India, Oct. 13 -- The Ministry of Education has constituted a three-member committee to examine the circumstances surrounding the death by suicide of a first-year student at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi, and assess whether the institute implemented guidelines on student well-being.

The development came amid continuous protests at IIIT-Ranchi over allegations that the college administration did not provide emergency timely medical assistance to the student, who died on the night of October 10. The students have demanded the resignation of institute director Rajiv Srivastava and better emergency medical facilities on campus.

The Centre's committee, chaired by Prof Rajni Abbi, director of the University of Delhi's Sou...