A postgraduate student from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has accused a senior professor and dean of a department of sexual harassment. The student has also alleged that the institute didn’t allow her to attend her convocation ceremony held on May 12.

The incident allegedly took place in September 2022, and the survivor has since been running from pillar to post—she approached the Women and Gender Development Cell (WGDC) of TSS, before reaching out to the Maharashtra State Commission for Women, and Bombay high court—to look into the matter.