Student suicides in coaching hub Kota have not just become a topic of debate for various stakeholders including politicians, institutions, police and parents but was also the subject of a psychologist's PhD research.
Dinesh Sharma, head of the psychology department at Government Nursing College in Kota, had counselled over 400 students taking coaching for engineering and medical entrance exams.
He decided to do his PhD on stress levels and different issues bothering students and pitched it to the Jaipur National University. He finished his PhD last month and has also submitted his thesis to the district administration which is experimenting with several measures to battle student suicides.
