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'''Manabi Bandyopadhyay''' (born 1964/1965)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2015-06-07 |title=India's first transgender college principal overcomes taunts and abuse |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/india-transgender-idINKBN0ON0EQ20150607 |access-date=2023-05-05}}</ref> is the first openly [[transgender]] Indian college principal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2015-05-27 |title=From Somnath to Manabi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/from-somnath-to-manabi-2/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bandyopadhyay served as an associate professor of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and philosophy at Vivekananda Satobarshiki Mahavidyalaya.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=9 June 2015 |title=India's first transgender college principal starts work |url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20150609/2613362.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610051134/http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20150609/2613362.html |archive-date=2015-06-10 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Web India 123}}</ref> <br />
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She became the Principal of [[Krishnagar Women's College]] on 7 June 2015<ref name=":2" /> after a decade of struggling against patriarchy and convoluted notions regarding the [[third gender]]. Unlike men who would have applied for the same post, and women, who would have been appointed earlier, she had to garner support by projecting her career spanning over 16 years as a teacher, made possible by the intervention of the Chief Minister of West Bengal, [[Mamata Banerjee]].<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Dasgupta |first=Priyanka |date=27 May 2015 |title=India gets its first transgender college principal |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-gets-its-first-transgender-college-principal/articleshow/47436427.cms |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref><br />
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== Writing ==<br />
She has written several books in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] literature, and a [[biography]], ''A Gift of Goddess Lakshmi'', which was co-authored by Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey. She runs India's first transgender magazine, ''Abomanob'' which is now an annual magazine which runs for more than 26 years.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2015-12-12 |title=India's transgender icon Manabi Bandyopadhyay to pen tell-all memoir |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/india-s-transgender-icon-manabi-bandyopadhyay-to-pen-a-tell-all-memoir/story-FNo5r6qkgIyDkZHaaSHNZO.html |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
She has an adopted son named Debashish.<ref name=":2" /> She underwent [[Gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female)|gender-affirming surgery]] in 2003.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> <br />
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In 2013 she was a contestant on Bigg Boss Bangla.<ref name=":3" /> In 2019 Bandyopadhyay played a role in her debut film ''[[Purba Paschim Dakshin]]'' directed by Rajorshi Dey.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2018 |title=Rajorshi Dey's 'Purba Paschim Dakkhin' to hit the floors from tomorrow |language=en |website=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/rajorshi-deys-purba-paschim-dakkhin-to-hit-the-floors-from-tomorrow/articleshow/66919316.cms |access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref> She has also acted in ''[[Nagarkirtan]]'' directed by [[Kaushik Ganguly|Koushik Ganguly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nagarkirtan -- ‘Pride’ of Transgender Love |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/nagarkirtan-pride-of-transgender-love |access-date=2025-10-12 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref><br />
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