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

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.

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 members of self-help groups at the varsity.

She will also attend a cultural programme at Raj Bhavan in the evening.