Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old from Nepal’s Kathmandu, was pursuing computer science at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha. She was found dead in her hostel room on Sunday, hours after she spoke to her mother.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli urged the Indian government to intervene in the issue after several Nepali students were evicted

The presumed suicide of 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal, a third-year BTech Nepali student at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Bhubaneswar, India, rocked the parliaments in Kathmandu and Odisha on Tuesday, with calls for justice and strong action against the culprits who pushed her to such a tragic end.

Odisha’s KIIT (Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) has announced a scholarship in memory of Prakriti Lamsal, a 20-year-old Nepalese student who tragically passed away in her hostel room, reportedly due to suicide.

Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha has announced a scholarship in memory of Prakriti Lamsal, the 20-year-old Nepalese student of the private engineering institute who died allegedly by suicide at her hostel room on February 16,

The death of a Nepali student at KIIT University, allegedly due to harassment, has triggered protests, police investigations, and a controversial university response, raising concerns about student safety and institutional accountability.

The Nepalese government warned yesterday, Tuesday, January 18, that if the situation surrounding the death of a student at a Bhubaneswar university is not resolved properly and legally, it may discontinue granting no-objection certificates to students seeking to study in educational establishments in India's Odisha.

In response to mounting pressure, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi assured Nepali officials Sanjeeb Das Sharma and Navin Raj Adhik

The Indian Embassy in Nepal said ‘reports of misconduct against students are being investigated and those responsible will be held accountable as per the law’.