Later he would visit the Aurobindo Ashram.
This is first visit of Singh to the Union Territory, a former French colony.
On arrival from Chennai today, he would declare open the premises housing the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation in the Pondicherry University campus at Kalapet near here.
Later he would deliver the convocation address at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER).


