President Droupadi Murmu to visit IIT Guwahati on October 13

The President will inaugurate a supercomputer called ‘Param Kamrupa’ and an R&D facility, a high power active and passive component laboratory, ‘Sameer’ , at the institute.

President of India Droupadi Murmu will visit the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati campus on October 13, 2022, during her visit to Assam.  

The President will be accompanied by Assam Governor Jagadish Mukhi, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar and Keshab Mahanta, Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology and Information Technology.  

During her visit to the IIT Guwahati campus, Murmu will inaugurate ‘Param Kamrupa’ supercomputer facility and a high power active and passive component laboratory ‘Sameer’.  

IIT Guwahati Director Prof TG Sitharam said, “It is our honour and pleasure to welcome the President of India Droupadi Murmu on her maiden visit to our campus. We are delighted that the 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.” 

President to virtually inaugurate medical college & hospital in Dhubri 

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 Droupadi Murmu. 

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