India, Jan. 20 -- A 25-year-old PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Ramswaroop Ishwaram, tragically died by suicide on Tuesday afternoon after jumping from the sixth floor of a campus residential building, police said.

Ishwaram, a native of Churu, Rajasthan, had joined IIT Kanpur in July 2023 and was pursuing his doctoral research in the Department of Earth Sciences.

He lived in the New SBRA residential building with his wife, Manju, and their three-year-old daughter. His wife is reportedly three months pregnant.

On Monday, friends accompanied him to a physician, who recommended follow-up counseling. A follow-up appointment was scheduled for Tuesday evening, but Ishwaram died before attending it.

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