IIT Kharagpur to Hold Monthly Stakeholder Meetings Starting October
IIT Kharagpur will begin monthly stakeholder meetings from October to support the holistic development of students and researchers, announced Director Prof Suman Chakraborty. These meetings will include discussions among students, researchers, and hostel authorities about facilities, amenities, and food. Additionally, the institute has a dedicated counselling center, SETU, and recently appointed Prof Sanjay Gupta as Dean of Career Development to assist students with career planning. This initiative follows recent unnatural deaths on campus.
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Coverage timeline
news18 broke this story on 21 Sept, 03:17 pm. Other outlets followed.
- 1news1821 Sept, 03:17 pmIIT Kharagpur to organise monthly meeting of stakeholders from October
- 2theprint21 Sept, 04:01 pmIIT Kharagpur to organise monthly meeting of stakeholders from October
Story context
- Category
- Education
- Location
- Kolkata, India
- Sources analysed
- 2
- Last analysed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Key entities
- IIT KharagpurSuman ChakrabortyKolkataPress Trust of IndiaTown hall meetingBoarding schoolSouth East Technological UniversitySanjay GuptaWell-beingEmpathy