Centre Orders Reforms At NIT Kurukshetra: Ministry steps in after student suicides

New Delhi: Education ministry ordered corrective measures to amended field governance and pupil well-being astatine NIT Kurukshetra pursuing a high-level reappraisal Tuesday, adjacent arsenic elder prof Brahmjit Singh was appointed officiating manager arsenic manager B V Ramana Reddy's resignation was accepted.The developments travel against the backdrop of 4 pupil suicides reported connected field successful the past 2 months, including 3 successful April. The decease of a 20-year-old second-year pupil connected April 16 triggered protests, with students alleging negligence and demanding a probe. Following the unrest, authorities suspended world activities and asked students to vacate hostels, though prime batches person been asked to instrumentality from May 9.The review, chaired by Union acquisition curate Dharmendra Pradhan, examined the world environment, field beingness and hostel management, flagging urgent steps to fortify pupil engagement, module accountability and wide organization culture. Immediate measures see hostel upgrades, structured module grooming connected mentoring and pupil well-being, and SOPs to institutionalise pupil engagement.

In a related move, the institute has suspended associated registrar Gyana Ranjan Samantaray aft a cardinal squad visited the campus. The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance, seeking reports from the institute and territory authorities.Officials said enactment alteration follows the Union acquisition ministry's determination to retreat Reddy's administrative and fiscal powers.