The third gender option has been included by the University of Calcutta in the admission forms which will be added from the next academic session, Vice-Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee said on Friday, November 22, 2019.
Banerjee told media that now, the admission forms for post-graduate and under-graduate courses in the university will have the option of the Third Gender along with the male and female.
She further said that the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued a notice before taking the decision which says to include the Transgender as Third Gender option in the various scholarships and fellowships forms.
A notice reads, “As per the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Transgender will be included as a third gender under the various scholarships/fellowship schemes of UGC.”
Banerjee said that while responding to the demand, the university felt that there should not be any discrimination in higher education facilities on the basis of somebody’s gender.
