President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday delivered an address on the eve of the fourth foundation day of the Central University of Orissa from the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi via videoconferencing. He is the Visitor of the Central University of Orissa, which is holding a special convocation on Saturday.
The videoconference was arranged at the National Informatics Centre, Bhubaneswar, where the university’s Vice-Chancellor Prof Surabhi Banerjee, Registrar Prof AK Mishra, faculty and students were present. In her welcome address Prof Banerjee outlined the academic developments and goals of the university.
The President said it was for the first time that he was addressing a Central University through videoconferencing. He emphasised on character building by quoting Mahatma Gandhi. He praised the Central University of Orissa for developing remarkably in a short time. Recently, the university was awarded the Best Emerging University in the Tribal Area-2023. He also remembered his visit to the university for its first convocation.