Academic stress is among the reasons cited for the frequent suicides being reported from the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C). Though the institute has a permanent system to address the concerns of students, many are not making use of it, claim some of the faculty members.
The recent incident of suicide was reported on May 6 when Yogiswarnath Mothukuru, a third-year-student of BTech (Mechanical Engineering), was found dead near the ‘C’ block. Though he was taken to the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, Yogiswarnath could not be saved. The 19-year-old is reported to have leapt to his death from the seventh floor of the mega hostel building. Most of the students in the hostel building had returned home and Yogiswarnath too was planning to do so. Their semester exams had concluded recently.
The hostel authorities were alarmed when one of his relatives informed them about a message in which he had expressed his wish to end his life. His body was found when they searched the premises. He is the son of Venkatram Narsaiah, an employee of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, and Malathi.
