After Student suicide In the campus, the IIT -Kharagpur management has taken an informed decision to easily go to the educational life of students – to improve attendance policyFor one – to create a balance between the good of academics and students, the report of Deepawali Mitra.
MD Asif QamarA third year student of civil engineering was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday after a fortnight after the death of a 4th year student. Anicate walker,
Qamar’s death is third in a semester, fourth in less than a year, and a total of ninth in five years which was seen as a premiere institute. Sources said that a few days after the Walker’s death, the faculty members were verbally stated not to de-registrar to any student on attendance issues.
Amit Patra, Acting Director IIT-kgp,
A senior IIT-KGP official said: “We are working to improve the presence policy of the institute, so that the educational life of the students becomes a little easier. This is a measured step in the balance between students and academics.”
