Kolkata: Now, Sunny Leone turns into a nightmare for college principals

KOLKATA: The name, Sunny Leone, seems to have become a nightmare for college principals in the admission season. Institute heads in Kolkata have their fingers crossed, hoping that the name of Leone, associated with Bollywood as well as the adult film industry, does not make it to their published merit lists as it did at Asutosh College.
Though Asutosh College authorities dismissed it as an “act of mischief” by someone who submitted a fake application in Leone’s name, principals of other colleges do not want to take any chance. “It is embarrassing. It indicates that our system can be breached easily and no one can spot the name of a well-known personality,” said the principal of a north Kolkata college, who along with his colleagues, double-checked their merit list before publishing. On Saturday, there were unconfirmed reports on social media that names of Sunny Leone and some porn stars had appeared on the the list of other colleges, too. After her name was published on the Asutosh College list, Leone tweeted: “See you all in college next semester!!! Hope your in my class ;)”
Due to the pandemic the entire admission process has been shifted online this year. Selected students can pay their admission fees online “Honestly speaking, we had not envisaged such a situation. We were more concerned about how to refund the application money to candidates who paid before the government waived it off. But now, we are having to scan through thousands of students to weed out fake names,” said the principal of another college. The principal of a south Kolkata college pointed out they did not want to take a chance. “I held a meeting with the admission committee of our college and requested them to go through the lists of individual subjects at least one more time.”