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IIT Kharagpur to Hold Monthly Stakeholder Meetings From October
IIT Kharagpur plans to start a meeting every month from October.
Students, researchers and other campus groups will be able to discuss problems openly.
They will talk about disagreements and try to find solutions.
Hostel residents will also discuss lodging, food and other facilities.
The institute wants these efforts to support students’ overall development.
Professor Sanjay Gupta will help students plan their careers.
A student counselling and mental well-being team called SETU is also operating.
The changes come after several unnatural deaths on the campus.
IIT Kharagpur will begin monthly stakeholder town hall meetings from October.
Students, researchers and hostel authorities will discuss unresolved issues and disagreements.
Separate interactions will address hostel lodging, food, dietary concerns and amenities.
Professor Sanjay Gupta has been appointed Dean of Career Development.
The measures follow several unnatural deaths on the IIT Kharagpur campus.
- Who
- IIT Kharagpur, including students, researchers, hostel authorities and institute officials.
- What
- The institute will organize monthly stakeholder town halls and additional discussions about student and hostel concerns.
- Where
- IIT Kharagpur campus in Kharagpur, West Bengal; the report was datelined Kolkata.
- When
- The monthly meetings are scheduled to begin in October; the announcement was made on September 21.
- Why
- To support students’ holistic development, resolve disagreements and address concerns following several unnatural deaths on campus.
Key facts
- Institution
- IIT Kharagpur
- Start date
- October
- Meeting frequency
- Monthly
- Discussion topics
- Student issues, hostel lodging, food, dietary concerns, facilities and amenities
- Career appointment
- Professor Sanjay Gupta was appointed Dean of Career Development
- Counselling initiative
- SETU, the Support, Empathy, Transformation & Upliftment team, is functioning as a student counselling and mental well-being centre
- Context
- The measures follow a spate of unnatural deaths on the campus
Quotes
Prof Suman Chakraborty
Director of IIT Kharagpur
“There will be a town hall meeting from next month where all stakeholders can open up and discuss outstanding issues to thrash out problems and disagreements.”
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