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JNU students accuse professor of sexual harassment, 11 complaints filed; probe underway

From Hindustan Times · () English

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  • Eleven Jawaharlal Nehru University students complained to the university’s Internal Complaints Committee, alleging that a professor made sexually inappropriate remarks during viva examinations.
  • The ICC began proceedings in May and has called several students to give statements, while the university administration has not responded to questions.
  • The complaint follows a previous JNU sexual harassment case in which senior professor Swaran Singh was dismissed, according to Hindustan Times.

Eleven students at Jawaharlal Nehru University have filed a sexual harassment complaint against a professor, accusing him of making inappropriate remarks during viva examinations in early May.

The complaint went to the university’s Internal Complaints Committee later that month. The committee began proceedings and called several students to record their statements, according to university sources. The university then entered a roughly 45-day semester break. When classes resumed in mid-July, discussion of the complaint resurfaced.

During viva examinations in the first week of May, the professor made inappropriate remarks with sexual connotations. In the second week of May, one student later shared her experience in an unofficial WhatsApp group which comprises only of students, prompting several others to come forward with similar allegations. He made remarks suggesting that he would award them extra marks if the students accepted his sexual advances.

· Unnamed sourceThe source described the allegations that prompted the complaint to JNU’s Internal Complaints Committee.

The allegations emerged after one student described her experience in an unofficial WhatsApp group for students during the second week of May. Several others then came forward with similar claims. A source told Hindustan Times that the professor allegedly made remarks with sexual connotations and suggested he would award extra marks if students accepted his sexual advances.

The JNU administration did not respond to questions from Hindustan Times. The complaint comes after the university took action in an earlier sexual harassment case. In April last year, JNU’s executive council dismissed four staff members, including senior professor Swaran Singh, who was accused of sexually harassing a Japanese official from the Embassy of Japan. An official familiar with that case said there was clear evidence against Singh and that the committee had conducted an extensive investigation, allowing both sides to present witnesses.

There was clear evidence against Singh, which led to his dismissal.

· Official familiar with the previous caseThe official described the evidence cited in the earlier JNU sexual harassment case.
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