The President leaves on a two nation tour of Switzerland and Austria on Friday. Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil will hold bilateral meetings with President of Swiss confederation Mrs Micheline Calmy-Rey and President of Austria Mr. Heinz Fischer and other top leaders to discuss issues of mutual, regional and international importance. Minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla and a 45-member business delegation will also accompany the President.

Briefing media, Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs M.Ganpaty said in New Delhi that the Mrs. Patil will also unveil the bust of Gurudev Rabindernath Tagore in the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.