IIT-Delhi’s Ramdev invite under scanner

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Ramdev and members of RSS’s Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram had attended the meeting on implementation of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in January this year along with other stakeholders and professors associated with the programme, including chairman of IIT Delhi Board of Governors, Vijay Bhatkar.

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The meeting, which saw discussions on importance of cows in addressing rural issues, had come at a time when the then IIT Delhi Director R Shevgaonkar had stepped down from his post amid allegations of interference by the HRD ministry.

While Union HRD minister Smriti Irani had consistently denied allegations of saffronisation of education, she spoke to RSS affiliated bodies Saturday on the Centre’s new education policy.

IIT Delhi has downplayed the presence of Ramdev. “He wanted to collaborate with rural development activities and we had invited him since he was in Delhi then. He also wanted to explore technologies which we wanted to establish in his clusters,” said Professor Virender Kumar Vijay from the Centre for Rural Development and Technology at IIT Delhi.

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