Rk Shevgaonkar

The heads of some educational organisations have stepped down because of "personal reasons" and not because of pressure by the HRD ministry, the government said on Monday.

The otherwise peaceful IIT Delhi campus has been in the news for the past several months over the exit of its Director, R K Shevgaonkar, over run-ins with the new government.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Mauritius next month, he is unlikely to tour the IIT campus that has been set up on the island, said government sources.

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.

The heads of some educational organisations have stepped down because of "personal reasons" and not because of pressure by the HRD ministry, the government said on Monday.

The otherwise peaceful IIT Delhi campus has been in the news for the past several months over the exit of its Director, R K Shevgaonkar, over run-ins with the new government.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Mauritius next month, he is unlikely to tour the IIT campus that has been set up on the island, said government sources.

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.