Study on cow urine, milk to keep IIT Delhi busy?

IIT Delhi gets 50 research proposals to study benefits of cow urine, milk

New Delhi, August 3: The interest to scientifically study about the benefits of cow urine and milk is huge, if we take into consideration the number of proposals being received by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, recently.

The premier institute has received 50 proposals from different academic and research organisations to study the benefits of cow urine and milk under the SVAROP programme. This has been informed by the government on Wednesday.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, YS Chowdary, the Minister of State in the Science and Technology Ministry, said that at a brainstorming-cum-consultative workshop held at the IIT, concept ideas/proposals related to the SVAROP programme, including the research and development (R&D) component on cow derivatives, were discussed.

SVAROP is acronym for Scientific Validation And Research On 'Panchgavya' (concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd and ghee).

"Consequently, about 50 Research and Development (R&D) proposals have been received by IIT-Delhi from various academic and research institutes besides voluntary organisations," the minister said.

The government has constituted a national steering committee (NSC) to initiate the SVAROP programme.

The committee comprises secretaries of scientific departments, senior scientists and three members linked to the RSS and VHP.

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan is the chairman of the NSC and Vijay Bhatkar is the co-chairman. Known as an architect of the Param supercomputer series, Bhatkar is also linked to the RSS-affiliated Vijyan Bharti.

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