A female professor at St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, was allegedly forced to resign after a student’s parent complained about photos from her private Instagram account.
The professor, Nandini Guha, was working as an assistant professor of English. She said she was shown a letter from a parent of a first-year male student who had found his son viewing her pictures online. The parent called the photos “objectionable, vulgar, and nearly nude,” and accused the professor of public indecency.
In the letter, the parent wrote, “I was shocked to see my son looking at pictures of his professor in undergarments. It is inappropriate and shameful for an 18-year-old to see his teacher like this on social media. This goes against the values I try to teach my son.”
Guha claimed that the university forced her to quit based on this complaint. She was given the parent’s letter and a printout showing thumbnails of her private Instagram photos. She said that these images had been posted two months before she joined the university and were only visible to her approved followers. She said she did not know how the photos were accessed or leaked.
The university, however, stated that she resigned voluntarily and denied forcing her to leave. Guha later filed a police complaint on October 24, 2021, saying that her private Instagram account may have been hacked or that someone took screenshots and circulated them without her consent. She also claimed that the incident amounted to sexual harassment and character assassination.
In her police report, she stated, “These Instagram stories were shared before I joined the university. Only someone with access to my private profile could have seen them. The only way they were accessed was through hacking or screenshots.”
Guha resigned on October 25, 2021. Later, in March 2022, she sent a legal notice to the university, asking for a copy of the complaint letter, meeting records, and other documents. In response, the university called her claims false and ill-motivated, denying all her accusations.
Shockingly, the university then demanded an unconditional apology from her and also asked for ₹99 crore in compensation, claiming her actions caused “immense and irreparable damage” to the institution’s name and reputation.
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