Top Indian scientist Govardhan Mehta, who had been reportedly intially "denied", but later granted a US visa Saturday said he has cancelled plans to visit that country to deliver a lecture at a function organised by the University of Florida.
"I had cancelled my travel plans the very next day after being denied a visa and had informed the university of the same," Mehta, a former director of the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science, told PTI in Bangalore.
Reacting to the US government's decision to grant him a visa, he said, "I had been wronged. It is good that they have corrected the wrong done to me."
"There is nothing to be happy or sad. On the whole, it was not a good experience for me," Mehta, who was scheduled to fly to the US on Friday night, said.
"I appreciate the apology extended by the US ambassador to India on the issue but, as far as I am concerned, I think it is only the controversy that has been put to rest, not the issue," he said.
"The issue is a generic one and relates to the free interaction of scientists and their participation in various international activities without being subject to any such restriction or humiliation. It is not only an issue concerned with scientists in India, but all over the world," he said.
"The issue was not a personal one, but a generic one," Mehta reiterated.
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