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<\/div>\nIIT Madras, in a statement, said the post-Covid environment has been challenging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A third-year BTech student of IIT-Madras died by suicide on Tuesday, police said. The 20-year-old student of the electrical engineering department, a resident of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, was found hanging in his hostel room by his roommates, they added.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation indicated that the student may have had issues on “focusing on his studies and completing his academic tasks”, a police officer investigating the matter said. Only after completion of the probe and autopsy can further comments be made, he added. This incident comes just a month after a post-graduate student of engineering at IIT Madras also died by suicide on February 14. He too had been found dead in his hostel room.<\/p>\n
In a statement, IIT-M said: “It is with deep anguish that IIT Madras conveys the untimely passing away of a third year BTech student of the Electrical Engineering department on March 14, 2023.” The premier institute said the post-Covid environment has been challenging, and that it has strived to improve and sustain the wellbeing of students\/scholars, faculty and staff on campus, while constantly evaluating the various support systems in place.<\/p>\n
A standing Institute Internal Inquiry Committee, including elected student representatives, which has been recently constituted will look into such incidents.<\/p>\n
“The parents of the student have been informed and we request everyone to please respect the privacy of the family at this unfortunate moment,” the statement said, adding: “The Institute expresses its sincere condolences and stands united in grief along with the friends and family of the student.”<\/p>\n
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