A student of the premier Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) allegedly committed suicide, police sources said on 17th March, 2014, Monday (Holi Day).
Boga Shravan (24), a final year M-Tech student of IIT (Kharagpur), West Bengal, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room by his classmates, the sources said.
Shravan hails from Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh.
Additional Superintendent of Police of Kharagpur B. Chandrasekhar said as per initial investigation it was found that the campus placements of the final year students of M-Tech was held recently and Shravan got a job in the placement but it was not up to his expectation and was disheartened with the matter.
Photograph of the student committed suicide:
Details of student as per Institute:
- First name: SHRAVAN
- Last name: BOGA
- Designation: student
- Department: Computer Science & Engineering
- Institute: IIT Kharagpur
- Address Line 1: H.No:1-99, Raghunathapur (village), Rajapet (mandal)
- Address Line 2: Nalgonda (District), AP
- City: Hyderabad
- State: Andhra Pradesh
- Zip Code: 508105
- Country: India
- Mobile: 8670073191
- Office Email: shravanboga8@gmail.com
MTech Student
Roll No: 12CS60R30
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Roll No: 12CS60R30
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Shravan Boga registered to IIT Kharagpur as M-Tech student in 2012 with Institute Roll number as 12CS60R30 in Computer Science and Engineering. He was pursuing his second and last year in IIT Kharagpur. He was a boarder of Madan Mohan Malviya Hall of Residence (MMM Hall).
He was selected by a company in Campus Interview, but he was upset with the compensation and company which he got. He wanted a job in a big company, but he couldn't do well in placements. Also, there is no option for him to change the company once he approves as per institute rules and regulations. He got into a deep depression as he dreamt of huge salary, job, good company from his childhood. Finally, On Morning of Holi Festival, i.e. on 17th March 2014 Monday, he hung himself to the ceiling fan in his room. He found dead by his friends and classmates when they went to his room to celebrate Holi with him. Police said that this case is primarily taken as suicide and they promised appropriate investigation.
Holi celebrations at IIT-Kharagpur were cut short abruptly on Monday morning when an MTech student was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his hostel room. This is the 21st suicide on campus in the last six years, police said.
Boga Shravan, 24, a resident of Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall, was found by his hostel mates around 11.30 am. The door of his room, where he lived alone, was locked from inside.
The death of Boga, described as a brilliant computer science student by IIT-Kgp authorities, sent shock waves throughout the campus.
Boga was supposed to join his mates in the Holi festivities. When he did not show up even an hour after scheduled, his friends went looking for him. "He didn't answer the door, so we tried to break the adjacent window. A small opening was made in the window and we found him hanging. We immediately informed the warden, who rushed to the hostel," said Shrikant Ratula, president of the MMM Hall.
Kharagpur police have taken the body in custody and the room has been sealed. A preliminary search has not revealed a suicide note.
"Boga was disciplined, committed and consistent in his performance, which despite the institute's tough assessment standards, was very good. He was academically oriented and had already been offered the job of assistant professor at the Rajiv Gandhi Knowledge University of Hyderabad. He was quite upbeat about the offer and so this sudden end completely foxes us," said IIT-Kgp registrar Tapan Ghoshal.
Though the institute administration is ruling out depression, boys in his hostel said he had gone off Facebook a year ago. "He was a regular on Facebook but suddenly he had taken himself off and had even stopped interacting on other social networking sites or via email," said a hostel mate.
Boga's death takes the suicide toll on the campus to 21 in the past six years. It was not this bad even 10 years ago, said worried key members of the administration. A counselling centre, staffed with three psychologists and analysts, are trying to intervene at the earliest stages of depression. At the moment, more than 200 students are seeing doctors.
Boga Shravan, 24, a resident of Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall, was found by his hostel mates around 11.30 am. The door of his room, where he lived alone, was locked from inside.
The death of Boga, described as a brilliant computer science student by IIT-Kgp authorities, sent shock waves throughout the campus.
Boga was supposed to join his mates in the Holi festivities. When he did not show up even an hour after scheduled, his friends went looking for him. "He didn't answer the door, so we tried to break the adjacent window. A small opening was made in the window and we found him hanging. We immediately informed the warden, who rushed to the hostel," said Shrikant Ratula, president of the MMM Hall.
Kharagpur police have taken the body in custody and the room has been sealed. A preliminary search has not revealed a suicide note.
"Boga was disciplined, committed and consistent in his performance, which despite the institute's tough assessment standards, was very good. He was academically oriented and had already been offered the job of assistant professor at the Rajiv Gandhi Knowledge University of Hyderabad. He was quite upbeat about the offer and so this sudden end completely foxes us," said IIT-Kgp registrar Tapan Ghoshal.
Though the institute administration is ruling out depression, boys in his hostel said he had gone off Facebook a year ago. "He was a regular on Facebook but suddenly he had taken himself off and had even stopped interacting on other social networking sites or via email," said a hostel mate.
Boga's death takes the suicide toll on the campus to 21 in the past six years. It was not this bad even 10 years ago, said worried key members of the administration. A counselling centre, staffed with three psychologists and analysts, are trying to intervene at the earliest stages of depression. At the moment, more than 200 students are seeing doctors.
