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IIT-Kharagpur student dies in fall, third death this year
An 18-year-old second-year mechanical engineering student from Rajasthan died after falling from the third floor of the Nalanda complex at IIT-Kharagpur on Thursday. A cleaning staff member found him with serious injuries…
The Story in Brief
An 18-year-old second-year mechanical engineering student from Rajasthan died after falling from the third floor of the Nalanda complex at IIT-Kharagpur on Thursday. A cleaning staff member found him with serious injuries around 3 pm; he was declared dead at the campus hospital. Police said the death is unnatural and no note was found.
This is the third student death at the institute this year. In April, a 22-year-old M.Tech student was found dead in his hostel, and a 21-year-old died after a fall from another hall. At least seven student deaths were reported in 2025, five confirmed as suicides. The institute has launched a mental health support system and a 'campus mother' programme, which experts have criticised as a surface-level intervention.
The Indian Opinion
The spin around each IIT-Kharagpur death swings between 'campus mother' as a panacea and 'failing system'. Neither captures the young men who die in ordinary academic hours. A gendered programme or an app cannot substitute for a reckoning with isolation, pressure, and the silence that precedes a fall. The real test? Whether the institute's 10-member committee publishes its findings and the FIR count, not just helpline numbers.
Source: thehindu.com
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