Harassment: Coimbatore students boycott classes

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

COIMBATORE: Students of Sree Narayana Guru College at KG Chavadi on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Wednesday boycotted their classes and staged a protest on the campus demanding action against an assistant professor who allegedly harassed two girls.“On Saturday, the assistant professor of biotechnology department called the students to discuss their mini project. He said the assistant professor had been dismissed from the college. When the students went to his room, he verbally abused them,” said one of the students who had participated in the protest.A guide would be appointed to every group of students who are doing mini projects, and the assistant professor, M Manikanadan, was guiding these students, the student added.“It was not the first time that the assistant professor was behaving in such a way with the girl students. The students said they wanted the management to conduct a transparent inquiry and take a serious action in such a manner that the assistant professor would not repeat it again.When contacted, college principal M Ilangovan said the college had conducted an inquiry shortly after receiving the complaint from the students. He had behaved in a similar manner with other students too, but no complaints were registered against him then,” said another student.The students alleged that other faculty members were trying to silence the issue.

COIMBATORE: Students of Sree Narayana Guru College at KG Chavadi on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Wednesday boycotted their classes and staged a protest on the campus demanding action against an assistant professor who allegedly harassed two girls.“On Saturday, the assistant professor of biotechnology department called the students to discuss their mini project. When the students went to his room, he verbally abused them,” said one of the students who had participated in the protest.A guide would be appointed to every group of students who are doing mini projects, and the assistant professor, M Manikanadan, was guiding these students, the student added.“It was not the first time that the assistant professor was behaving in such a way with the girl students. He had behaved in a similar manner with other students too, but no complaints were registered against him then,” said another student.The students alleged that other faculty members were trying to silence the issue. The students said they wanted the management to conduct a transparent inquiry and take a serious action in such a manner that the assistant professor would not repeat it again.When contacted, college principal M Ilangovan said the college had conducted an inquiry shortly after receiving the complaint from the students. He said the assistant professor had been dismissed from the college.

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