Iit Delhi Director Resignation

Union minister Smriti Irani today broke her silence on the controversial resignation of Anil Kakodkar from the IIT-Bombay's board of governors, indicating that it followed his attempt to bend the rules during the selection of IIT directors. Mr Kakodkar, she said, had "felt slighted" when it was pointed out.

The faculty forum of IIT-Delhi has passed a resolution strongly backing its Director Raghunath Shevgaonkar in the wake of his resignation from the post a few days back citing some "unforeseen situations".

IIT Director R Shevgaonkar, whose resignation last week had triggered a controversy, today attributed his decision to quit to some "unforeseen situations".

The government has denied that it pressured IIT Delhi director RK Shevgaonkar, whose resignation two years before his term was to end was linked by a section of the media to matters involving cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

The Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, RK Shevgaonkar, has submitted his resignation citing personal reasons and it has been forwarded to the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the Chairman of IIT Delhi, Vijay Bhatkar, has told NDTV.

Sachin Tendulkar said he was appalled by media reports that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi director was forced to resign following pressure from the ministry of human resource development to provide the IIT ground for a cricket academy that Tendulkar was keen on opening in the city.

Union minister Smriti Irani today broke her silence on the controversial resignation of Anil Kakodkar from the IIT-Bombay's board of governors, indicating that it followed his attempt to bend the rules during the selection of IIT directors. Mr Kakodkar, she said, had "felt slighted" when it was pointed out.

The faculty forum of IIT-Delhi has passed a resolution strongly backing its Director Raghunath Shevgaonkar in the wake of his resignation from the post a few days back citing some "unforeseen situations".

IIT Director R Shevgaonkar, whose resignation last week had triggered a controversy, today attributed his decision to quit to some "unforeseen situations".

The government has denied that it pressured IIT Delhi director RK Shevgaonkar, whose resignation two years before his term was to end was linked by a section of the media to matters involving cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.

The Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, RK Shevgaonkar, has submitted his resignation citing personal reasons and it has been forwarded to the Ministry of Human Resources Development, the Chairman of IIT Delhi, Vijay Bhatkar, has told NDTV.

Sachin Tendulkar said he was appalled by media reports that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi director was forced to resign following pressure from the ministry of human resource development to provide the IIT ground for a cricket academy that Tendulkar was keen on opening in the city.