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IIT Kanpur assistant professor, two others booked in student death case on court orders

June 23, 2025 7:53 am

The two other accused are a woman research scholar and her mother, it is learnt

IIT Kharagpur forms committee to look into ways to prevent campus suicides

May 11, 2025 3:08 am

On May 4, the body of a third-year civil engineering student, Mohammad Asif Qamar, was found under mysterious circumstances in his hostel room

IIT-Kharagpur student found hanging in his hostel room

January 13, 2025 10:11 am

Police say probing all angles, autopsy done in presence of student’s parents.

The incident took place when the student’s roommate had gone for lunch. When she returned, she found that the door latched from inside.

IIT Goa student dies by suicide in hostel room

November 04, 2024 8:41 pm

According to the police, the deceased, a 19-year-old woman hailing from Madhya Pradesh, had been enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering programme at IIT Goa.

The recent incident triggered a mass protest outside the administrative building in IIT Guwahati, where students claimed that academic pressures have led to this student’s death.

IIT Guwahati suicide: Dean resigns, Director requests students to return to classes

October 04, 2024 10:34 am

IIT Guwahati is now also establishing peer support groups, offering everyone a safe and confidential space to share their experiences and receive support from their peers. The institute is also conducting a comprehensive review of the safety and emergency response protocols.

Not Rajasthan (Kota), these are the states with highest student suicides

August 29, 2024 9:11 am

Maharashtra has the highest number of student suicides, making up 14 per cent of the total, which is the highest percentage among the listed states.

IIT Kharagpur bioscience student 'dies by suicide'

June 17, 2024 3:00 pm

Institute says 'devastated', 'fully cooperating' with police investigation

Behind the small percentage of suicides, which are terrible, there is a broader range of less extreme unhappiness. The entire system is troubled. (Representative/ Express file photo by Abhinav Saha)

Student suicides: How the hype around IITs creates a culture of unhappy students

April 11, 2024 5:28 am

In the public consciousness, IITs are famous for jobs, not for education. There are reports of astronomical starting salaries, not excellent teaching. The competition takes a toll

'Pressure from parents is behind all these incidents. More than the children, it is the parents who are putting pressure on them,' SC said.

'Pressure' from parents behind student suicides, says Supreme Court

November 22, 2023 9:35 am

Hearing a plea that sought regulation of the mushrooming coaching institutes and cited the data on student suicides, a bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti, however, expressed helplessness and said the judiciary cannot pass directions in such a scenario.

IIT-Kharagpur student found dead in hostel, institute says ‘he chose path of self-harm’, police continue their probe

October 19, 2023 4:18 am

K Kiran Chandra, who hails from Telangana, was a fourth-year student in the electrical engineering department. He was found dead by his hostel mates on Tuesday night.