KANPUR: The authorities of Hartcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) have barred a student who had underwent a sex-change operation from appearing in the semester exams scheduled to be held in the end of January. The student who got operated for becoming a girl had taken admission in the post-graduate course (MCA) at HBTI last year.

The authorities of HBTI claimed that this student has not attended classes for even a single day because of which he is not eligible for appearing in the exam. The HBTI authorities stated that his admission will become null and void now. Such is a case when the student is a meritorious one and had secured place in the top 10 place in the state entrance exam in MCA course. TOI had reported the case in its city edition on September 5 last year. This student had enrolled himself as a male student in post-graduate course at the institute in the academic session of 2015-16 and had later claimed that he has become a girl after undergoing a sex change operation. He had demanded for shifting him to the girls hostel from boys' hostel room after the gender change opeartion. The request was denied by the HBTI administration and instead he was provided with a separate accomodation.

But according to the HBTI administration, the student did not turn up and attend the classes. And now that he is short of attendance it was not possible for the institute to allow him to sit in the exams. Prof Narendra Kohli, Head of the department, computer science and engineering department while talking to TOI said, "We had made several provisions to provide conducive environment to the student to study on the campus but he did not attend classes even for a single day. This makes him ineligible for appearing in the exams scheduled to be held in the end of January." Prof Kohli said that according to the norms the students should have minimum 60% attendance for appearing in the exam. "The academic council of the institute reconsidered his case and gave him a second chance to study. For this a special schedule was prepared. We appointed five teachers for him to complete his course. But despite all these efforts from our side, he did not come to attend the class even for a single day.

This is not a distance learning course. There are certain set of rules and regulations which have to be followed", said Prof Kohli. He said that he was not aware about the whereabouts of the student. On being asked about the admission status of this student, Prof Kohli said that his admission status will become null and void as he has not studied on the campus. In an email sent to the institute on March 20, the student cited an apex court ruling to support his claim for a separate accommodation. The student reportedly said that he started feeling hormonal disturbances while completing his graduation and decided to undergo gender change. The necessary information of change of sex was communicated to the HBTI office through email. A teacher of the institute informed that the student after taking admission in HBTI last year and then went back home after a brief stay when the physical problems occurred. He consulted doctors at New Delhi who advised him to go for a sex change operation. The student underwent the operation at AIIMS in Delhi and after discharge from the hospital was awarded a medical certificate as well, said the teacher further.

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