Jamshedpur, Dec. 15 -- Preparations have started for President Draupadi Murmu's Jamshedpur visit on December 29, during which she will chair the centenary celebrations of the Santhali script Ol Chiki in Karandih and the 15th convocation ceremony of the National Institute of Technology (NIT), officials said on Monday.

On Monday, Seraikela-Kharsawan district deputy commissioner (DC) Nitish Kumar Singh, superintendent of police (SP) Mukesh Lunayat, and other officials inspected the NIT-Jamshedpur campus in Adityapur in view of the President's visit.

"The President's programme will be of one hour duration, during which she will address the students and hand over gold medals to one B.Tech and one M.Tech girl student. Jharkhand governor Santo...