India, Jan. 22 -- Two days after a PhD student allegedly died by suicide at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, the Union ministry of education on Thursday constituted a three-member committee to review the implementation of its mental health guidelines, examine the circumstances surrounding recent student deaths on the campus and suggest measures to prevent suicides.

Describing the death of the 27-year-old research scholar from the department of earth sciences, who hailed from Rajasthan's Churu district, as an "unfortunate incident", the ministry said it has "once again brought to the fore the critical importance of strengthening institutional mechanisms for safeguarding the emotional and mental wellbeing of students in Hig...