Eiffel Tower chief to step down after female staff were replaced during BAPS visit
SETE director-general Patrick Branco Ruivo will leave at the end of the year after an internal probe found "operational flaws" in handling a 5 September private visit by about 100 BAPS members who were in Paris for the new mandir's inauguration.
- The National
SETE director-general Patrick Branco Ruivo will leave at the end of the year after an internal probe found "operational flaws" in handling a 5 September private visit by about 100 BAPS members who were in Paris for the new mandir's inauguration. Women employees had been replaced by men during the visit.
BAPS said access was never denied to anyone and apologised to anyone affected. An independent probe later found BAPS had made no such request.
Why it matters
It was a reputational test for Hindu institutions in Europe days after France's first traditional mandir opened.
GK: did you know?
BAPS was founded in 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj at Bochasan, Gujarat.
