A senior official from the Ministry of Education while talking to Times of India called the notice disappointing and claimed that it intends to challenge it, arguing that GST should not be applied to government-funded research.
IIT-D students pooled in money and disbursed Rs 7000 each to 17 rickshaw-pullers on the campus amidst the coronavirus lockdown. This initiative eventually led the administration to establish a fund to help the underprivileged who depend upon the IIT for their livelihoods.