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- Data shows 53 students died at Indian Institutes of Technology between 2020 and 2025, with more than half of these students coming from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
- Suicides accounted for 45 of these deaths, while the remaining eight were classified as unnatural.
- Academics suggest that a combination of academic pressure, social isolation, and insufficient faculty engagement contributes to the rising mortality rate.
- These findings emphasize the urgent need for enhanced campus preventive support systems rather than relying solely on individual counseling.
What to watch next
- Implementation of stronger preventive support systems for student wellbeing
- Public discussion regarding caste-based discrimination in central educational institutions
- Parliamentary follow-up on the status of UGC equity regulations
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V. Ramgopal Rao
vice chancellor of BITS Pilani and former IIT Delhi director
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“Students today come from far more diverse backgrounds and face academic pressure, relative grading, isolation, limited faculty interaction and job-related anxiety. IITs need to move from crisis management to prevention, with wellbeing integrated into campus life and stronger faculty-student engagement”
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…preventive support systems rather than a sole reliance on counselling. Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, vice chancellor of BITS Pilani and former IIT Delhi director, said the issue goes beyond availability of counsellors. “ Students today come from far more diverse backgrounds and face academic pressure, relative grading, isolation, limited faculty interaction and job-related anxiety. IITs need to move from crisis management to prevention, with wellbeing integrated into campus life and stronger faculty-student engagement ,” Prof Rao said. According to official data, IITs had 108 counsellors across 23 campuses as of December 1, 2025. - ABOUT THE AUTHORSanjay MauryaSanjay Maurya is a Principal Correspondent with Hindustan Times, where he…
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Named India · Indian Institutes of Technology · Department of Higher Education · KC Venugopal · Lok Sabha · Nilesh Chandra Srivastava · University Grants Commission · V. Ramgopal Rao
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