
Among others, the meeting was attended by Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg, Additional Chief Secretary of Home Department Satyabrata Sahu, Director General of Police Y B Khurania, Secretaries of relevant departments, Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Central), District Collectors of Cuttack and Khordha.
