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The IIT Madras Director who failed JEE is now at the Centre of a cow-urine row and exam reforms
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The Indian Express
Prof V Kamakoti assumed charge as director, IIT Madras in 2022 (Image via IIT Madras video screengrab/Enhanced with AI)Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s comments about a “cow urine expert” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s examinations task force kicked up quite the political storm this week.
The Wayanad MP did not identify the ‘expert’ – the ‘gaumutra visheshhagya’, she called them – but many believe she was referring to IIT Madras Director Professor V Kamakoti.
The point was to question the credibility of people tasked with reforming the National Testing Agency, the central government body that conducts competitive exams, including the NEET-UG, or National Eligibility-Entrance Test, for admission to undergraduate medical courses.
Gandhi was astute enough not to name Kamakoti – one of six on the panel led by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani.
Others include ex-Intelligence Bureau chief Tapan Deka