Never approached JNU faculty for recruitment citing deteriorating situation: IIT Delhi

new delhi: the indian institute of technology (iit) here on saturday denied approaching jnu faculty members for recruitment citing "deteriorating situation in the university".      an e-mail purportedly sent by iit-delhi director v ramgopal rao in december to the institutes' deans suggesting recruitment of jawaharlal nehru university (jnu) faculty went viral earlier this week.        "there are news items making rounds that iit-delhi is actively seeking to recruit faculty from jnu. this narrative is based on an e-mail i am supposed to have sent to heads of departments to encourage them to do so," rao said in a facebook post.    "any sane person would know that there is indeed very little overlap in research areas between jnu and iit-delhi. to say that iit is actively seeking faculty from jnu is far from truth and a dstorted way of looking at things," he added.        according to the e-mail purportedly sent by rao on december 19 last year, "i am receiving feelers from senior jnu faculty showing willingness to move to iit-delhi considering the deteriorating situation in jnu."    "it will be a pity, if we lose out on good talent because of any reason or perception," the said e-mail read.     the institute also issued an official statement on saturday denying the move.     "it is to clarify that iit-delhi has never approached faculty members of the 'specific' educational institution in the country to join us. recruitment for all positions is through an open advertisement process," it said.