India's first transgender principal Manobi Bandyopadhyay resigns
According to reports, citing non-cooperation from colleagues, staffers and students of the college, Manobi Bandyopadhyay sent the resignation letter to the District Magistrate (DM) of Nadia, Sumit Gupta, on Tuesday (Dec 27).
Accepting the news, Nadia DM Sumit Gupta said that the resignation letter has been forwarded to state's higher education department.
Meanwhile, professors, students and non-teaching staffers of Krishnanagar Women's College alleged that Manobi Bandyopadhyay's behaviour was rude and non-cooperative.
On June 9, 2015, she took charge as India's first transgender principal of Krishnanagar Women's College.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
Image: from Manobi Bandyopadhyay's Facebook profile.
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