{
  "id": 16614042,
  "title": "IITs have far fewer mental health counsellors than recommended by UGC: RTI data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/iits-have-far-fewer-mental-health-counsellors-than-recommended-by-ugc",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T14:35:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/education/iits-have-far-fewer-mental-health-counsellors-than-recommended-by-ugc-rti-data/article71627251.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The reply comes amid rise in student suicides in the last five years; only IIT Ropar reported having enough counsellors as per the recommendation made by the UGC in its guidelines on mental health and wellbeing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}