IIT PhD scholar dies after falling from hostel balcony

Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, a PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bhubaneswar, lost his life after allegedly falling from the balcony of a boys’ hostel late SAturday night.

The deceased male student has been identified as Tanikonda Nishanth Kumar, a native of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

According to police sources, the fatal incident took place around midnight at Brahmaputra Hall inside the IIT Bhubaneswar campus.