115 IIT students died by suicide in 20 years, Madras highest with 26, Bombay 10
Between 2005 and 2024, IIT Madras recorded the highest number of deaths at 26, followed by 18 in IIT Kanpur, 13 in IIT Kharagpur and 10 in IIT Bombay | Mumbai news
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Between 2005 and 2024, IIT Madras recorded the highest number of deaths at 26, followed by 18 in IIT Kanpur, 13 in IIT Kharagpur and 10 in IIT Bombay | Mumbai news
Between 2005 and 2024, IIT Kanpur recorded 18 student deaths, IIT Kharagpur recorded 13, and 10 at IIT Bombay, revealed the RTI reply
Darshan Solanki was a first-year IIT Bombay student who died by suicide last year after allegedly experiencing caste-based discrimination. A year later, students say there is a need for more proactive measures by the IIT administration.
Indian universities have institutionalised caste blindness and normalised exclusionary structures in higher education.
Indian universities must leave aside caste blindness as progressiveness because casteism is grossly under acknowledged in the higher education institutions of I