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Whither IIT Kanpur

As another suicide brings IIT Kanpur into the news again, Nandz has an interesting theory. As a recent  graduate of the same institution, he scoffs at the idea that tough grading or academic pressure could be a reason.  He believes it might, in fact, be caused by the Werther effect.  I find it quite an interesting perspective.

I’m not sure how much the situation has changed from my times - and they’re not too far in the past, I’m a 2005 graduate - but, I really don’t think that the academic pressure is too high at IIT Kanpur. Any lower, and it’ll risk getting lost amongst the gazillions of second and third rung engineering institues in the country.

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ALE-Xpressed
July 2nd, 2008, 4:42 pm | #

This is very sad but not new. Similar incident happened here in Lahore, Pakistan a couple of months back when a student of LUMS did the same.

Read here: http://ambershahid.blogspot.com/2008/04/lums-student-commits-suicide-my-view.html

This problem really needs to be solved. Institutions should be careful with their policies. Good grades matter only if the students live to complete the degree :(

ALE
http://blog.ale.com.pk

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madhavi
July 3rd, 2008, 1:52 pm | #

I READ YOUR NEWS.

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