Kin guidelines out despair in dying of IIT-Hyderabad pupil

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR/SONEPUR: The dying of IIT-Hyderabad pupil Mamita Naik, who allegedly ended her life within the institute’s hostel on Monday, stays shrouded in thriller. Even as her members of the family within the Subarnapur district alleged she might have taken the intense step after being ragged, the nationwide institute refuted the fees. Mamita’s mortal stays had been flown in from Hyderabad on Wednesday and brought to her native village Dumuri. 

The 23-year-old lady had taken admission in IIT-Hyderabad on July 26 to pursue MTech in Civil Engineering. She resided alone in one of many 16 hostel blocks. Her uncle Jagyenswar Naik, a contractor, mentioned Mamita acquired admission purely on the idea of advantage. An alumnus of VSSUT-Burla, Mamita cleared her B.Tech in Civil Engineering with 92 per cent final 12 months. “She had studied in the village school and completed Plus II with 80 per cent marks. She never took help from any tuition teacher or coaching centre,” he mentioned. 

Stating he spent Rs 65,360 in direction of her admission and hostel charges on July 24, Naik mentioned Mamita was imagined to get Rs 12,400 per thirty days as a stipend from the institute for being an SC pupil with good grades. 

On Monday at round 8.30 PM, her household obtained a name from the IIT intimating she had ended her life within the hostel room. Sangareddy police, which registered a case following a criticism lodged by the institute, knowledgeable two suicide notes had been present in her room, one in Odia and one other in English. Mamita allegedly talked about she was beneath psychological stress and took excessive steps since she was unable to deal with it. 

Refuting the despair concept, Naik mentioned he’s a joint household and on August 6, Mamita spoke to her dad and mom and three siblings by video-calling. “She was happy about joining the institute and said everything was fine,” he mentioned. Since she was a brand new pupil, he mentioned ragging couldn’t be dominated out. 
IIT-Hyderabad authorities mentioned Mamita attended courses recurrently and introduced no allegation of ragging earlier than the administration or anti-ragging committee. Immediately after her admission, she underwent orientation and as per the institute’s guidelines, there was a one-to-one session between her and a school member however the allegation of ragging was by no means introduced up, the officers added. 

“The college has a zero-tolerance policy towards ragging and no such case has occurred on the campus in the last four years,” mentioned the institute’s PRO Mitalee Agarwal. Meanwhile, Naik has filed a ragging criticism at Birmaharajpur police station.  

Discussing suicides may be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. In case you are feeling distressed by the content material or know somebody in misery, name Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7).

BHUBANESWAR/SONEPUR: The dying of IIT-Hyderabad pupil Mamita Naik, who allegedly ended her life within the institute’s hostel on Monday, stays shrouded in thriller. Even as her members of the family within the Subarnapur district alleged she might have taken the intense step after being ragged, the nationwide institute refuted the fees. Mamita’s mortal stays had been flown in from Hyderabad on Wednesday and brought to her native village Dumuri. 

The 23-year-old lady had taken admission in IIT-Hyderabad on July 26 to pursue MTech in Civil Engineering. She resided alone in one of many 16 hostel blocks. Her uncle Jagyenswar Naik, a contractor, mentioned Mamita acquired admission purely on the idea of advantage. An alumnus of VSSUT-Burla, Mamita cleared her B.Tech in Civil Engineering with 92 per cent final 12 months. “She had studied in the village school and completed Plus II with 80 per cent marks. She never took help from any tuition teacher or coaching centre,” he mentioned. 

Stating he spent Rs 65,360 in direction of her admission and hostel charges on July 24, Naik mentioned Mamita was imagined to get Rs 12,400 per thirty days as a stipend from the institute for being an SC pupil with good grades. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

On Monday at round 8.30 PM, her household obtained a name from the IIT intimating she had ended her life within the hostel room. Sangareddy police, which registered a case following a criticism lodged by the institute, knowledgeable two suicide notes had been present in her room, one in Odia and one other in English. Mamita allegedly talked about she was beneath psychological stress and took excessive steps since she was unable to deal with it. 

Refuting the despair concept, Naik mentioned he’s a joint household and on August 6, Mamita spoke to her dad and mom and three siblings by video-calling. “She was happy about joining the institute and said everything was fine,” he mentioned. Since she was a brand new pupil, he mentioned ragging couldn’t be dominated out. 
IIT-Hyderabad authorities mentioned Mamita attended courses recurrently and introduced no allegation of ragging earlier than the administration or anti-ragging committee. Immediately after her admission, she underwent orientation and as per the institute’s guidelines, there was a one-to-one session between her and a school member however the allegation of ragging was by no means introduced up, the officers added. 

“The college has a zero-tolerance policy towards ragging and no such case has occurred on the campus in the last four years,” mentioned the institute’s PRO Mitalee Agarwal. Meanwhile, Naik has filed a ragging criticism at Birmaharajpur police station.  

Discussing suicides may be triggering for some. However, suicides are preventable. In case you are feeling distressed by the content material or know somebody in misery, name Sneha Foundation – 04424640050 (accessible 24×7).