The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will visit West Bengal and Telangana on August 1 and 2, 2014.

On August 1, 2014, the President will inaugurate the new building of Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering and Technology at Narayanpur, Malda. He will also inaugurate the International Conference on Natural Fibres organized by the National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology at Kolkata on the same day.

On August 2, 2014, the President will address the Annual General Meeting of Indian Chamber of Commerce at Kolkata. On the same day, he will attend the 12th Convocation of NALSAR University of Law at Shameerpet, Telangana before returning to New Delhi.

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