IIT Guwahati: 47-year-old faculty member found hanging in quarter

Dr Sameer Kamal, a faculty member of the mathematics department of IIT Guwahati found dead at the residential quarters, suicide suspected.

In a tragic incident, a faculty member of IIT Guwahati was found hanging at the residential quarters. Dr Sameer Kamal was 47-year-old, and a faculty member of the mathematics department.

Superintendent of Police of Kamrup district Hitesh Roy said that the body was recovered from inside a room on Friday evening.

"We suspect that he allegedly died by suicide two to three days back. The body has been sent to the hospital for post-mortem," Roy said, as reported by Tribune India.

IIT Guwahati has issued a statement: "The institute is trying to establish contact with the family of the deceased. IIT Guwahati expresses its deepest condolences to the family at this time of profound grief. We will cooperate with the police investigation and will also commission an internal investigation on the matter."

As per the police, on Friday, they received information from the IIT that a foul smell was coming out from a locked faculty quarter. When police reached there, Kamal was found hanging from the ceiling fan.

IIT students' suicide cases have been a cause of concern, but this time a faculty member is found dead by hanging. In December 2021, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in Parliament that from 2014, as many as 34 students of IITs died by suicide. 

While such disturbing news keeps coming from top IITs of the country, now there have been talks regarding the mental health of these students who secure seats in the most prominent engineering colleges of the country.

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