An IIT director’s attempt to link meat-eating with natural disasters has amplified concerns among sections of scientists about what they view as the changing ethos at research institutions headed by people aligned with the cultural ideology that the Modi govt represents
The Bhatnagar Prizes have traditionally been announced every year on September 26, the foundation day of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the organisation that gives away these awards.
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The IIT Mandi director asked students to not consume meat if they wanted to "become good human beings". "To become good human beings, what do you have to do? No to meat-eating! Yes or no?" he asked students during his speech.