KATHMANDU, May 3 -- After finding the body of a Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in India, the University Grants Commission (UGC) formed a fact-finding committee.

The UGC appointed a four-member committee and named Nageshwar Rao, former Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), as its chair. According to Indian media reports, the committee must submit its report within 10 days.

The committee will investigate the deaths of two Nepali students and recommend measures to enhance student welfare, strengthen safety regulations, and prevent such incidents. It will also assess KIIT's mental health support system.

On May 1, hostel staff discovered the body of Prisha Shah, a first-year ...