IIM Calcutta Appoints Saibal Chattopadhyay as New Director-in-Charge, Get Details Here

IIM Calcutta Appoints Saibal Chattopadhyay as New Director-in-Charge, Get Details Here

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New Delhi, Updated on Jan 17, 2024 11:06 IST

The IIM Calcutta appointed the next senior-most faculty member Professor Saibal Chattopadhyay as the director-in-charge with immediate effect. Know details here 

IIM Calcutta Appoints Saibal Chattopadhyay as New Director-in-Charge

IIM Calcutta Appoints Saibal Chattopadhyay as New Director-in-Charge

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has announced the appointment of Professor Saibal Chattopadhyay as the new director-in-charge. Professor Chattopadhyay, being the next senior-most faculty member, will assume the responsibilities of the director with immediate effect. Earlier, IIM-C removed its director-in-charge Sahadeb Sarkar following a sexual harassment complaint against him. 

The institute, in a statement issued late on Tuesday evening, said it took an action against Sarkar based on the recommendation of the internal complaints committee (ICC) and the allegations are being probed. 

As per IE reports, the institute stated, “The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the institute has been in receipt of a written complaint under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) against the then Director-in-Charge Professor Sahadeb Sarkar. The ICC has ascertained that prima facie the complaint warrants a formal inquiry and communicated the same to the Board of Governors (BoG).” 

On January 6, 2024, a special meeting of the Board of Governors at the IIM-C was convened. During this meeting, the board reviewed and accepted the recommendation of the Institutional Complaints Committee (ICC). According to the decision, Professor Sahadeb Sarkar is not to continue in the position of Director-in-Charge. 

Furthermore, he is to be removed from any other administrative role at IIM Calcutta during the ongoing formal inquiry before the ICC and any subsequent proceedings or matters related to it. 

Sarkar's removal marks the third instance in the past three years where an IIM director has stepped down from their position before completing their designated tenure. Earlier, Uttam Kumar Sarkar resigned as director in August 2023 after serving only two years of his five-year term. In March 2021, the then director Anju Seth resigned during the fourth year of her tenure. 

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