India Gets It's First Transgender Principal
posted on May 27, 2015 @ 3:50PM
Manabi Banerjee who currently works as a Bengali professor at Vivekananda Satobarshiki Mahavidyalaya is all set to become India's first transgender college principal Manabi Banerjee is assumed to head the Krishnagar Women’s College located 105 kms away from kolkatta in West Bengal from June 9.
“She has been teaching in a college for more than 20 years, and had the necessary administrative experience. She was chosen through the usual selection process,”said Dipak K. Kar, chairman of an education panel that selects college principals in the state. Welcoming the decision, Rattan Lal Hangloo, vice-chancellor of Krishnagar Women’s College affiliate Kalyani University said,
“Manabi is a fine human being, a good academician and an able administrator. We are hopeful her appointment will empower other members of the transgender community.” India’s transgender activists hailed the appointment as a proud day for a community that usually faces discrimination.
“This is a proud moment for us. It’s great that people have begun accepting transgenders. Everybody should feel proud about this decision,” said Rudrani Chettri, director of Mitr Trust, a group working for transgender rights.
-Ratnakar