Trouble brewing at Kerala's private engineering colleges

Suicide of student exposes cache of problems at institutes, which have struggled to fill their seats

In the Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots, an engineering student commits suicide due to pressure from the college management to perform better academically. A real-life case having disturbing similarities to the one in the film is being discussed widely in Kerala, with questions being raised about the way private educational institutions are run in the state.
 
Jishnu Pranoy, a first-year student of Nehru College of Engineering in Thrissur, committed suicide after he was allegedly caught cheating during an exam, an allegation his classmates reject. They said Pranoy was victimised for questioning the way exams were being conducted with the