Sharing my Lived_Experiences, Inferences & Interventions from 15years(2008-2023) of evolving as an IIScian being close to IISc & IITs (the Campuses, Communities, Controversies & Contributions).
#SaveOurStudents Campaign2021 #Preventing_Students_Suicides & Deaths in Academia.
1. Riisc of the Mind: Mental_Fatigue, Info_Overload, analysis paralysis.
2. Riisc of the Body: Deficiencies Due to Brain Stress and Overwork. Eye Strain and issues, sedentary lifestyle diseases.
3. Riisc of the Groups/communities/Societies: Academic Bullying and abuse.
4. Riisc of the Situation_Environment/eco-Systems: Chemical and experimental setup risks.
5. Conclusion of How to Prevent and overcome these Risks.
With PoweR comes 4Rs: Resources, Rights, Responsibility and Risks.
This maybe few vulnerability or one of the Riiscs, R’IISc’s with IIScians..
“Analysis Paralysis”.. knowledge, paths and options for actions are more so it takes time and difficult to decide which path or option to take.
How to overcome the Analysis Paralysis and “just do it.”?. This is of gud inquiry where to draw the line for knowledge seeking and start to apply_practicing.
5. Conclusion of How to Prevent and overcome these Risks.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvpj79dx
Request to not attack a person or family nor the Institutions in groups. The Blame-sharing factor varies case to case fro 20:80 to 50:50. Between Genetic & Environmental Factors for Suicides risks.
The sharing is a subjective life experience share valuable from an IIScian.. We can honor the contribution instead of demeaning with sarcasm.
Sir I’m sorry such negative attitudes are’nt sign of a supportive environment or culture.
Let’s collaborate instead of personal attacks.
Lets Vow to Stop Students-Suicides today.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/phd-student-at-iisc-in-bengaluru-dies-by-suicide/amp_articleshow/105663342.cms
Group workin for Students-Safety on Campuses.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/FjRuSB64Qp1EGxK2pJ4l29
https://www.google.com/amp/s/timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/phd-student-at-iisc-in-bengaluru-dies-by-suicide/amp_articleshow/105663342.cms
We pray for the soul, and the parents and the family.
How to make this the Last ever suicide at our Institutes..?
how many more to stop this academic Suicides?
Bros and Sis students.. its time to vow for Students Safety to end suicides @colleges.
Let’s join forces and Work towards a *Suicideless_Campuses*.. Let’s get and set this right for younger students and Future of Indian Academia.
#TrendSupport_EndDepresicde;*
PRIYAMitras Globally first students initiated Help-Group 4 Depression_Prevention.
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References:
https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/academic-distress-and-student-suicides-in-india
Testimony from an Alumni: anonymousised to hide Identity of Person and Place.
“On the topic of suicide, it is very easy to advise the right thing to do. But in reality, the affected person often shuts himself or herself off. Keeping a distance from others. Often hiding behind closed doors. Not giving access for others to help.
I lost my close friend to suicide at Institute. He was brilliant and wanted to do the best research ever done. His experiments would be perfect, no less. It took him a long time to do his research, partly because he chose a very difficult problem.
Probably all his batchmates finished before him and I think he was the last student of the batch finishing his work. I was not there at that time; like most students, I had gone on a post doc, in my case, to the National Health Institute .
I got the news via a letter from another friend that this friend of mine had committed suicide in his hostel room on the eve of his PhD defence.
I believe the overseas examiner, an ex Intitutian, had commented in the thesis report that the work was good but asked what the relevance of classical protein chemistry was in the scientific world where recombinant DNA technology was coming up. This devastated my friend. All his hard work, standing overnight many, many times in the cold room, shivering, manually collecting fractions to purify his protein and planning and executing perfect experiments… was all a waste. And he took his own life.
I think if some of us batchmates and friends were there, we might have been able to save him. He was alone and lonely and unable to handle the condescending comments of the examiner. I don’t know if there was any other factor leading up to this since I was not there at the time.
It is important to keep in touch; with email and WhatsApp, that is easier these days.
“1984/85. I left IISc in Oct 84 and this happened a few months later.
Yes, you can refer to this case. He was also from a very poor family in Punjab. He was supported in his studies and otherwise by his brother who was doing PhD in physics in Panjab Univ.
The suicide created a vacuum that cannot be filled. He had so much potential.( in Indian Academia and Life).
Money-minded People speak of Genders-pay Gap, but non Speak of Genders-risks Gap or Genders-Suicides Gap why? Aren’t lives valuable than mere Money? One genders wants alimony because marriage has become about all-money.. not family or social harmony.
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