#MeToo at NID Ahmedabad: Senior faculty member made to leave, barred from entering campus

November 03, 2018 12:15

The premier design institute National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad has been hit by the #MeToo movement as one of the senior most faculty members was asked to leave the institution on October 5 and barred to enter of the NID campuses.

Krishnesh Mehta, NIDs faculty member of interdisciplinary studies and industrial design for the last 25 years, was to be terminated from the institute after an enquiry committee, set up by the institute to probe complaints against him, found the charges levelled against him to be genuine. However, he was relieved from the services of NID with immediate effect from October 5 when he submitted his resignation.

The institute has also decided not to involve Mehta in any NID academic or administrative matters. He is also not being allowed to enter the NID campuses except when called for specific official matters.

This was the second complaint against the conduct of Mehta amounting to sexual harassment and students demanded appropriate action against him.

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