President Droupadi Murmu arrived at Bhubaneswar this afternoon on a two-day visit to her home state Odisha from today. She was given a warm welcome at the Biju Patnaik International Airport by Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, other senior dignitaries and a number of traditional and folk dancers.
The President straightway drove to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar from the airport and is attending its fifth convocation ceremony as Chief Guest. President Murmu will give away 59 gold medals to 31 students and confer degrees to 643 healthcare professionals on the occasion. On her second-day visit to her home state Odisha on Tuesday, President Murmu will attend the 13th annual convocation of Ravenshaw University and lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of three buildings of Ravenshaw Girls’ High School at Cuttack.
She is also scheduled to grace the birth anniversary celebration of Adikabi Sarala Das, a great Odia poet and scholar born in 15th Century and present the Kalinga Ratna Award for 2024 at Cuttack. Elaborate security arrangements have been made both in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for the visit of the President.
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