Explained: The events leading to the resignation of Anju Seth as director of IIM-Calcutta

Abstract

Anju Seth, Director of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta , has quit her post a year before her term ends. A look at the events that led up to her resignation. Almost a month after Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta Board of Governors (BoG) clipped her powers, Anju Seth, the first woman director of the institute, has quit the post a year before her term ends. The Indian Express explains the events that led up to her resignation. Many in the IIM community see the ongoing turmoil at IIM-Calcutta as one stemming from the dramatic shift in power dynamics ushered in with the new IIM Act. This is the first time that the IIM autonomy is set in stone, and the government has relinquished complete control, at least on paper. Its implementation will obviously face hiccups as the government settles into a passive role and the board assumes greater power in the functioning of the IIMs.