Archive · 8 Sep 2026
TISS Student Dies After Cardiac Arrest Amid Facility Concerns
P Janarthanan was a first-year student at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
He was studying Health Administration.
During a class in Mumbai, he began having trouble breathing.
This happened at about 9:00 am on 7 September.
His classmates took him to a hospital.
He later died after what was described as a cardiac arrest.
TISS expressed sympathy to his family.
Some students said the campus did not have basic medical facilities.
P Janarthanan, a first-year MA student at TISS, died on Monday, 7 September, after a health emergency during class.
Janarthanan was studying MA Health Administration and was from Tamil Nadu.
He began experiencing breathlessness around 9:00 am during a lecture at the KRH building on TISS’s New Campus in Deonar, Mumbai.
His classmates rushed him to a hospital after the incident.
Students alleged that the campus lacked basic medical facilities, while TISS expressed condolences to his family.
- Who
- P Janarthanan, a first-year MA Health Administration student at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
- What
- He experienced a health emergency during class and died after a cardiac arrest.
- When
- Monday, 7 September; he began experiencing breathlessness at around 9:00 am.
- Where
- The KRH building on TISS’s New Campus in Deonar, Mumbai.
- Why
- The reported immediate cause was a cardiac arrest; students also raised concerns about the campus’s lack of basic medical facilities.
Student Concerns
Institutional Response
Campus medical facilities
Student Concerns
Students who spoke to The Quint alleged that the campus lacked basic medical facilities.
Institutional Response
TISS’s reported statement offered condolences to Janarthanan’s family but did not provide a response to the facilities allegation in the article.
Response to the emergency
Student Concerns
Students said Janarthanan had to be rushed to a hospital by his classmates after becoming breathless during class.
Institutional Response
The article identifies the class setting and reports TISS’s condolences, but does not describe any further institutional emergency response.
- Student
- P Janarthanan
- Programme
- MA in Health Administration
- Institution
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences
- Incident time
- Around 9:00 am
- Incident location
- KRH building, TISS New Campus, Deonar, Mumbai
- Initial symptom
- Breathlessness during a lecture
- Student concern
- Alleged lack of basic medical facilities on campus