2. Campus death in 2 weeks: IIT focus on support system, academic and social stress | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The second death in fourteen days and the third in one semester shaked it Iit kharagpur Campus and triggered a new alarm round among the students and teachers. They claimed that such a tragic loss of another student's life was “painful” and “unknown” in such a short period of time. The death of the civil engineering system in the third year, MD Asif Qamar, is also the fourth death in less than a year and the ninth death in five years, which the Premier Institute observed.
On May 4, Toi reported that psychiatrists, consultants, alumni, former faculty members, professors and student representatives will be part of the IIT KGP committee, which will examine the reasons for the students' suicide.
Bharab Maitra, Dean of the students, said: “We have already defined the structure of the committee that two well-known high-ranking psychiatrists, two alumni, an IPS representative, current and former faculty members who have knowledge of student aids and our legal cells.
The relatives of Aniket Walkar, the student in the fourth year, who found in his room in his room in JC Bose Hostel on April 20, wrote to the incumbent IIT IIT director Amit Patra to seek an independent investigation into the circumstances that led to his death, and asked the authorities to find reasons for a large number of suicide at IIT KHARAGPUR. MaiTra added that the committee's task was to check the system holistically and to evaluate the academic and social burden on the students.
Patra said: “The second death in two weeks showed us that the committee urgently set up and the campus environment examines and the affected areas for the improvement of the system have to be found. We have already taken some measures on the welfare bodies of students and restructured our advisory center to improve the support system. As soon as the committee report occurs, we will act according to its requirements.” He added that the administration prepared an incident report after each unfortunate incident. “Again, we will check and examine the incident internally to find out what we can do more. The police are already investigating the case. We have also held a meeting with the representatives of the students to understand their views and concerns so that we can take short -term measures,” added Patra.
The learned 'Avenue, a media authority on campus, has posted on her Facebook page: “This marks the third such heartbreaking incident on campus this semester. It is a sobering memory of the importance of looking at each other …”
Teachers and students on the campus semester are the rear events of successive incidents of Campus death as “shocking”. One student said: “It is heartbreaking and devastating to hear from a further death of a student in a gap of 15 days from the campus from the campus, which should be our home for the next four to five years.” Many students pointed out that the administration must be responsible for the provision of a good support system for the students, be it advice, peer programs and, if necessary, administrative changes to bring about reforms. Another student said: “There is a lack of compassion and empathy in the IIT KGP system, which also includes students. We are so busy fighting our own battles that we do not take care of others.”
One teacher said: “I think there are some serious facts in the system that need immediate attention.” Another senior teacher pointed out: “Every case of death is different. We are constantly working to improve the support system, but it is discouraging to observe the loss of young life. It is also true that it does not monitor and not monitoring a student's private life.