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IIT Madras Director cow urine controversy

IIT Madras Director cow urine controversy

National · 11 updates

Priyanka Gandhi vs Anurag Thakur Over "Cow Urine Expert" Jab At IIT Professor

Prof Kamakoti is well known for his advocacy for the alleged medicinal benefits of cow urine.

'Gaumutra expert': Priyanka Gandhi questions inclusion of IIT Madras director in PM's exam reforms panel, BJP hits back

Responding to her remarks, BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused Gandhi of making an innocent face while covering up the wrongdoings of her own government's past.

Priyanka Gandhi vs Anurag Thakur over 'gau mutra' remark against IIT director

Priyanka Gandhi vs Anurag Thakur over 'gau mutra' remark against IIT director

Who is V Kamakoti? IIT-Madras director and exam task force member Priyanka Gandhi called a ‘gaumutra’ expert

IIT-Madras director V Kamakoti was recently conferred the Padma Shri award for his work in computer architecture research and national security.

‘Cow urine expert’: Priyanka Gandhi mocks IIT professor in Lok Sabha speech

215 Academics Slam Priyanka Gandhi's 'Cow Urine' Remark On IIT Professor

Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks during her speech in the Lok Sabha

Open letter slams Priyanka Gandhi's ‘gaumutra expert’ remark for IIT Madras director: ‘Among top tech brains of India’

Priyanka Gandhi's remark for the IIT-M director came as Kamakoti has claimed in the past that cow urine “has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties”.

Priyanka Gandhi’s ‘gaumutra expert’ jibe draws ire of over 200 academicians: ‘Mockery not a substitute’

Academics slam Priyanka Gandhi’s ‘gaumutra expert’ jibe aimed at IIT Madras director

Such political mockery bypasses substantive debate in favour of dismissive political caricatures, threatening the foundational principles of scientific temper enshrined in the Indian Constitution, says open letter

215 academicians slam Priyanka for 'gaumutra' remark

Over two hundred academicians have written an open letter criticizing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's remark. They stated that dismissing scholars with labels undermines the nation's scientific temper. The academicians defended the IIT Madras director's advocacy of cow urine's potential benefits. They emphasized that scientific temper involves objective examination of claims before acceptance. Mockery is not a substitute for reasoned engagement in public debate, they added.

14,000 academicians seek action over Priyanka's gau mutra remark on IIT-Madras chief

14,000 academicians seek action over Priyanka's gau mutra remark on IIT-Madras chief

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