President on two-day Karnataka visit from tomorrow

President Pranab Mukherjee will commence a two-day visit to Karnataka on Monday and he will attend the centenary celebrations of the University of Mysore.

Police have made elaborate security arrangements in Bengaluru and Mysuru.

Mr. Mukherjee will address a gathering of students at the University of Mysore, from where he will proceed to Bengaluru to inaugurate the celebrations to commemorate 100 years of the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) at the Banquet Hall of the Vidhana Soudha on Monday.

The President will also be dedicating a renovated heritage building and Magneto Encephalography Research Centre of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, to the nation on July 28.

The president will also attend the second annual convocation of the Central University of Karnataka at Kalaburagi on Tuesday.

Governor Vajubhai R. Vala, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Ministers in the State Government, MPs from Karnataka would attend the functions during his two-day visit, according to official sources.