Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), will arrive in Gujarat for a three-day visit.
Mr Ghebreyesus will arrive in Rajkot on April 18 and stay overnight before joining PM Modi on Tuesday in Jamnagar for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM), according to Rajkot Collector Arun Mahesh Babu on Sunday.
According to him, the GCTM will be the world’s first and only global outpost centre for traditional medicine.
On Wednesday, Mr Ghebreyesus will be in Gandhinagar, where PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit. The three-day Summit, being organised at Mahatma Mandir, will have around 90 eminent speakers and 100 exhibitors, officials said.
The Summit will help to identify investment opportunities and will boost the wellness industry’s innovation, R&D, and start-up ecosystem. According to them, it will help bring together industry leaders, academicians, and scholars, as well as serve as a platform for future collaborations.
Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will also arrive in Rajkot on Monday, and will be greeted with cultural events at the airport and along the route of his cavalcade from the airport, according to Rajkot Mayor Pradip Dav.
Several cultural events have been planned in their honour, according to Mr Dav.