Hyderabad: The Telangana State Commission for Women (TGSCW), on Monday, November 9, summoned Aldas Janaiah, the Vice-Chancellor of Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University over sexual and mental harassment allegations levelled by an assistant professor.
The assistant professor alleged there has been no action against him despite filing a complaint with the police and the Women Safety Department.
At a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club on Saturday, November 7, she said that the harassment began when she approached him to seek an extension of her PhD.
The Vice-Chancellor acted in ways that made her feel extremely uncomfortable.
“If you had met 20 years earlier, I would have married you,” she said he told her, adding that he pressured her to leave her husband, who is currently working abroad.
When she refused his advances, she was transferred to Nizamabad, which she alleges came out of spite. “I will not stoop low for favours. I would not sacrifice my self-respect for a transfer,” the assistant professor said, her voice choking with emotion.
She told the press that she hesitated at first to talk about the mental and sexual harassment.
An assistant professor has alleged sexual and mental harassment from Aldas Janaiah, the Vice-Chancellor of Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agricultural University.
At a press conference at the Hyderabad Press Club, she said that the harassment began when she approached him to… pic.twitter.com/OhQtITIjic
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Vice Chancellor Aldas Janaiah will appear before the Telangana State Commission for Women on Thursday, November 12.
Telangana Agriculture University professors support victim
The assistant professor has received immense support from her female and male colleagues, who have expressed concern and anger over the management’s handling of the case.
One of the protestors said that a few non-teaching and teaching staff have been suspended. “Just because he (Vice-Chancellor) is in a higher position, there is no action. The state government should take cognisance of this serious matter,” the protesting faculty member said.
“You transfer people if they do not listen to your whims and fancies? This is unfair,” she said.
“Where is the government’s bharosa of the so-called protection for women of Telangana?” she added.
