Xavier’s VC on professor termination row: “We could have terminated her service, but her progress would have been difficult” | Education News,The Indian Express

In an interview with The Indian Express, Father Felix Raj, Vice-Chancellor of St. Xavier's University in Kolkata, said the university did so to "protect her career"

Denying allegations about forcing a professor to resign over swimsuit photos she posted on Instagram, Father Felix Raj, the Vice-Chancellor of Kolkata’s St. Xavier’s University told The Indian Express that the university could have “terminated” the teacher as she was on probation but did not to “protect her career”.

The teacher, who wished to remain anonymous, said that a “kangaroo court” was held with the administration on October 7 last year where she was “intimidated, bullied and taunted with sexually coloured remarks”. Raj denied this and said the teacher accepted giving students access to her Instagram and apologised for the same before the inquiry committee.

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A former female professor has alleged that the university forced her to resign over her Instagram photos…

St Xavier’s did not force anyone to resign. When someone is on probation, if the university is dissatisfied, either of the two sides can give notice and end the relationship. The teacher concerned was on probation and had completed just two months (at St. Xavier’s). If the institution wanted, it could have terminated her services. But as a Jesuit institution, we always look out for our teachers and students. We wanted to protect her career.

https://indianexpress.com/article/education/st-xaviers-vc-on-professor-resignation-row-in-a-sacred-institution-we-need-to-be-sacred-8100851/


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