IIT Bombay Student Dies by Suicide After Jumping From Hostel Terrace

• A 21-year-old IIT Bombay Civil Engineering student, Naman Agarwal from Jodhpur, died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of a hostel building.
• The incident occurred at the institute's Powai campus; police registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) and are investigating, with no suicide note found.
• This follows a similar incident last month where a 25-year-old IIT Kanpur PhD scholar, Ramswroop Ishram, died by suicide, reportedly suffering from depression.
• The Supreme Court formed a National Task Force (NTF) on student mental health, which found 65% of institutions lacked mental health professionals.
• The apex court issued directions holding higher education institutions responsible for preventing suicides, including reporting all unnatural deaths and prohibiting punitive actions for scholarship delays.