Two students of IIT Hyderabad Die by Suicide- Education News

Two students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad, recently died by suicide. In its statement on the same, the institute termed it as an “unfortunate incident” and said it “came as a shock.”

  It said “We are with the students in this situation. We all are equally shocked at the recent unfortunate incidents. IITH has been trying its best to support students who are having academic difficulties. The faculty advisors are always constantly in touch with the students, particularly those who are not doing very well”.

Among the two students was Rahul Bingumalla, an MTech student. He was allegedly found hanging in the hostel room. The other student, Megh Kapoor, a BTech graduate, allegedly jumped off the terrace of his building on Wednesday. He was from Jodhpur and had moved into the lodge after passing out of IIT three months ago. The police are still investigating the reason for the alleged suicide of the two students.

Rahul started a project in July 2022, and he had about 10 months to complete the project. “There is no need for him to feel the pressure. Quite a number of students find any project very difficult at the beginning of the project but do exceedingly well by the end of the project period,” IITH said, adding that “In the case of Megh, he has completed the tenure of BTech (4 years). During the Covid period, he was not doing well academically.

However, in the last one year, once the Covid restrictions eased out, the department has started helping him significantly, and the student started getting very good SGPA of 7.5 and 8.3, respectively, in the last two years. We were very happy that he started improving academically, and we were expecting that he would complete all the remaining courses very soon, and this news came to us like a shock.”

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