The month-long reading day celebrations organised across the state is being extended nationwide this time, a release from the Panicker Foundation said here.
The celebrations will be held between June 19 to July 18.
Modi, who will be in Kochi for the inauguration of Kochi Metro, would inaugurate the'reading celebration' at 12.15 hrs, the release said.
Focus of this year's celebration would be to empower digital reading, the release added.
Panicker was a renowned educationist.