President Ram Nath Kovind arrived at Biju Patnaik airport in Bhubaneswar. He will dedicate the Anand Bhawan Museum & Learning Centre, the ancestral house of Biju Babu, to the people of the Nation. This is his first visit to Odisha.

President Ram Nath Kovind is to deliver NLU (National Law University) Odisha 3rd Foundation Day lecture today.

Anand Bhawan Museum & Learning Centre is a commemorative plaque to the late Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. Prez Kovind is to dedicate it to the people of Odisha in Cuttack. On the same day, he will also deliver the third foundation day lecture at the National Law University, Cuttack.

 On March 17, 2018, the President will start his engagements by paying tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at his birthplace in Cuttack. 

On March 18, 2018, the President will also address the centenary celebrations of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan in Puri. 

On the same day, in Bhubaneswar, the President will grace the convocation of IIT Bhubaneswar as well as he will inaugurate the ICT-IOC (Institute of Chemical Technology –Indian Oil Corporation) Bhubaneswar campus. The President will also lay the foundation stone for the Skill Development Institute of Oil PSUs, before returning to Delhi.