Student Death At Iit

A 21-year-old student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), was found dead in his hostel room, said police, making it the fourth student death at the prestigious institute this year.

The body of a 21-year-old IIT Kharagpur student was found in the college campus on Monday, police said.

A 20-year-old student allegedly died by suicide at IIT Guwahati, police said on Friday. The first year BTech was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday night.

Another student has died by suicide in the coaching hub of Kota on Tuesday, bringing the total number of such deaths this year to 20. A native of Bihars Gaya, 18-year-old Balmiki Prasad was found hanging at a rented accommodation in Mahavir Nagar.

A student was found dead in a hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai today, the police said, adding they suspect it to be a case of death by suicide.

At least two students' collectives of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have requested Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis to direct the police to register an FIR in the death of the first-year student, Darshan Solanki.

The inquiry committee set up by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay after the death of its student Darshan Solanki last month allegedly by suicide has ruled out caste-based discrimination and hinted at deteriorating academic performance as a cause.

Darshan Solanki, who hailed from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and was a first-year student of B Tech (Chemical) course at the IITB, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus on February 12.

A post-graduate student at IIT Madras was found dead in his hostel this morning, two days after a similar incident of suspected suicide rocked the IIT Bombay campus, police said.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday wrote to West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting a detailed investigation into the death of a student from the state at IIT Kharagpur.

Classes at the IIT here resumed today as the students called off their 4-day-long agitation over the death of a 26-year-old research scholar after the institute accepted their demands and suspended the doctor of the health care centre till a fact finding committee submits its report.

Students at IIT Kanpur boycotted classes for the third day today demanding action against a doctor and the workers of the health centre at the institute over the death of a 26-year-old research scholar, even as his family demanded a CBI probe into the case.

A 17-year-old student prepping for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology or IITs allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan at his rented room in Kota in Rajasthan on Monday night, the police have said.

A 21-year-old IIT student was today found hanging in her room at the campus, police said. She was rushed to a government hospital, where she was declared brought dead. The first year M Tech student, a native of Kareem Nagar in Andhra Pradesh was found hanging in her room by a dupatta around 2.30 pm by a carpenter, who went there to fix a door, they...

The suicide of a final year BTech student at IIT-Kanpur is the eighth such incident at the prestigious institute in the past five years.Apart from 22-year-old Madhuri Sale, who was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room yesterday, seven other students of the college have taken their lives since 2005.On January 2009, a second year MTe...

A 21-year-old student from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), was found dead in his hostel room, said police, making it the fourth student death at the prestigious institute this year.

The body of a 21-year-old IIT Kharagpur student was found in the college campus on Monday, police said.

A 20-year-old student allegedly died by suicide at IIT Guwahati, police said on Friday. The first year BTech was found dead in his hostel room on Wednesday night.

Another student has died by suicide in the coaching hub of Kota on Tuesday, bringing the total number of such deaths this year to 20. A native of Bihars Gaya, 18-year-old Balmiki Prasad was found hanging at a rented accommodation in Mahavir Nagar.

A student was found dead in a hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai today, the police said, adding they suspect it to be a case of death by suicide.

At least two students' collectives of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have requested Maharashtra Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis to direct the police to register an FIR in the death of the first-year student, Darshan Solanki.

The inquiry committee set up by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay after the death of its student Darshan Solanki last month allegedly by suicide has ruled out caste-based discrimination and hinted at deteriorating academic performance as a cause.

Darshan Solanki, who hailed from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and was a first-year student of B Tech (Chemical) course at the IITB, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building located on the campus on February 12.

A post-graduate student at IIT Madras was found dead in his hostel this morning, two days after a similar incident of suspected suicide rocked the IIT Bombay campus, police said.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday wrote to West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting a detailed investigation into the death of a student from the state at IIT Kharagpur.

Classes at the IIT here resumed today as the students called off their 4-day-long agitation over the death of a 26-year-old research scholar after the institute accepted their demands and suspended the doctor of the health care centre till a fact finding committee submits its report.

Students at IIT Kanpur boycotted classes for the third day today demanding action against a doctor and the workers of the health centre at the institute over the death of a 26-year-old research scholar, even as his family demanded a CBI probe into the case.

A 17-year-old student prepping for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology or IITs allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a fan at his rented room in Kota in Rajasthan on Monday night, the police have said.

A 21-year-old IIT student was today found hanging in her room at the campus, police said. She was rushed to a government hospital, where she was declared brought dead. The first year M Tech student, a native of Kareem Nagar in Andhra Pradesh was found hanging in her room by a dupatta around 2.30 pm by a carpenter, who went there to fix a door, they...

The suicide of a final year BTech student at IIT-Kanpur is the eighth such incident at the prestigious institute in the past five years.Apart from 22-year-old Madhuri Sale, who was found hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room yesterday, seven other students of the college have taken their lives since 2005.On January 2009, a second year MTe...