A third-year student at the Indian Institute of Technology-Patna allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death here on Thursday morning, Bihar police sources said.
Twenty-year-old Yalavarthi Sweeya, a resident of Miyapur in Hyderabad, was allegedly unhappy with her grades in the fifth semester, which caused her great mental distress and led her to commit suicide by jumping from her hostel's terrace.
The institute is presently operating from the Pataliputra Colony in the city till construction of its permanent domicile located at a sprawling 600 km campus in Bihta (on the outskirts of Patna) is completed.
Despite securing a cumulative performance index (CPI) of 7.8 in her fifth semester, Ms. Sweeya, a school topper, was unhappy with her present performance, said Registrar of IIT-Patna Subhash Pandey.
“Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide. College authorities have stated that Ms. Sweeya had been taken for psychiatric counselling in the recent past as she was disturbed and unhappy with her grades,” said Senior Superintendent of Police Alok Kumar.
Mr. Kumar said that all angles were being probed and that the girl's parents were soon expected from Hyderabad.
Keywords: IIT-Patna, student suicide
Education is a crucial part in life. But it itself is not life.So many IItians and Chartered accountants who make do or die efforts for being qualifeid are not faring well with the jobs in many cases. As the skills required there in the working environment are totally diffrent.I appeal to the youth as working CA cum mother of two engineering students to come out of your blind perceptions about marks and scores. When once you get into the campus you must try for your over all personality. Live happily , make your parents and people around you happy.Pursue fine arts.. literature, classical music ,sports etc apart from your study books that will show you the real meaning of life.
Quite sad to know that the nation with the greatest youth population has some youth with such low self belief. I am a student myself but never pushed myself for not getting high marks. I appeal to all that before taking such extreme steps, please think about your parents and loved ones. Your one rash decision gives them a lifetime wound. You will die once, they will die daily for you.
Really,Our Education system,society people is responsible for this. Why, the reason behind is Our Parents,teachers,relatives are given higher importance to the Grades,Percentage. They are thinking like their children if they secured 90% in schooling level thn they have to get same score in college level study or professional level study which is not possible for every kid.And Hence, children do study not for their sake but obvious for their parents and others expectation.If they are not getting expected marks thn their children getting heavy lectures with heavy words which their children never digest.And Stop Comparing,if your kid is not performing well then encouraging him or her by saying next time you wil get good score.
a 7.8 cpi... people make dying efforts to score this much, and here is one girl who die because she could score "only" this much.... strange!
Very sad news.... Are sessions in IIT's are different...I mean if she was in 3rd year then she must be in 5th sem..or was she a student of final year?????
media should find out more facts related to committing suicides in educational institute where who is responsible for such accident.
Quiet sad that some IITians are not understanding what life is. They fail to look beyond their campus. A residential campus has this drawback of being a closed system, with very less interaction with society and real world.
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