President of India to Visit Number of States in North Eastern Region During April/may

President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee will visit Manipur, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland and Tripura during April and May, 2013.

In first phase, the President will visit Manipur and Sikkim from April 15 to 17, 2013.

On April 15, he will attend the Diamond Jubilee of Adimjati Shiksha Ashram at Imphal, Manipur. On April 16, he will lay the foundation stone for SRM State University at Gangtok, Sikkim.

In the second phase, the President will visit Assam, Nagaland and Tripura from May 13 to 16.

On May 13, he will present the Asom Ratna Award to Mamoni Raisom Goswami (posthumously) and Srimanta Shankrdev Award for the year 2008 to Smt. Sharmila Tagore. He will attend the closing ceremony of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Pandu College at Guwahati, Assam on same day. On May 14, he will address the Annual Convocation of Assam University at Silchar, Assam.

On May 15, the President will attend the third Convocation of Nagaland University at Lumami, Nagaland.

On May 16, 2013, the President will address the Fifth Convocation of National Institute of Technology, Agartala and attend the Tenth Convocation of Tripura University at Suryamaninagar, Tripura.

This release issued at 1305 hrs