Overview

• 1,000 of the 1,100 Nepalese students who left KIIT University have returned, with assurances of safety from authorities.
• The death of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student, has prompted investigations by the NHRC, Odisha Police, and a state government committee.
• Students allege they faced harassment, eviction, and abuse by university staff after protesting Lamsal's death, leading to arrests of 10 KIIT officials and one student for abetment to suicide.
• The Odisha government has formed a professors' panel to monitor the academic environment at KIIT and established a helpdesk to assist international students.
• The NHRC team is collecting evidence and will submit its findings by March 10, with coordination from the Nepalese government and the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.