New Delhi [India], June 4 (NT): President Ram Nath Kovind, will take the chair over a two-day Conference of Governors and Lt. Governors today and tomorrow, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

It is noted that this will be the 49th such Conference to be held in Rashtrapati Bhavan and the second Conference to be supervised over by President Kovind.

Worth mentioning here The first Conference of Governors was held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 1949. It was headed over by C. Rajagopalachari, then the Governor General of India.

The two-day 2018 Conference will talk about important thematic issues in various sessions.

Today, the Conference will start with the inaugural address by the President.

The second session will make out briefings and presentations on flagship programmes of the Government of India and on internal security.

Presentations will be made by the Vice Chairman and the CEO of NITI Aayog as well as by the National Security Advisor. In this session Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address the gathering.

The third session will base on the theme of higher education in state universities and skill development for employability. According to ANIThe Governor of Gujarat will be the convenor of this session. For this session, presentations will be made by the Secretary, Higher Education and the Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.