IIT Hyderabad Topper Committed Suicide in US due to Bad Grades

New Delhi: Being an IITian carries a heavy burden of expectations from family, friends and society and it seems that 25-year old Shiva Kiran fell victim to the stress and depression it can whip up. The topper of IIT Hyderabad, Shiva went to the US for higher studies in August 2015. Reportedly, he hanged himself in his room because of his bad grades in the first semester of the MS course he was pursuing.

Shiva Kiran was studying for a Master’s degree at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh City of United States. He was sharing room with two other university students – both being Chinese. It is being said that he was depresses ever since he fared badly in the first semester exams and had withdrawn the fee he had paid for the second semester of the course.

Shiva’s family told the media that he had called home to say that he wanted to come back to India and prepare well for the next semester. They are mystified over why he hung himself instead of returning to them. Now, they are waiting for his body to come.

The family was informed about the misfortune by the officials of Telugu Association of North America (TANA).