K Gupta likely to take interim charge of IIT-Delhi

IIT-Delhi's board of governors is said to have proposed the name of K Gupta as its interim director as the HRD Ministry is set to relieve incumbent R Shevgaonkar of his duty.

Gupta, a faculty member of IIT Delhi's mechanical engineering department, is one of the senior most professors on the campus and could take charge as Shevgaonkar's notice period, following his resignation, ends on June 11.

However, as Gupta is on leave, the board has suggested the name of Anshul Kumar of the computer science department to take charge till Gupta resumes duty, sources in the HRD Ministry said. The Ministry, which is all set to forward the relieve order of Shevgaonkar to the President for approval, had asked the board last week to propose the names of the candidates to replace the present director, who would be moving back to IIT- Bombay as a faculty soon.

Shevgaonkar had resigned last December amid reports that he was under pressure from the Ministry on a controversial move to set up an International Institute of Technology Research Academy (IITRA) in Mauritius.

An MoU was signed between IIT-Delhi and Mauritius Research Council for setting up of the academy. The Ministry had delayed accepting his resignation even as the board of governors in March this year recommended to the Ministry to accept his resignation. 

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