Overview

• A Supreme Court bench led by Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan on Monday questioned the institute about four student suicides and ordered expedited probes
• Director Suman Chakraborty said the appointment of a full-time psychiatrist has been cleared to provide dedicated mental health care
• IIT Kharagpur will appoint a dean of student well-being and start a motivational lecture series by alumni to help students cope with stress
• The institute announced plans to overhaul its Career Development Centre to widen internship opportunities and ease academic pressure on students
• Officials say they are awaiting detailed recommendations from the external experts committee constituted in May to steer further well-being reforms