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Official data: 45 student suicides at 23 IITs over five years, 28 from SC, ST, OBC groups
Data compiled for a provisionally-admitted Lok Sabha starred question dated December 8, 2025, shows 23 IITs reported 45 student suicides between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Of these, 28 students were from SC, ST, and OBC communities, accounting for over 62% of the total. The IITs reported a sharp rise in 2023-24 with 16 deaths.
Twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) reported 45 student suicides between the academic years 2020-21 and 2024-25, according to official data. The numbers were compiled after data was obtained from all the IITs for a provisionally-admitted Lok Sabha starred question dated December 8, 2025.
Of the 45 students who died, 28 were from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities, accounting for more than 62 per cent of all suicides reported by the IITs during the period. Among them, 12 were from OBC, nine from SC, and seven from ST communities. Sixteen students were from the General category and one from the Economically Weaker Sections category.
The data shows a sharp rise in suicides in 2023-24, when the IITs reported 16 deaths.
- other backward classes
- student suicides
- Scheduled Caste
- Scheduled Tribes
- Indian Institutes of Technology
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IndiaHealth
Official data: 45 student suicides at 23 IITs over five years, 28 from SC, ST, OBC groups
Data compiled for a provisionally-admitted Lok Sabha starred question dated December 8, 2025, shows 23 IITs reported 45 student suicides between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Of these, 28 students were from SC, ST, and OBC communities, accounting for over 62% of the total. The IITs reported a sharp rise in 2023-24 with 16 deaths.
Twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) reported 45 student suicides between the academic years 2020-21 and 2024-25, according to official data. The numbers were compiled after data was obtained from all the IITs for a provisionally-admitted Lok Sabha starred question dated December 8, 2025.
Of the 45 students who died, 28 were from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) communities, accounting for more than 62 per cent of all suicides reported by the IITs during the period. Among them, 12 were from OBC, nine from SC, and seven from ST communities. Sixteen students were from the General category and one from the Economically Weaker Sections category.
The data shows a sharp rise in suicides in 2023-24, when the IITs reported 16 deaths.
- other backward classes
- student suicides
- Scheduled Caste
- Scheduled Tribes
- Indian Institutes of Technology
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