{"id":26842,"date":"2026-09-21T07:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26842"},"modified":"2026-09-21T07:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:38:05","slug":"iit-bombay-student-suicide-case-institute-apologises-over-earlier-remarks-student-affairs-dean-suspended-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=26842","title":{"rendered":"IIT-Bombay student suicide case: Institute apologises over earlier remarks; student affairs dean suspended | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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IIT Bombay suspends Dean Suryanarayana Doolla<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NEW DELHI: IIT Bombay on Monday suspended Dean of Student Affairs Professor Suryanarayana Doolla with immediate effect following the death by suicide of 20-year-old BTech student Sahil Wakode.The suspension came amid student protests and demands for action over the circumstances surrounding Sahil\u2019s death.\u201cProf. Suryanarayana Doolla, Dean of Student Affairs, has been suspended with immediate effect. Any further action will be taken following an investigation,\u201d Kedare saidDoolla had been accused by students and Sahil\u2019s family of harassment and abetment in connection with the student\u2019s death. He will, however, continue to serve as a professor and head of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering.The institute also issued an apology for statements made in an earlier communication about the circumstances surrounding Sahil\u2019s death.\u201cWe apologise for the statements contained in our earlier communication concerning the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate demise of Sahil. The details and circumstances leading up to the incident remain subject to investigation by the appropriate authorities. In view of the ongoing investigation, it was inappropriate to have set out or characterised details relating to the events preceding his demise before they had been duly established through the appropriate investigative process.\u201dTwenty-year-old BTech student Sahil Wakode, a second-year student of Energy Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay, was found dead in his hostel room on Friday, hours after he was allegedly caught using a mobile phone during the institute\u2019s mid-semester examination. He had reportedly uploaded the exam paper to an AI platform to seek answers.The incident was the third reported case of suicide on the IIT Bombay campus this year and triggered protests by students over the circumstances surrounding Sahil\u2019s death and the institute\u2019s handling of the matter.Sahil\u2019s parents and several students alleged that he was taken out of the examination hall and threatened with suspension. IIT Bombay, however, maintained that no disciplinary action had been initiated against him and that he was counselled and assured that the incident would not affect his academic career.<\/p>\n

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