IIM-Calcutta accepts resignation of first woman director

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The Board of Governors of IIM-Calcutta said it has accepted the resignation of its first woman director Anju Seth, who had put in her papers a year before the end of tenure. The Board of Governors of IIM-Calcutta said it has accepted the resignation of its first woman director Anju Seth, who had put in her papers a year before the end of tenure. The board, in a statement issued late on Wednesday, also said the premier institute has appointed Prof Subir Bhattacharya as Director-in-Charge. A source in IIM-C said in her resignation letter, Seth, who had taken charge in 2018, alleged certain groups in the B-school were resisting her efforts to improve governance, bring reforms in academic matters and encroaching upon her executive powers.