New Delhi, July 30 -- Several vice chancellors, former vice chancellors and academicians from leading universities have written an open letter to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressing "deep disappointment" for allegedly describing V Kamakoti as a "gaumutra expert", saying such a characterisation undermines scholarly discourse and the spirit of scientific inquiry.

Among those who signed the letter are Sachin Chaturvedi, Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University; Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, JNU Vice Chancellor; Nageshwar Rao, former IGNOU VC; TG Sitharam, former director of IIT Guwahati; Amit Patra, director of IIT BHU, and around 210 others.

V Kamakoti is a member of a high-powered task force constituted by the Centre on examination ...