Guwahati : Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu will visit Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati campus on Thursday 13th October 2022 during her visit to Assam.
The Hon’ble President will be accompanied by Prof. Jagadish Mukhi, Hon’ble Governor of Assam; Shri Himanta Biswa Sarma, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam; Smt. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, and Shri Keshab Mahanta, Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Information Technology, Govt. of Assam, along with other dignitaries.
During her visit to the campus, Smt. Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate ‘PARAM KAMRUPA’ Supercomputer facility and a high power active and passive component laboratory of SAMEER at IIT Guwahati.
Welcoming the Hon’ble President, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, said, “It is our honour and pleasure to welcome the Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu on her maiden visit to our campus. We are delighted that the Hon’ble President will inaugurate the Param Kamrupa, one of its kind supercomputer in the North East region, under the National Supercomputing Mission. I look forward to showcasing IIT Guwahati’s work for the benefit of the North East region and its impact on the region.”
The event at IIT Guwahati will also include Virtual Inauguration of Medical College and Hospital in Dhubri, Assam, and a foundation stone laying ceremony for Zonal Institutes of National Institute of Virology at Dibrugarh, Assam and Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, by Smt. Droupadi Murmu.
