The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra appointed Brahmjit Singh as the officiating director after Professor BV Ramana Reddy resigned on April 4, following the withdrawal of his administrative powers by the Union Ministry of Education (MoE). This change comes amid serious concerns regarding student welfare, highlighted by four reported suicides in the last two months, with three occurring in April alone. Protests erupted on campus after the death of a second-year student, prompting the institute to announce holidays and ask students to vacate their hostels. The MoE has formed a three-member committee to investigate the governance and administrative issues at the institute, including the handling of staff grievances and the decline in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings. Additionally, the joint registrar has been suspended as part of the ongoing investigations into the troubling incidents on campus.