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The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) said that Sahadeb Sarkar, who served as the acting director until last week, was dismissed due to a sexual harassment case against him.
Before a permanent director could be appointed, Sarkar was required to step down from his position. Previously, regular directors such as Uttam Kumar Sarkar and Anju Seth had also resigned before their terms were completed.
The IIM announced at a media release that its internal complaints committee (ICC) had received a written complaint against the then director-in-charge, Sahadeb Sarkar, under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act).
"The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of the institute received a written complaint under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act) against the then Director-in-Charge professor Sahadeb Sarkar. After ascertaining that the complaint prima facie warrants a formal inquiry, the ICC communicated this to the Board of Governors (BoG)," stated the institute.
"On January 6, 2024, the Board of Governors at IIM-C held a special meeting, where they accepted the ICC's recommendation to not let Professor Sahadeb Sarkar continue as Director-in-Charge. They decided to remove him from the said post and any other positions where he has administrative charges at IIM Calcutta, pending an official inquiry before the ICC and any subsequent or related proceedings," it said.
Who is Sahadeb Sarkar?
Professor Sahadeb Sarkar is the Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. He is a part of the Operations Management Group at the institute and was appointed as Director-in-Charge as per the IIM Act 2017.
Prof. Sarkar holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Iowa State University, USA, and joined IIM Calcutta in 1997. Before this, he was an Associate Professor with tenure at Oklahoma State University, USA, and has also served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA.
In terms of academics, Prof. Sarkar has a rich educational background with a Ph.D. from the Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, USA, and a B. Stat. and M. Stat. from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India. He has taught various courses at IIM Calcutta, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA, and Oklahoma State University, USA.
Prof. Sarkar has received several awards including the 23rd and 17th Dewang Mehta Business School Award for “Best Teacher in Operations Management” and the George W. Snedecor Award in Statistics for being the most outstanding Ph.D. candidate in statistics from the Statistical Laboratory, Iowa State University.
His consulting interests lie in Business Analytics, Business Forecasting, Financial Data Analytics, and Marketing Data Analytics.
Prof. Sarkar has held various positions at IIM Calcutta including the PGDBA Chairman, PGP Chairman, and Group Coordinator of the Operations Management Group. He has also held positions at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA, and Oklahoma State University, USA.
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