On January 18, another shocking incident was reported from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur where a 29-year-old PhD research scholar was found dead in her dorm room. Notably, this is the third suspected suicide case emerging from the institute in the previous five weeks. APPSC, Ambedkar Periyar Phule study circle, a student collective of IIT Bombay took to ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) to shed light on this issue. In his post, the collective wrote “Students protesting at IIT Kanpur following the 3 recent suicides in one month, raising issues of incompetence of redressal mechanisms, representation, and demanding accountability from the administration”. The institute mourned the “untimely and unfortunate demise” of the student and stated that institute had lost a bright and promising young student.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2024 19:39 UTC