NEW DELHI: The tourism ministry's marquee event to draw international buyers to India has run into a scheduling glitch. The inaugural India Tourism Mart (ITM), a high-profile hospitality industry event jointly organised by the tourism ministry and the Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism and Hospitality (FAITH) from September 16 to 18 has been booted out of Vigyan Bhavan to Hotel Ashok, the same days on which RSS will hold a three-day lecture series where Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat , among others, will address a select gathering.The proposal to hold the India Travel Mart at Vigyan Bhavan was mooted by the tourism ministry and its minister KJ Alphons had written to PM Modi inviting him to inaugurate the event on September 17. Sources confirmed to TOI that the organisers had booked the entire Vigyan Bhavanfor the ITM.A formal announcement of the business-to-business Mart was to be made on August 16. However, it was deferred to August 24 following the death of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.The announcement of RSS's lecture series from September 17-19, on the other hand, was made on August 27, three days after ITM was announced. It is learnt that the RSS event will be held inone of the rooms that would have accommodated the ITM events.With less than 10 days to the event, organisers were informed that they must shift the venue to Hotel Ashok for "security reasons", citing "prior bookings". Sources said labour ministry's Vishwakarma Day 'Shram Awards' on September 17, where Modi is chief guest, has also been accommodated since ITM was shifted.Over 200 international buyers have confirmed their participation in the ITM. The last-minute change has thrown the event planning out of gear. The ITM's pre-event programmes on September 16 have now been moved to Maurya hotel due to unavailability of the Ashok banquet hall. Organisers also said they were struggling to accommodate a rainproof hanger on the Ashok lawns, smaller than the one originally planned for Vigyan Bhavan.Miffed sections of the industry called the last-minute change "unprofessional" and "not the right way to market Incredible India".