Uttarakhand
President on Uttarakhand Visit
- 23 Apr 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
President Droupadi Murmu will be on a two-day tour of Uttarakhand.
Key Points
- During her visit:
- The President will attend Ganga aarti and the fourth convocation of AIIMS in Rishikesh.
- She will grace the convocation ceremony of officer trainees of the Indian Forest Service (2022 batch) at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun.
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
- It was established in 1956 as an institution of national importance by an Act of Parliament with the objectives of developing patterns of teaching in Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of Medical Education in India.
- It aims to bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the training of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and to attain self-sufficiency in Post-graduate Medical Education.
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
- It is a forest service training institute under the Ministry of Environment and Forests of India, which was originally as Indian Forest College, established in 1938 for training of senior forest officers.
- It is situated in the New Forest campus of Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.
