IIT-H student dies by suicide in Vizag, upset over backlogs
1 year, 4 months ago

IIT-H student dies by suicide in Vizag, upset over backlogs

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A 20-year-old second-year student of IIT-Hyderabad, who had gone missing from the Sangareddy campus since July 17, was found dead in Vizag on Tuesday. The student ended his life by jumping into the sea as he was depressed over his exam backlogs, police said. Dhanavath Karthik might have drowned in the sea around July 19. “Karthik could not concentrate on studies and disappeared from the college and his home,” police commissioner Trivikram Varma told the media.

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28-year-old PhD student found dead at IIT Kanpur, suicide suspected: Report
2 months, 1 week ago

28-year-old PhD student found dead at IIT Kanpur, suicide suspected: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 28-year-old PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was found hanging from a ceiling hook in an apparent suicide on Thursday, news agency PTI reported, citing police sources. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} According to the PTI report, Pragati Kharya, a PhD student in Earth Sciences from Kanpur's Sanigawan, allegedly took her own life in her hostel room at hall …

IIT Guwahati student found dead in hostel room; probe underway: Police
3 months, 2 weeks ago

IIT Guwahati student found dead in hostel room; probe underway: Police

Hindustan Times  

A 21-year-old student from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati was on Monday found dead inside his hostel room, police said. IIT-G authorities said they came to know about the incident, and they are also trying to ascertain the details. According to police, the body was found in a room of Brahmaputra Hostel of IIT-G on Monday morning, and the body …

IIT-Bhubaneswar student falls to death, suicide suspected
3 months, 2 weeks ago

IIT-Bhubaneswar student falls to death, suicide suspected

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: A third-year engineering student of IIT-Bhubaneswar died after falling from the fifth floor of the institute’s administrative building late on Tuesday night. She had reportedly skipped her last semester between December and July over mental health issues, police said. Police sources said the girl’s parents had also submitted an undertaking to IIT authorities a few months back and given …

22-year-old IIT Kanpur alumni dies by suicide
7 months, 2 weeks ago

22-year-old IIT Kanpur alumni dies by suicide

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A 22-year-old IIT Kanpur alumni died by suicide in Mahim on Wednesday, said police officials. The deceased, after completing his graduation, was working with an insurance firm for the last six months in Mumbai after he got campus placement. The incident occurred around 6pm, when one of his friends working in his bedroom came out to go to the …

IIT Kanpur Research Scholar Found Dead in College Hostel, Suicide Under Investigation
1 year ago

IIT Kanpur Research Scholar Found Dead in College Hostel, Suicide Under Investigation

News 18  

A 34-year-old research scholar at IIT Kanpur was found dead in her hostel room by housekeeping staff on Tuesday. According to PTI, the research scholar hung herself from the ceiling fan in her second-floor hostel room. He went on to say that the research scholar had moved from a private rented residence to the RA hostel three days ago. According …

NEET aspirant from West Bengal found dead in Kota; 25th case this year
1 year ago

NEET aspirant from West Bengal found dead in Kota; 25th case this year

The Hindu  

A 20-year-old student from West Bengal, preparing for the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test for medical colleges, was found dead in his rented room in Waqf Nagar area in Rajasthan’s Kota on Monday night. The deceased, identified as Faureed Hussain, a native of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, was preparing for NEET at a coaching institute in Kota for the last one year. …

23-year-old IIT student dies by suicide at home in east Delhi, third case in 2023
1 year, 1 month ago

23-year-old IIT student dies by suicide at home in east Delhi, third case in 2023

India TV News  

New Delhi: A 23-year-old Indian Institute of Technology Delhi student died by suicide at his home in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area, police said on Wednesday. No suicide note was recovered Delhi Police said that Panav's body was found by his parents at about 9 pm on Tuesday upon returning from their evening walk. Previous suicide incidents Earlier in September, …

IIT Kharagpur student found dead in hostel room, suicide suspected: Police
1 year, 2 months ago

IIT Kharagpur student found dead in hostel room, suicide suspected: Police

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: A fourth-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in West Bengal was found dead in his hostel room late on Tuesday, police said. Police said the student’s family has not indicated the possibility of foul play in the death The student was a fourth-year dual degree student of electrical engineering from Telangana. A statement by IIT Kharagpur …

IIT Kharagpur student found dead in hostel room
1 year, 2 months ago

IIT Kharagpur student found dead in hostel room

The Hindu  

K. Kiran Chandra, a fourth year dual degree student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, died by suicide on Tuesday. Kiran Chandra was with two room-mates in their hostel room till 7.30 p.m. when the two left for academic activities. Roy Technology Hospital and the student was declared dead around 11.30 p.m. Kiran Chandra hailed …

Mystery over Kolkata student's suicide deepens
1 year, 4 months ago

Mystery over Kolkata student's suicide deepens

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Mystery over the death of 16-year-old Kolkata student Riti Saha has deepened, with many questions being raised. Riti Saha had died on July 14, allegedly after a fall from the roof of the hostel she was staying in, according to IV Town police station of Visakhapatnam. He informed the CM of his state that his daughter has died under …

IIT-Hyderabad woman student from Odisha dies by suicide in hostel room
1 year, 4 months ago

IIT-Hyderabad woman student from Odisha dies by suicide in hostel room

Live Mint  

A 21-year-old post-graduate student of Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad was found dead in her hostel room on the campus at Kandi in Sangareddy district of Telangana late Monday. The hostel authorities immediately alerted the police at around 9pm reported the Indian Express. We got the letter translated with the help of a professor who hailed from Odisha,”the Indian Express …

IIT-Delhi student dies by suicide in hostel room, probe underway
1 year, 5 months ago

IIT-Delhi student dies by suicide in hostel room, probe underway

India TV News  

IIT Delhi student suicide: A fourth-year B.Tech student allegedly died by suicide in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, police informed today. Similar incident reported in Kota: A 17-year-old JEE aspirant allegedly hanged himself in his hostel room in Kota, the fifteenth case of suspected suicide this year by students taking classes at this coaching hub, …

’Nobody...’: What IIT Madras student told his friends before committing suicide
1 year, 8 months ago

’Nobody...’: What IIT Madras student told his friends before committing suicide

Live Mint  

The second-year student from the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai, who committed suicide on Friday, would often tell his friends "No one has time for me, all are busy." The "academically brilliant" student could not have a healthy socialising "to relieve his stress", an investigating officers told NDTV and added he thanked his friends for being nice to him …

Another IIT Madras Student Found Dead, 4th Suspected Suicide This Year
1 year, 8 months ago

Another IIT Madras Student Found Dead, 4th Suspected Suicide This Year

The Quint  

A second-year student was found dead in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras on Friday, 21 April. Meanwhile, IIT-Madras has said that it is "deeply anguished" at the untimely death of an undergraduate student. "The Institute expresses its heartfelt condolence and shares the grief of the friends and family of the deceased student. The Institute requests …

IIT-Madras student dies by suicide, another saved: Police
1 year, 10 months ago

IIT-Madras student dies by suicide, another saved: Police

Hindustan Times  

A postgraduate student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, allegedly died by suicide while another was rescued after he attempted a similar move, police said on Tuesday. “His parents told us that though he was a very good student, he had not been attending classes properly for the past two months,” a senior police officer at Kotturpuram police station …

18-year-old IIT-B student dies by suicide
1 year, 10 months ago

18-year-old IIT-B student dies by suicide

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: An 18-year-old student at the Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay allegedly died by suicide at the institute’s campus on Sunday afternoon. HT Image According to the Powai police, the deceased was a first-year student of chemical engineering and had joined the institute three months ago. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mahesh Reddy confirmed the incident and added that investigations …

Student found dead in IIT Kharagpur hostel room
2 years, 2 months ago

Student found dead in IIT Kharagpur hostel room

The Hindu  

The partially decomposed body of a third year student of IIT Kharagpur was found in his hostel room after the authorities broke open the bolted door, an official of the premier Institute said on Saturday. A 20-year old fifth year B.Tech student of IIT Guwahati died by suicide and his body was found hanging in his room on October 10. …

IIT Kharagpur student from Assam's Tinsukia found dead in hostel room
2 years, 2 months ago

IIT Kharagpur student from Assam's Tinsukia found dead in hostel room

Hindustan Times  

The body of an Indian Institute of Technology or IIT Kharagpur student was reportedly found in a hostel room on Friday. The student, 23, was found dead by the police, who had been called after a foul smell began coming from the closed room in the Lala Lajpat Rai Hall. On October 9, a 20-year-old student, hailing from Andhra Pradesh, …

IIT Guwahati student from Kerala found dead
2 years, 3 months ago

IIT Guwahati student from Kerala found dead

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A student of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati was found dead in his hostel room on September 16 night. “It is with great sadness that IIT Guwahati announces the untimely passing away of a final year undergraduate student of Design Department on the campus. The Ministry of Human Resource Development had on December 2, 2019, told Parliament that …

FTII student, 32, found dead in hostel room. Suicide suspected, say police
2 years, 4 months ago

FTII student, 32, found dead in hostel room. Suicide suspected, say police

Hindustan Times  

PUNE: A 32-year-old student of the Film and Television Institute of India was found dead in his hostel room on Friday, police officers at Pune’s Deccan Gymkhana police station said. The Pune Police said they did not find a note but initial investigations indicated the FTII student died by suicide The officer said the body of the 2017 batch student …

Mumbai: Depressed IIT Bombay student from MP jumps to death from hostel
2 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai: Depressed IIT Bombay student from MP jumps to death from hostel

India TV News  

A 26-year-old postgraduate student of IIT Bombay in Powai jumped off the 7th-floor terrace of his hostel and ended his life, officials said on Monday. Prima facie, the deceased student was undergoing treatment for depression, a senior officer said. The deceased student had written a message on the board in his hostel room, stating that no one should be held …

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