Overview

• President Murmu chaired the fifth convocation of AIIMS Bhubaneswar on July 14, awarding 59 gold medals and conferring degrees on 643 medical professionals.
• During her AIIMS visit, she met a critically injured student to underscore the importance of healthcare and mental health support.
• Security for the two-day Odisha trip included deployment of 70 police platoons and 300 officers as the governor, chief minister and union education minister joined the events.
• On July 15, Murmu will preside over Ravenshaw University’s 13th convocation in Cuttack and confer honorary doctorates on leading scientists, conservationists and activists.
• She will also lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of three buildings at Ravenshaw Girls’ High School and present the Kalinga Ratna Award during Adikabi Sarala Das anniversary commemorations.