IISc Bangalore replaces ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans to prevent student suicides in hostels

IISc Bangalore has replaced ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans to prevent student suicides in hostels. Since March 2021 the institute witnessed four suicides, three of them by hanging.

The management at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has started replacing ceiling fans with wall-mounted fans at its hostels. Students have also been restricted from entering terraces and narrow balconies.

The reason for this move is to prevent student suicides. Four students of the institute allegedly died by suicide in their hostel rooms since March this year -- three of them by hanging. This move has been taken to restrict access to these means of self-harm by the students.