Topic: IIT Madras
IIT-Madras suspends professor over research scholar’s suicide
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has suspended a professor following an inquiry into the suicide of a research scholar of the institute in March.
IIT-Madras, Birmingham University to offer joint PG degree in AI, Data Science
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the University of Birmingham will jointly offer a post graduation programme in data science and artificial intelligence.
Student found dead in IIT Madras, fourth incident since February
A second-year undergraduate student at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, 20-year-old Kedar Suresh Chougule, was found dead in his hostel room in an apparent suicide.
Third IIT-Madras suicide this year, PhD student from Bengal ends life
A PhD student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, allegedly died by suicide in his room in Tamil Nadu's Velachery on Friday.
Family dismisses CBI report on Fathima Latheef’s death, seeks new probe
9 November marks three years since 19-year-old Fathima Latheef, a first-year student of MA Humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, was found dead in her hostel room. Months after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) concluded its probe into the matter, the family is not convinced by their findings.
IIT Madras prof’s resignation over casteism substantiates our claims, says Fathima Latheef’s sister
"I feel the recent resignation of the Assistant Professor from the same Humanities and Social Sciences department is substantiating our claim of caste and religious discrimination in the campus," says Ayisha Latheef, twin sister of Fathima Latheef, a first-year Master’s student at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, who was found dead in her hostel room on 9 November in 2019 following she had faced religious discrimination from her professors.
