The HRD Ministry has written to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, seeking its intervention in the ongoing row over the name of a metro station outside the IIT-Delhi's campus.
The premier engineering institute has objected to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) selling the branding rights of the IIT Metro station to FIITJEE, a private coaching school and moved court last month.
"The naming of the metro station is giving the false impression that it is coaching engineering aspirants in association with IIT-Delhi and we have asked the MoHUA to ensure that the general public is not misled by the association of a coaching institute with IIT-Delhi," a senior HRD Ministry official said.
A senior DMRC official, when contacted, said, "The matter is sub judice, so we will not comment at the moment."
The DMRC, in a statement, said that, "It had not done anything illegal in the matter."
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