Very less room for SC/ST scientists in biotech bodies

Scientists from regular caste (SC) and regular Tribes (ST) are grossly under-represented in scientific establishments funded by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), a Right To information questions by a scientist has found. Several of those establishments regarding meet the government prescribed criteria for reservation — V-J Day for SC and 75% for ST. However, the RTI responses perused by The Hindu show that posts of a person and tech....