Panel to study benefits of cow derivatives - Daily News & Analysis

The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has constituted a 19-member panel, including members of the RSS, VHP and the ex-CSIR chief, to conduct a scientifically validated research on cow-derivatives, including its urine, and their benefits.

IIT-Delhi Director V Ramagopal Rao will also be a part of the panel, which will be headed by Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan. IIT-Delhi had last year organised a workshop to discuss the benefits of panchgayva — a concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd and ghee — in various spheres such as nutrition, health and agriculture.

The project is being called SVAROP, which stands for 'Scientific Validation and Research on Panchgavya'. The project is being conducted by the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, in collaboration with IIT-Delhi.

The job of the panel will be to work on the scientific validation of Panchgavya for medicines and health purposes. The committee working for it will include the secretaries of the Departments of Science and Technology, Biotechnology, and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and scientists from IIT-Delhi. It also has three members of Vijnana Bharati and 'Go-Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra', outfits affiliated to the RSS and the VHP.

Confirming the development, a VHP member said: "We have been working on cow derivatives for a long time in our centres at Nagpur. This government panel will just give more credibility to the research."

Vijay Bhatkar, the president of Delhi-based Vijnana Bharati, an RSS-affiliated body, is the co-chairman of the committee. Known as the architect of the Param series of supercomputers, Bhatkar is also the Chancellor of the Nalanda University in Rajgir, Bihar.

The other two RSS-VHP-linked members of the panel are A. Jayakumar, secretary general of Vijnana Bharati, and Sunil Mansinghka of the Nagpur-based Go-Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra.

RSS-VHP MEMBERS

• Vijay Bhatkar, the president of Vijnana Bharati, an RSS-affiliated body, is the committee’s co-chairman.
• RSS-VHP-linked A. Jayakumar and Sunil Mansinghka are also part of the panel.

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