| | DECEMBER 20234The recent death of a fourth-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, is yet again bringing the focus on concerns over students facing academic pressure at premium institutes in the country. K Kiran Chandra was a student of IIT Kharagpur in the electrical engineering department who allegedly died by suicide. As many as 33 students at various Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) alone from across the country have died by suicide since 2018. National Institutes of Technology (NITs) reported 24 such deaths in this period, while the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMS) reported four such deaths. A couple of months ago, a second-year management student allegedly died by suicide at the Indian Institute of ManagementRanchi (IIMRanchi). The demand for Indian talent is skyrocketing in the global arena. The students enrolled in IITs and IIMs are exposed to cut-throat competition and academic stress. The mental strain and subsequent predicaments on a broader scale are an alarming time bomb. Responding to a query in Parliament, Minister of State for Education Subhas cited academic stress, family and personal reasons, and mental health issues as reasons for the deaths. Regardless of the reasons, academic institutes have a collective responsibility to check and double-check the wellbeing of students. The institutes must prioritize it as important as academics to produce meaningful impacts. Remember, without the canvases, there are no paintings!Sujith VasudevanManaging Editoreditor@ceoinsightsindia.comStudent Wellbeing Must Take the Center Stage EditorialVol 04 · Issue 5 - 1 · DECEMBER, 2023 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Sujith Vasudevan Senior Designer Girisha M Visualizers Antony Arnold F Madhusmita Sahoo NoidaRohan S Jaspreet K Niteesh Pandeyadvertise@ceoinsightsindia.comEditorial queries editor@ceoinsightsindia.comAdvertising ManagersAbhay Katiyar To subscribeVisit https://www.ceoinsightsindia.com/subscribe/ or send emailto subscription@ceoinsightsindia.comMagazine Price is Rs. 150 per issuePublisher Alok ChaturvediPrinted and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Info Connect Web Technolo-gies India Pvt. Ltd., and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017.Copyright © 2023 Info Connect Web Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.GM - Sales & Marketing Amrit SinghCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Editorial Keerthana Kantharaj Tejaswini P Roopalatha H Hima P. M.
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