Find here why IIT Bombay student commits Suicide!
21-year old Jitesh Sharma was the third-year student of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He apparent committed suicide on campus. In his suicide note, Jitesh has mentioned that he was worried about the recent exams he had appeared for and that his results would mar his placement prospects.
The suicide note also read, “I should not have been in this field. I made a mistake by passing JEE exam.” Jitesh was not doing well in his studies and was yet to clear a few papers from previous semesters.
Jitesh hailed from Rohtak, Haryana. He was suffering from depression and was undergoing counselling at IIT-B. His family was aware that he was under stress. Recently, he sat for two exams that were held on April 24 and April 29, 2015.
His body was found on the terrace of an IIT Bombay Hostel 15 (different than the one in which he lived) with a container of sodium azide acid, which is highly corrosive in nature. Jitesh’s body has been sent for postmortem on morning of May 3, 2015 and further investigation in the matter is still going on.
The Powai police claimed that since it is a Sunday, it has not been possible to round up all of Jitesh’s friends and faculty heads yet. The family has been informed about his death and when the classes will resume, police will try to dig more into Jitesh’s academic and social performance. The fact that the suicide note uses both English and Hindi shows that he was under considerable stress.
According to Jitesh’s friends, he was quite active in extra-curricular activities. Though he was not doing well academically, he had been successfully handling the functioning of the placement cell since last semester.
This is the second death inside the IIT Bombay campus in less than one year. In September 2014, Aniket Ambhore (fourth-year engineering student) fell to his death from the sixth-floor balcony of a hostel. It is suspected to be a suicide case too.
“The fact that the suicide note uses both English and Hindi shows that he was under considerable stress.” Doesnt the fact that he committed suicide that he was under stress??
The Only problem is that a person who is too much lured by a 3.2 Cr/Annum job, and expects himself too much then the problem arrives in an IIT, the prestige of the worlds best Institution doesnt make you earn too much but your talent does. When there is too much expectation there is pressure implies there is STRESS which can do Anything. But it is a huge loss for the family.