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IIT-Guwahati Dean Krishna resigns after student’s death

Krishna, the Dean of Academic Affairs of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, has resigned following protests over the unnatural death of a student from Uttar Pradesh on September 9. Apart from asking Mr. Krishna to quit as the Dean of Academic Affairs, the students demanded the resignation of three other members of the administration – Rajkumar Thummer, vice chairperson of …

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Protest erupts at IIT-Guwahati after student’s death

A third-year BTech Computer Science Engineering student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati was found dead inside his hostel room on Monday morning. More than 1,000 students staged protests on the campus claiming Bimlesh Kumar was driven to death because he was marked FA despite a medical reason for staying away from classes. To ensure easy access to mental health …

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

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-Guwahati student held for pledge to join Islamic State

The Assam police have detained a student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati after he had allegedly slipped out to join the terror group ISIS, which expands to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The fourth-year student from Okhla in Delhi had pledged support to ISIS through emails and social media posts and said he planned to join the …

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Turning dreams into reality: Cerebral palsy did not stop this IIT-Guwahati student to get his dream job in Google!

It was sheer grit and determination that led 22-year-old cerebral palsy-affected wheelchair-bound Pranav Nair to overcome many challenges and study computer engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati to land at a dream placement in Google. A dream come true: 22-year-old cerebral palsy-affected Pranav Nair, a student of IIT Guwahati, has overcome all challenges to bag his dream job …

IIT Guwahati student from Kerala found dead

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 …

Japanese student commits suicide at IIT Guwahati

A student from Japan committed suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on Thursday. He was supposed to return to his parent university on November 30 after completion of the exchange programme," IITG Public Relations Officer, Labanu Konwar told IANS on Thursday. The IITG authorities have informed the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs about the …

IIT-G students for separate N-E time zone

Guwahati: The students of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, have embarked upon an ambitious plan for a separate time zone in the Northeast to utilise the resources better. The IIT students, advocating a separate time zone, said, “Indians, in the year 1884, had multiple time zones. He added that an “unjust” time zone has a deep impact on the productivity …