IIM-Calcutta board calls director Anju Seth’s allegations ‘self-serving’, accepts resignation

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In her resignation letter, Anju Seth had cited 'breakdown of confidence' between her & board chairman, and alleged 'smear campaign'. Subir Bhattacharya made IIM-C director-in-charge. Seth’s resignation came amid an ongoing tussle between her and the institute’s faculty members that escalated last month when the board stepped in and stripped her of her powers as the director. Two days after Anju Seth resigned from the post of director of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, its Board of Governors issued a statement Wednesday saying she made “baseless and self-serving allegations against the board and the institute”. The institute had in fact also started its search for a new director, with an advertisement put up on its site inviting applications by April 10.