It also has three members of Vigyan Bharti and 'Go- Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra', outfits affiliated to RSS and VHP. It will cover "scientific validation of 'Panchagavya' for medicines and health, scientific validation of 'Panchagavya' and its products for agriculture applications, scientific validation of 'Panchagavya' for food and nutrition and scientific validation of Panchagavya based utility product," the circular says. Bhatkar confirmed to PTI the creation of the panel, and said it is tasked with selecting projects that scientifically validate research on indigenous cow and also the panchagayva. The other two RSS-VHP-linked members of the panel are A Jayakumar, secretary general of Vigyan Bharti, and Sunil Mansinghka of the Nagpur-based Go Vigyan Anusandhan Kendra. Mansinghka also claims that his organisation has six patents related to research on cows and has collaborated with CSIR in the past.

Source: dna July 16, 2017 14:37 UTC