IISc professor told to step down after sexual harassment charges
Professor Giridhar Madras of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru has been asked to take "compulsory retirement" after his PhD student accused the 51-year-old of making "sexually coloured" remarks and harassing her with late-night phone calls. Madras, one of the top cited researchers in chemical engineering was with IISc since 1998 and received IISc Excellence Award in teaching and research.