A survey by a platform of students at IIT Kharagpur on mental health revealed “significant gaps in the emotional support available to students”. ADVERTISEMENTDuring the survey, when the students were asked whether there were any specific mental health resources or services they would like to see implemented or improved, the “open-ended responses” highlighted major gaps in the emotional support available to the students. IIT director Suman Chakraborty, who has initiated a slew of measures to improve the mental health mechanism since assuming charge in mid-June, said: “I do not know what the survey says. We have taken a range of steps to help students by extending mental and emotional support. Around the time, six IIT students — four BTech students and two research scholars — have died.

Source: The Telegraph December 30, 2025 02:57 UTC