Shah to attend AIIMS Rishikesh convocation tomorrow

All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh is going to observe its second convocation on Saturday. For this, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been invited as the chief guest of the convocation which will be presided over by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan.

Rishikesh (Uttarakhand): Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the second convocation of AIIMS Rishikesh on Saturday, the institute's director said.

Those attending the convocation would have to go through a thermal screening in view of the coronavirus threat, AIIMS Rishikesh Director Ravikant told reporters here on Friday.

Shah will be the chief guest of the convocation which will be presided over by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan, while Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat will be the special guest, he said.

During the convocation, 252 students will be conferred with degrees and 132 with certificates by Shah, Ravikant said.