No suicide reports from 3,522 universities, faculties: UGC | India News

NEW DELHI: The UGC knowledgeable SC Friday no incident of suicide was reported from central, state, personal and deemed universities in addition to faculties at the same time as petitioners, moms of two college students who died by suicide, claimed that IITs, IIMs and nationwide regulation universities haven’t given information on this regard.
The UGC affidavit was positioned earlier than an SC bench by solicitor basic Tushar Mehta who mentioned the data was collected from 45 central, 293 state, 269 personal and 103 deemed universities in addition to 2,812 faculties in numerous states.
For petitioners Abeda Salim Tadvi and Radhika Vemula, moms of two college students who died by suicide, senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned IITs, IIMs and NLUs, the place reports of suicidal dying of scholars have been reported haven’t responded to the UGC’s request for information on such incidents in addition to complaints about caste-based discrimination.
The affidavit mentioned 1,503 caste-based discrimination complaints have been filed by college students, of which 1,426 have been addressed. Mehta mentioned an knowledgeable committee, tasked to revisit current UGC rules on the promotion of SC/ST/OBC/PwD and minority communities in greater academic establishments, has submitted draft UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2025.