Education Ministry sets up three-member panel to probe student’s death at IIIT Ranchi

New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has constituted a three-member committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of a student at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Ranchi, and assess the functioning of student support systems at the institute.

The committee will be headed by Prof. Rajni Abbi, Director of the South Campus of the University of Delhi, and will include a senior psychiatrist and a senior officer from the Ministry of Education as members.

According to the Ministry, the panel has been constituted to conduct a detailed examination of the incident and review the implementation of relevant guidelines at the institute. The inquiry will focus on the availability and functioning of basic facilities, institutional support systems, counselling and mentoring arrangements, and student grievance redressal mechanisms.

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