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With suicide rates hitting the roof in medical and technical institutes, here's a round up of the list this year.
Name: G. Varalakshmi ( 18) of Vignan Engineering College, Hyderabad
When: January 30, 2011
A first year BTech student of Hayathnagar ( a sub- urban town of AP), Varalakshmi succumbed to burn injuries. Unable to bear the harassment by the college management for not being able to pay tuition fee, she committed suicide. The delay was caused by the state government not granting fee reimbursement.
Name: Manish Kumar ( 20) of IIT Roorkee
When: February 6, 2011
His death was IIT Roorkee’s first suicide. A second year student from Muzaffarnagar, Manish jumped off the fifth floor of his hostel. Kumar’s family alleged that he took killed himself after a few senior students made “ casteist” remarks about him.
Name: Linesh Mohan Gawle of National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
When: April 16, 2011
Linesh Mohan Gawle, a PhD student committed suicide in his hostel room. He came from a poor Dalit family who lived in Dindori tehsil near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Reasons for his suicide remain unknown.
Most suicide cases are reported in technical and medical institutes. Is stress and pressure from friends and parents too much to tackle? What could be done to stop this?
When: January 30, 2011
A first year BTech student of Hayathnagar ( a sub- urban town of AP), Varalakshmi succumbed to burn injuries. Unable to bear the harassment by the college management for not being able to pay tuition fee, she committed suicide. The delay was caused by the state government not granting fee reimbursement.
Name: Manish Kumar ( 20) of IIT Roorkee
When: February 6, 2011
His death was IIT Roorkee’s first suicide. A second year student from Muzaffarnagar, Manish jumped off the fifth floor of his hostel. Kumar’s family alleged that he took killed himself after a few senior students made “ casteist” remarks about him.
Name: Linesh Mohan Gawle of National Institute of Immunology, Delhi
When: April 16, 2011
Linesh Mohan Gawle, a PhD student committed suicide in his hostel room. He came from a poor Dalit family who lived in Dindori tehsil near Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Reasons for his suicide remain unknown.
Most suicide cases are reported in technical and medical institutes. Is stress and pressure from friends and parents too much to tackle? What could be done to stop this?
