SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh Education Department has dismissed three Assistant Professors from service after a departmental inquiry found them guilty of sexually harassing female students, officials confirmed on Thursday.
The dismissed teachers are Virender Sharma (Assistant Professor, Mathematics), Anil Kumar (Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Siddharth Government College, Hamirpur), and Pawan Kumar (Professor of Dance - Kathak, Jawaharlal Nehru Government College of Fine Arts, Shimla).
The dismissal order, issued on April 16 by Education Secretary Rakesh Kanwar, stated that the charges of “grave moral turpitude and gross misconduct” against the accused had been substantiated. The order emphasised that the teacher-student relationship is built on mutual trust, dignity, and a safe academic environment. Acts of such nature, it noted, undermine this foundation, compromise institutional discipline, and erode public trust in the education system.
According to the department, the explanations submitted by the accused failed to refute the evidence presented against them and did not mitigate the seriousness of the misconduct established during the inquiry.