AHMEDABAD: A Chemistry professor, Vashisht Bhatt, who has been accused of sexually harassing a doctorate student used to be suspended after the internal criticism committee of the Gujarat University discovered him in charge.
Based at the document of the internal criticism committee, a syndicate of the University which met on Wednesday suspended Bhatt.
The committee additionally ordered a division inquiry headed via a retired judge or a senior recommend.
The Gujarat University had ordered investigation of the assistant professor who used to be accused of sexually harassing a doctoral student. Bhatt’s were barred entry to the university campus until the end of the probe
The student, who is pursuing her doctorate underneath Bhatt’s steerage, had complained to college authorities and to the university’s WDC that the professor had attempted to sexually harass her at a resort in Ahmedabad. All CCTV footages of the department where he labored and the resort in query had been tested, stated a senior GU professional.
The incident came about on March 20 and the lady student complained about Bhatt to WDC and the top of the department on March 23. The WDC has met the coed and the accused professor twice to research the topic.
The committee used to be additionally asked to look into the allegations made via some other girl student, additionally pursuing her doctorate underneath Bhatt’s steerage, who got here forward and turned into a co-complainant in this topic. She too has accused the professor of having made sexual advances towards her.
The ICC during the hearing took statements of the 2 scholars and others who had been involved. The committee additionally scanned the entire video footages or even sought the CCTV of the resort where the lady alleged that she used to be taken. The ICC discovered that the lady used to be being ended in the resort room which used to be sufficient to establish the fact. After going throughout the evidence, the committee discovered the professor in charge.
The committee has now ordered a departmental inquiry both via a retired judge or a senior counsel. The departmental inquiry will glance into the behaviour of the professor from the day he used to be appointed. Moreover, the committee may even read about if the professor used to be keen on different such incidents or no longer.
Based at the document of the internal criticism committee, a syndicate of the University which met on Wednesday suspended Bhatt.
The committee additionally ordered a division inquiry headed via a retired judge or a senior recommend.
The Gujarat University had ordered investigation of the assistant professor who used to be accused of sexually harassing a doctoral student. Bhatt’s were barred entry to the university campus until the end of the probe
The student, who is pursuing her doctorate underneath Bhatt’s steerage, had complained to college authorities and to the university’s WDC that the professor had attempted to sexually harass her at a resort in Ahmedabad. All CCTV footages of the department where he labored and the resort in query had been tested, stated a senior GU professional.
The incident came about on March 20 and the lady student complained about Bhatt to WDC and the top of the department on March 23. The WDC has met the coed and the accused professor twice to research the topic.
The committee used to be additionally asked to look into the allegations made via some other girl student, additionally pursuing her doctorate underneath Bhatt’s steerage, who got here forward and turned into a co-complainant in this topic. She too has accused the professor of having made sexual advances towards her.
The ICC during the hearing took statements of the 2 scholars and others who had been involved. The committee additionally scanned the entire video footages or even sought the CCTV of the resort where the lady alleged that she used to be taken. The ICC discovered that the lady used to be being ended in the resort room which used to be sufficient to establish the fact. After going throughout the evidence, the committee discovered the professor in charge.
The committee has now ordered a departmental inquiry both via a retired judge or a senior counsel. The departmental inquiry will glance into the behaviour of the professor from the day he used to be appointed. Moreover, the committee may even read about if the professor used to be keen on different such incidents or no longer.
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