LUCKNOW: President Ram Nath Kovind will participate in the diamond jubilee celebrations of Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey UP Sainik School in Lucknow on August 27.
The President will be on a four-day visit to Uttar Pradesh from August 26.
During his visit to the country’s pioneer institution, Kovind will unveil a six-foot-tall bronze statue of former UP chief minister Sampurnanand.
The President will also inaugurate a 1,000 capacity auditorium named after Sampurnanand, a scholar of Sanskrit and Hindi, and founder of Sainik School in 1960.
During his hour-long stay, Kovind will also lay the foundation stone of a girl’s hostel with a capacity of 115, and of a design project that aims to double the students’ strength from existing 450 cadets to 900. Under the project, foundation stones will be laid for the administrative block, cadet mess, academic block and a hostel.
The four events, scheduled on August 27, will mark the completion of the school’s diamond jubilee celebrations. It will also be attended by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, governor Anandiben Patel, and deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma who holds the education portfolio.
The year-long celebrations that kicked off in July 2020 saw Adityanath taking lead in the festivity that marked 60 glorious years of the school.
Sanik school principal Colonel Rajesh Raghav said, “The two projects for which the foundation stones will be laid are part of the expansion plans of the diamond jubilee year.” The only Sainik School administered by the state government, will also release a stamp on the diamond jubilee year.
The President will also be the chief guest at the ninth convocation of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow on August 26.
On August 28, Kovind will leave for Gorakhpur, where he will lay the foundation of Ayush University and will also inaugurate a hospital of the Gorakhnath University. He will return to Lucknow the same day. On August 29, the President will go to Ayodhya on a special train and offer prayers at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple.
