Is IIT Bombay’s ‘Garbhavigyan’ Lecture a Reflection of the ‘Saffronisation’ of Educational Campuses?
Students and faculty see IIT Bombay’s ‘Garbhavigyan’ lecture by Ayurveda ‘expert’ Acharya Mehul Shastri as “propaganda to push Hindutva ideology on the campus.” A senior faculty member told Frontline that “College campuses are meant for debates and discussions on ideas with a scientific base. But such events appear to perpetuate a certain ideology in a subtle way,” said the professor.
Students and faculty see IIT Bombay’s ‘Garbhavigyan’ lecture by Ayurveda ‘expert’ Acharya Mehul Shastri as “propaganda to push Hindutva ideology on the campus.” A senior faculty member told Frontline that “College campuses are meant for debates and discussions on ideas with a scientific base. But such events appear to perpetuate a certain ideology in a subtle way,” said the professor.
