St Xavier’s University: Female faculty reportedly forced to quit over Instagram pics

A female Assitant Professor of St. Xavier’s University (SXU) Kolkata was reportedly forced to resign over a complaint by a guardian about her Instagram photos.

As per reports, an Assitant Professor of St Xavier’s University (SXU) Kolkata was forced to resign from her post after a guardian of her student complaint about her ‘objectionable’ and ‘inappropriate’ photos on Instagram.

Nandini Guha, the former Assitant Professor at SXU, has alleged that the university authorities forced her to quit and the process in which she was made to resign amounted to sexual harassment and deliberate character assassination. 

“There were two pictures of me in a blue swimsuit taken in my room which I had posted as an Instagram Story in June 2021, nearly two months before joining SXU. There was no way those photos could be still accessible since an Instagram Story, by default, is live for only 24 hours. Moreover, my Instagram profile is ‘private’ and not ‘public’, thus only those whom I accept as my followers can view my posts and pictures. Those two pictures could not have been viewed by the said student in October, 2021,” said Guha, as reported by Live Wire.

“It is a mystery to me till date how the university accessed those pictures. I felt so distressed and humiliated at that moment that I couldn’t bear to examine the rest of the pictures. I was in a meeting where my private pictures were being circulated among people unknown to me, without my consent,” she added.  

She is a PhD from two European universities and an alumna of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and Jadavpur University. She joined SXU as an assistant professor in English on August 9, 2021.

The SXU has reportedly refused to comment anything on the matter but said that she resigned voluntarily.

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