Students' suicide, dropouts: IIM Lucknow to de-stress campus

Prasad said the Institute is now taking steps to promote 'gross happiness index' so as to produce a happier and more valuable breed of future managers

Stirred by students’ dropout and a recent suicide of one of its students, the premier Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) is now taking proactive steps to de-stress the campus for improving its ‘gross happiness index’.

IIM-L Director Ajit Prasad observed the high academic standards in IIM was not amenable to promoting happiness among students, who weathered undue stress of expectations and performance.

He referred to a suicide in the campus by one of its students and the dropout of 20 students of the graduating (2016-18) batch to buttress his point about the IIM system subjecting students to immense pressure,