Overview
- Foundation chair Venu Vasudevan said Wednesday that the Internal Complaints Committee received a sexual harassment complaint against Bose Krishnamachari in early January and that it was one reason he resigned that month.
- The complaint, described by multiple reports, alleges the woman’s supervisor invited her to his Fort Kochi home on December 28 for work and then made inappropriate advances as she tried to leave.
- Krishnamachari denies the claims, says there are no pending proceedings against him, and says he has begun legal action over what he calls fabricated or altered messages circulating online.
- Kochi Biennale Foundation named artist Jitish Kallat president to steer selection of the next curator while the sixth edition continues through March 31, and Kochi’s municipal body separately appointed Krishnamachari this month as the city’s cultural curator.
- The Internal Complaints Committee operates under India’s PoSH law with strict confidentiality, and the episode echoes a 2018 case when co-founder Riyas Komu left management after misconduct allegations.