The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, has received 50 proposals from various academic and research institutes to study the benefits of cow urine and milk under the SVAROP program, the government said on Wednesday.
At a comprehensive workshop held at IIT, Y S Chowdary, the Minister of State in the Science and Technology Ministry, spoke about the concept ideas/proposals related to the SVAROP programme, including the research and development (R&D) component on cow derivatives.
SVAROP stands for Scientific Validation And Research On ‘Panchgavya’ ( a concoction of cow dung, cow urine, milk, curd, and ghee). “Consequently, about 50 Research and Development (R&D) proposals have been received by IIT-D from various academic and research institutes besides voluntary organizations,” the minister said.
The government has formed a national steering committee (NSC) to initiate the SVAROP program.
The committee comprises secretaries of scientific departments, senior scientists and three members linked to the RSS and VHP. Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan is the chairman of the NSC and Vijay Bhatkar is the co-chairman. Known as an architect of the Param supercomputer series, Bhaskar is also linked to the RSS-affiliated Vijyan Bharti.
