Prez to attend convocation of Visva Bharati University in Nov

Kolkata: President Ram Nath Kovind will attend the annual convocation of Visva Bharati University on November 11, it said on Wednesday.

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Kovind will be the guest-in-chief of the convocation programme to be held at 'Amrakunja' in the campus of the university founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the central varsity said in a statement.

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Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had attended the convocation of the premier institution.

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(PTI)