PRESIDENT
TO LEAVE FOR TWO-DAY TOUR OF KERALA
The
President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will leave here tomorrow
for his first visit to Kerala after assumption of office. Dr.
Kalam will have a busy schedule during his two-day tour to the
state.
On
the first day of his tour
tomorrow, the President will visit the Southern Naval Command
at Kochi and will then address
the students of Farook College. Dr. Kalam will then launch the
Total Development Programme for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes of Attappady. Later in the day, Dr. Kalam will have an
interaction with children at the Panchayat Hall at Agali. The
President will also hold an interaction with the medical faculty
and students of the Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences at Kochi.
Following this he will have an interaction with children on the
subject "India of my dreams". In the evening, Dr. Kalam
will inaugurate the concluding ceremony of the celebrations of
1950th Anniversary of the arrival of St. Thomas and
450th Death Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier at Kochi.
On
Monday, the President will lay the foundation stone for the training
complex of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and also
visit the Exhibition of New Technologies and hold an interaction
with Senior Scientists and Engineers. Later, he will dedicate
to the nation the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology. In the
Afternoon, Dr. Kalam will inaugurate the Platinum Jubilee
Celebrations of Sree Narayana Dharma Sanghom Trust. He will also
launch the Bridging the Digital Divide Campaign and will be given
an over-view of the campaign by the State Government.
The
President will return to New Delhi late in the evening on Monday.
