President Ram Nath Kovind to attend the convocation ceremony at NIT Rourkela on March 21

President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the convocation ceremony at NIT Rourkela as the chief guest, official sources said. President Kovind will visit the premier institute on March 21, and visit Konark temple the next day, the sources said.

The programme at NIT Rourkela is set to begin at 10 am on March



21, and the president would be delivering the convocation address on the occasion.

Among others, Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal, Union Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan and state Health and Family Welfare Minister N K Das are also expected to attend the convocation at NIT Rourkela.