Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind accompanied by wife Savita Kovind was given rousing welcome by Odisha Governor S.C. Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on his arrival at Biju Patnaik International airport here on Saturday by a special Indian Air Force aircraft ‘Rajkamal’.
Among others, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, City Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena, Director General of Police (DGP) Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma and Twin City Commissioner of Police Y.B. Khurania also welcomed the President at the airport.
President Kovind is on a two-day visit to Odisha. Today he visited Netaji Birth Place Museum in Cuttack and attended the inaugural ceremony of Anand Bhawan Museum and Learning Centre at Tulasipur in Cuttack.
He will attend the foundation day celebration of National Law University in Cuttack.
On Sunday he will be visiting Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri for a darsan. Kovind will inaugurate the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan’s centenary celebrations in Puri.
The President will also attend the 6th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here on Sunday. He will lay the foundation stone of the Skill Development India Centre and inaugurate the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, and the Indian Oil Odisha campus in the city.
Tight security arrangements were made by the Odisha Police in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri during President’s visit in the state.
