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Protests grip IIT Guwahati after fourth student found dead in suspected suicide within a yearA third-year Computer Science student at IITG was found dead in his hostel room, leading to protests on campus. Students demanded better me...
CBSE disaffiliates 20 schools for enrolling dummy students; 5 of them in Delhi, 3 in UPThe disaffiliated schools include Sidhhartha Public School, Bharat Mata Saraswati Bal Mandir, National Public School, Chand Ram Public Seni...
After spate of suicides, IITs come up with new ways to connect with studentsSome fresh initiatives include student-faculty informal dinners at IIT Delhi; roping in parents to interact with their wards at least twice...
IITs step up measures to address mental wellness of studentsIndian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are increasing preventive measures following several suicides of students this year. The changes inc...
IITs focus more on mental health as suicides riseWhere intense competition to bag a seat is just the beginning of the battle, and students fight stress, academic performance pressure, depr...
Counselling students with low grade, reducing curriculum load: IITs step up measures to check suicidesSuicide by an IIT Bombay student recently amid allegations of caste discrimination has brought the limelight back on the rigorous curriculu...
The cost of protests at campusesEducationists and marketing pundits concur that expressing dissent on campuses by students through protests is normal, and acceptable. Howe...
Students on hunger strike in IIT Guwahati taken to hospitalThe PhD students, Vikrant Singh and Himanchal Singh, said they were “forcibly removed” from campus by police officers today. Himanchal said...
Another temple row reaches courtImages from Google Maps and those shared with ET by Brijesh Rai, Assistant professor in IIT-Guwahati, show the temple has undergone conside...
IIT graduates lead the way in mental health careOrganisations, including 1to1help.net, YourDost and Moodcafe, that are founded by IIT alumni have brought technology into mental health.
IIT grads lead the way in mental health technologyAccording to a 2018 WHO report, India is the most depressed country in the world
How I got my startup ideaYourDost has over 800 counsellors and does about 2,000 sessions a day. They have helped around 10 lakh people get support.
IITs wake up to suicide threats, conduct parent-teacher meets & creative exercisesTo help students deal with stress, IIT Guwahati has set up a creativity centre where students dance, sing and play instruments.
Notebandi, bewafa Sonam test even IIT students in examsThe sociology question paper of IIT-Delhi, TOI has a copy of it, sought answers from students on the effect of demonetised high value curre...
15 extraordinary people who stood out in 2015 for making a changeGood news rarely dominates headlines but here are 15 extraordinary people who stood out in 2015 for inspiring or touching hundreds of lives.
IIT students crumble under study load, expectations from family and peersStress is part and parcel of college life, but for some students at the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), it can get overwhelming.
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...