President Droupadi Murmu begins maiden two-day visit to Mizoram today

President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in Mizoram on Thursday on her maiden two-day visit to the Northeastern state.

Murmu is scheduled to land at the Lengpui airport near Aizawl at 1.50 pm, from where she will fly to Mizoram University (MZU) at Tanhril on the western outskirts of the state capital by helicopter to attend its convocation, officials said.

More than 6,800 students will be conferred with degrees, including PhD (38) and M.Phil (six), they said.

This is Murmu's first visit to Mizoram after becoming the president. She had visited the state for the presidential poll campaign on July 7.

Murmu will inaugurate various education-related projects, including the permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC-Aizawl), officials said.

The president will also inaugurate and lay foundation stones of various projects of the Centre and the state government, they said.

After gracing the MZU convocation, the president will also interact with woman students, and me