Oil and rapeseed meal of transgenic rapeseed have been consumed very extensively from 1996 onwards (outside India), if in spite of all this the material (GM mustard) is not released - that means we have fallen prey to whims and fancies of extreme ideologues.

Deepak Pental

Deepak Pental is a Professor of Genetics and the Ex Vice Chancellor at the University of Delhi. He is a noted researcher whose current research interests lie in development of transgenics and marker-assisted breeding of crops. He took charge of the post of Vice-chancellor of the University succeeding Professor Deepak Nayyar on 1 September 2005. As the VC, Pental has outlined his agenda to update the library system, work on teachers’ recruitment, increase student accommodation facilities and bring researchers working abroad to India.

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