President Pranab Mukherjee to deliver convocation address of Calcutta University

KOLKATA: President Pranab Mukherjee will embark on a three-day visit to the states of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha from tomorrow.

According to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique, the President will deliver the convocation address at University of Calcutta and visit Institute of Neurosciences in Kolkata tomorrow.

On November 29, he would be the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the 150th anniversary of Metropolitan Institution at Kolkata, it said.

Later in the day, he will inaugurate the 40th All India Sociological Conference on 'Development, Diversity and Democracy' of Indian Sociological Society at Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith in Varanasi.

He will also inaugurate the golden jubilee celebrations of Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya and visit Skills Development Learning Labs at Centurion University of Technology and Management at Bhubaneswar the same day, the communique said.

On November 30, the President will inaugurate the first Vivekananda Memorial Building at Ramakrishna Ashrama, Rampur, Kalahandi, the statement further infomed.

He will also inaugurate the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Rama Devi Women's Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar before returning to New Delhi, it added.