Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a swipe at the Galgotias University for showcasing a China-made robot dog as its own invention. While the Galgotias University has apologized, saying that the professor, Neha Singh, who had presented the RoboDog was “ill-informed” about the technical origins of the product, Omar Abdullah appeared to back her, accusing the university of shifting the blame onto the professor for its own mistake.
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“When that doesn’t work you throw an employee under the bus & blame them for everything to save your own skin. Thank heavens this wasn’t the education I received,” he further said.
The J&K chief minister was referring to the university statement in which it said that Professor Neha Singh, in her “enthusiasm of being on camera”, gave “factually incorrect information”. The Greater Noida-based university said Neha Singh was not authorized to speak.
Galgotias University said, ‘We at Galgotias University wish to apologize profusely for the confusion created at the recent Al Summit. One of our representatives, manning the pavilion, was ill-informed. She was not aware of the technical origins of the product and in her enthusiasm of being on camera, gave factually incorrect information even though she was not authorized to speak to the press.”
What did Neha Singh say after controversy?
When Professor Neha Singh had introduced the RoboDog as ‘Orion’, saying it “has been developed by the Center of Excellence at Galgotias University”.
As a controversy erupted, Neha Singh was questioned about the huge row and she said, “The controversy happened because things may not have been expressed clearly and the intent may not have been properly understood.”
Terming it as “misinterpretation” of words she used, she said, “Your 6 can be my 9. Whatever I wanted to say, I probably couldn’t say it very clearly because of the fear of the society or because of the buzz or noise. And what you want to understand is that perhaps your success did not last long. [What I want to say, perhaps I wasn’t able to express very well – either due to a lack of time or because of the noise and commotion around us. And what you wanted to understand, perhaps you did not give it enough patience]”
In another post, Omar Abdullah said, “Your 6 is my 9. I have to remember to use that somewhere 😀”
Meanwhile, Neha Singh’s LinkedIn profile now shows that she is ‘Open to Work’.
