Iit Student Commits Suicide

Police records statement of 20 people in IIT Bombay student's suicide

Police have recorded the statements of 20 individuals, including students and staff members, in connection with the alleged suicide of IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode, officials said on Friday. Efforts are also being made to access call logs and messages from his phone, they said. According to preliminary details, 22-year-old Sahil, a student in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, went straight to his hostel room after leaving the examination hall on September 18. When he did not emerge from his room by around 7 pm, the door was opened and he was found dead inside. Among the 20 persons questioned are students who were present in the examination hall alongside Sahil, as well as invigilators and various administrative officials from the premier institute. Investigators said Sahil's mobile phone was secured with a pattern lock, limiting immediate access to call logs and messages, though several missed call notifications were visible on the display screen. Forensic effort

IIT Bombay prof Doolla sent on leave amid probe into student's death

IIT Bombay Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, an accused in the alleged suicide of student Sahil Wakode, has been sent on leave to facilitate an impartial probe into the case, sources said on Wednesday. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Monday removed Doolla as the dean of Administrative Affairs following protests over the student's suicide. Prof Doolla has been sent on leave after being removed from his dean post to enable an impartial probe, with no classes currently underway, the sources said. The Mumbai Crime Branch is currently investigating Wakode's death. Wakode (22), a second-year B Tech student in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, was found hanging in his hostel room on September 18 evening, hours after being caught allegedly using a mobile phone to access ChatGPT during a mid-semester examination, according to officials. A case on charges of suicide abetment and caste discrimination has been registered against Doolla. Wakode's mother on Tue

Caste, competition, isolation: NTF report flags fault lines across campuses

The National Task Force's interim report flags academic pressure, caste-related concerns and social exclusion on campuses, as protests continue at IIT Bombay after the death of a second-year student

IIT Bombay student suicide: Students seek reforms; family seeks CBI probe

IIT Bombay student representatives sought institutional reforms after Sahil Wakode's death, while faculty rallied behind a professor named in the FIR.

IIT Bombay to replace ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans after suicide

The IIT Bombay has initiated replacement of ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans after the recent death by suicide of second year B Tech student Sahil Wakode, sources familiar with the development said. Sahil, a Department of Energy Science and Engineering student hailing from Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, was found hanging in his hostel room on the Powai campus on Friday evening, hours after he was allegedly caught using a mobile phone to access ChatGPT during a mid-semester examination. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay) is set to remove ceiling fans from hostels following recent incidents of student suicides, the sources said. Wall-mounted fans will be installed across all hostels on campus and in other utility areas across the campus. The image of a batch of wall-mounted fans arriving at the campus as part of 'renovation work' has gone viral on social media. NCP (SP) spokesperson Anish Gavande criticised the move, saying fan replacement cannot solve the student

IITs recorded 171 student deaths in 20 yrs due to suicide, unnatural causes

A dataset compiled by an IIT alumnus, based on RTI responses and media reports, shows 120 deaths were recorded between 2016 and September 2026, compared with 51 in the preceding decade

IIT Bombay student suicide: Exam row, caste allegations & students' protest

Sahil Ravindra Wakode, a second-year BTech student in the Energy Science and Engineering department, was found dead in his hostel room on September 18

IIT Bombay student dies by suicide after being caught using ChatGPT in exam

A 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay committed suicide in his hostel room after he was allegedly caught using his mobile phone during an examination, police said on Saturday. According to a statement from IIT Bombay, Sahil Ravindra Wakode, a native of Maharashtra's Yavatmal district, had uploaded the examination question paper to ChatGPT to seek answers during the exam. The death is the third reported case of suicide at the IIT Bombay campus in Powai in seven months. In February, a second-year student died by suicide in a hostel. In July 2026, at the beginning of the new semester, a 20-year-old second-year BTech student also died by suicide. Wakode was a second-year BTech student in the Energy Science and Engineering department, police said. He was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room in Hostel Number 4 on the Powai campus on Friday, an official said. He said that the death came to light after his hostel mates noticed no response from his r

SC flags suicide cases at IIT Kharagpur, Sharda; seeks swift investigation

The Supreme Court on Monday raised questions over the instances of suicides particularly at IIT Kharagpur besides Sharda University in Greater Noida directing the investigation in both cases to "proceed expeditiously". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan has been hearing a matter over suicide deaths at educational institutions. On the incident over the suicide of a fourth year mechanical engineering student, the bench asked the IIT Kharagpur counsel, "What is wrong with your IIT Kharagpur? Why students are committing suicide? Have you given a thought to this problem? What steps have you taken?" After dealing with a similar incident at Sharda University involving a female student, the bench ordered, "Let the investigation in both the incidents proceed further expeditiously in accordance with law and in the right direction." Senior advocate Aparna Bhat, who is assisting the top court as an amicus curiae, apprised the bench about the status of investigations in both ...

SC forms task force to address students' mental health, prevent suicides

The Supreme Court on Monday said the "relentless pressure" to perform in a purely score-based education system and the "extreme competition" for limited seats in premier educational institutions put a "terrifying burden" on students' mental health. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan was cognisant of the rising incidents of student suicides on college campuses and in higher educational institutions when it said it was high time to formulate comprehensive guidelines to mitigate the underlying causes contributing to such students' distress. "Universities must acknowledge their role not just as centres of learning but as institutions responsible for the well-being and holistic development of their students," the bench said. The court went on, "The failure to do so would mean failing the very purpose of education to uplift, empower, and transform lives." The bench constituted a National Task Force (NTF) to address the mental health concerns of students and prevent incide

Despite rising suicides, Kota faces dearth of clinical psychologists

Despite 26 cases of suicide by coaching students in 2023, the highest in a year, Kota still faces a shortage of clinical psychologists to deal with mental health issues of about 2.50 lakh coaching students preparing for various entrance exams away from their homes. The Psychological counselling Centre, set up in September this year in the New Medical College Hospital in Kota in compliance with the state government's budget announcement, has no clinical psychologist. There is only one clinical psychologist appointed at the NMCH against the demand of at least five, and it lacks an adequate number of trained staff. Non-availability of M Phil in clinical psychology in medical colleges of the state has further aggravated the issue as those serving in government medical colleges in the state are the degree holders from other states and are short against the demand. Dr Vinod Kumar Daria, professor (MD), the Department of Psychology at the New Medical College Hospital told PTI that he chalk

IIT-Kanpur PhD student hangs himself in college hostel; cause unknown

Singh, who hailed from Ferozabad, was staying at a hostel on IIT campus, the SSP said