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HRD ministry receives Roopanwal commission report on Vemula’sdeath New Delhi, Aug 24 (PTI) Union HRD minister PrakashJavadekar today said that his ministry has received in a"sealed" cover the Roopanwal commission report on the death ofHyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula and will implementits recommendations after studying them. Asked about reports that the report has held that Vemulawas not a ‘dalit’, Javadekar said he could not comment as hehas not read the report yet. The HRD minister said the report was with the UGC and hadcome today in a sealed cover. "The sealed report has been received and we will open ittoday to see what are the recommendations. The main issue isthat such happening should not happen in the education world.No student should commit suicide and how such incidents shouldbe prevented needs to be learnt. We will also share an actionplan in this regard," Javadekar said. Asked why the report was not directly submitted to theministry, Javadekar said it could be because the concernedofficer who was serving the Commission was with the UGC. The HRD minister when asked about whether he had metJustice Roopanwal, said he had not. Sources said that among the recommendations of thecommission are measures to create support mechanism forstudents and also augmenting of grievance redressal systems ineducational institutes. PTI ADS RGDIP