KOLKATA: India has for the first time appointed a transgender as the principal of a college, a top education official said Wednesday.

Manabi Banerjee, a transgender woman, will head the Krishnagar Women’s College in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, said Dipak K. Kar, chairman of an education panel that selects college principals in the state.

Banerjee is expected to start her new job on June 9, Kar said. “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 Kar.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2015

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