Overview
- Throughout the two-day visit, Murmu presided over the 11th convocation of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute in Bareilly and the inaugural convocation of AIIMS Gorakhpur, conferring degrees and medals to graduating students.
- She inaugurated the Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath AYUSH University in Pipri Bhathat, a ₹268-crore campus uniting Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy colleges under one institution.
- At Gorakhpur’s Gorakhnath Temple, she offered prayers before laying foundation stones for a new academic block, auditorium, Panchakarma centre and girls’ hostel at Mahayogi Gorakhnath University’s Aarogyadham campus.
- Authorities enforced a three-tier security system that included suspended OPD services at AIIMS and a 5-km no-fly zone around the President’s venues.
- The itinerary underscores efforts to strengthen healthcare education in eastern Uttar Pradesh and position Bareilly and Gorakhpur as service hubs for Bihar and Nepal.