Kolkata: Professor, Arun Chakraborty, became the first dean of the institute on Friday at the center of Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at IIT-Kharagpur.Toi had previously reported that Suman Chakraborty, director of IIT-Kharagpur, announced the appointment on 26 July during an induction program for the new BTECH batch. To ensure that students were posted to ensure mental health issues, especially in seven months, four students in the campus after committing suicide-fourth year mechanical engineering student Ritam Modal, who are in their honging.The director said, “It is probably the first time in any IIT that the person of Dean’s position is fully assigned to take care of the overall welfare of the students.” “Our institute has a large number of students, and to put special emphasis on welfare activities, it is necessary to have a specified dean of student welfare.”Chakraborty told TOI that it was necessary when the role was challenging. He said, “We do not want any sad events.IIT-Kharagpur has 21 hostel housing 16,000 students. While the student is a dean of matters, the director reported that “student matters” and “the student’s good” are different. The new Dean will focus on identifying and addressing individual issues, while students will handle administrative matters such as Dean Housing and Discipline.Already measures in the college include AI-powered mental wellness platform setu, a restructuring counseling center, “Campus Mother’s,” student work force, and stress management workshops.
