A West Bengal university professor, facing controversy after a video surfaced showing her in a classroom “marriage” with a student, has offered her resignation. A senior official stated on Tuesday that the professor, head of the Applied Psychology department at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), cited an inability to continue her association with the university due to the incident.
The video, which went viral on January 28, depicts the professor performing Hindu Bengali marriage rituals with a first-year student. The incident caused significant uproar.
MAKAUT Registrar Partha Pratim Lahiri told PTI that the professor emailed the office, expressing her inability to continue at the university because of the video’s circulation and its resulting mental distress. The email, received February 1, also thanked MAKAUT for past opportunities, Lahiri stated. The university is currently processing the resignation.
The video was filmed in a classroom at MAKAUT’s Haringhata campus. While the professor initially claimed it was a psycho-drama project staged with consent, a five-member inquiry panel of female faculty members refuted this, describing it as an inappropriate “cheap skit” for a senior teacher, according to Officiating Vice-Chancellor Tapash Chakraborty.
The professor had previously alleged a colleague leaked the video to sabotage her career and planned legal action to address the damage to her reputation. She was placed on leave on January 29th.
The university has not yet responded to the resignation. Attempts to reach the professor for comment were unsuccessful.
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