Students from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and Italy registered for the Techfest after an invitation was sent to these countries through respective embassies. In the backdrop of the prevailing tension between India and Pakistan, the organisers of Techfest 2017 at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) have decided to not invite students from Pakistan for its science and technology festival to be held in December, organisers at IIT-B said. So there has been no e-mail, or any form of invitation sent to students from Pakistan. Another student, Himmat Singh Rajput, from IIT-B who is part of the organising team confirmed that this year IIT-B has not sent any invitation to Pakistan for the Techfest. IIT-B had claimed, that there was no proper response on part of the students from Pakistan.

Source: dna October 18, 2017 02:57 UTC