Failing to get job, IIT student commits suicide

Upset over not getting a job, a post graduate IIT-Kanpur student allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself.

Upset over not getting a job through campus recruitment, a post graduate IIT student allegedly committed suicide in Kanpur by hanging himself. G Suman, a second year M-tech student hailing from Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his hostel room this afternoon, said Sanjay Govind Panday, Director of IIT Kanpur.

Suman, who was pursuing electrical engineering, was upset after he failed to get a job offer during a recent campus recruitment by several multi-nationals, Panday said.

He would rarely meet anyone and would lock himself in his room. However, when he did not come to the mess for breakfast and lunch on Saturday, his friends went to his room which was locked from inside.

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They saw Suman’s body hanging from the fan, Panday said adding he was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.

Panday said Suman had confided to his friends a number of times his disappointment over not getting a job due to the economic recession. “Even after studying so much, we are not able to get a job,” he would say to his friends.

A special committee of professors has been set up to probe the incident, Panday said. Suman’s family has been informed and the body sent for a post mortem. Police are investigating the case.

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