Toya Chatterjee, a student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling on Friday (May, 30). It is being said that poor performance drove her to the point of suicide. Toya Committed suicide hours before the 40th annual convocation of the institute.
Toya Chatterjee was a fourth year student of B-Tech (Biological Sciences) and a a resident of Kolkata. Toya was found hanging from the ceiling in her hostel room by her father., Assistant Registrar K V Satyamurthi said on Saturday.
Toya had failed in two subjects and had not informed her parents about it while her father had arrived in Kanpur to attend the convocation ceremony.
Chatterjee's father found her daughter dead in her room when he came to meet her on Friday night.
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It is really horrifying to learn of TOya's suicide. She was my ex-prof's only daughter and a brilliant student, who ranked in Class 10 boards. I don't understand y do the modern day students take such extreme steps at the slightest of provocations. Do'nt they think about their parents. My heart goes our to Ena Ma'am and her family in their moment of grief. Rest in peace Toya
Instead of being sympathetic, such parents need to be kicked. For a good student like Toya, failing is perhaps one of the lowest points in her life. At this juncture she needs support and compassion. But she is sure that she cannot turn to her parents for that support. They will be disappointed in her and their cold attitude will only make her life more miserable. This is what life had probably taught her. The more marks you fetch, the more your parents love you. For the last twenty years, her parents' attitude may have so thoroughly hammered this 'love for marks' idea into her head. I feel sorry for her and for all other students who suffer in silence. But I don't have an iota of sympathy for parents who can't assure their children of unconditional care and support.
Being from IIT Kanpur, I know the insurmountable pressure a student goes through to snatch a degree – what Toya did, I know personally atleast 20 students of each batch would have thought at some point of his IIT days, but luckily they slip through the bad phase and found them extremely successful beyond IIT. I think more interactions with the seniors who all went through these phases and now become so extremely successful, can encourage the students and can prevent such huge amounts of suicides every year from different IITs. Such a waste of brain – I have no words to regret!
I don't much about her but it is very tragic move, as if a person is killing oneself means one has no way to move.
We should be supportive for everyone........... even there is no death statement for a criminal too.
There are reasons that lie deep. As an alumnus of BTech. program from IIT (Bombay), and having pursued higher studies in US, I think I can relate to such pressurized situations occurring here in India.
Over the last few years (for more than a decade), the IIT-JEE is the most sought after target of every Indian household. While, in the years prior to this, only those with natural flair and ability to crack such exams passed.
But, naturally, with increasing brand recognition of the IITs, they have also become every household dream, just like owning a car or house or any other property.
So, students increasingly have pressured themselves to succeed in this exam. What most don't realize is that it takes a whole different approach, and natural interest, in succeeding inside the IITs.
While, people are so successful in cracking the JEE or CAT, they don't realize whether their current study is naturally interesting to them, or just for sake of a IIT-BTech degree on paper, do they just enroll in that study program. What is necessary and most recommended is a separate aptitude test for each engineering program instead of a common JEE, thus allowing people to only attempt a couple of entrances in a particular branch of engineering. This way, the it is ensured that, only those with natural flair for a particular course of study enroll in a program .
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