Prez arrives at Patna for maiden Nalanda Univ convocation

President Pranab Mukherjee today arrived at Patna on a two-day Bihar visit during which he is scheduled to participate in the maiden convocation ceremony of Nalanda University.

Governor Ram Nath Kovind, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Speaker of Assembly Vijay Kumar Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and other ministers welcomed the President at the Patna airport in the evening, an official release said.

Mukherjee would spend the night at Raj Bhavan and leave tomorrow for Rajgir where he would confer degrees on 12 students of the first batch of the university.

The President, who is the university's Visitor, would also give gold medals to two students on the occasion.
 

The Governor and the Chief Minister will be guests of honour at the convocation ceremony.