New Delhi: The external inquiry committee formed by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) three days ago to investigate the death of 31-year-old MSc Physics student Rishikesh Kumar has begun its probe.
The institute said that an external ombudsperson will be appointed next week.
IIT Delhi’s external inquiry committee into the student suicide has started functioning. The Institute will appoint an External Ombudsperson next week and support the family.
The institute has also approved financial support for the student’s family from its benevolent fund. In addition, a separate fund has been created through voluntary contributions from faculty members, students, staff and alumni. The committee is headed by Justice Mukta Gupta, a retired judge of the Delhi High Court. It also includes Professor Pratap Sharan, head of the Department of Psychiatry at AIIMS New Delhi; four student representatives; and the Registrar, who serves as Secretary and Convenor.
The probe panel was reconstituted after former Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, who had been named chairperson of an earlier committee formed by IIT Delhi to investigate the student’s death, withdrew from the inquiry, citing prior commitments.
