Mishap at South Carolina – Kgp Student Drowns
Posted in: Events Outside Kgp on June 30, 2009 | Comments (42)
We have just received word of an unfortunate incident involving Sandesh Kumar Jat, a 2006 batch BTech student of Chemical Engineering, who was interning at the University of South Carolina this year. Sandesh, a resident of RP Hall and a native of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, had gone for a swim with a friend to Folly Beach at 5 pm Saturday, local time (yesterday morning IST) and apparently drowned. The incident is currently being investigated by the police and details are scarce.
The Dean of Student Affairs Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya has contacted the American Embassy at Kolkata as well as one Siva Balasubramanian, a graduate student working under Sandesh’s mentor, Professor John Weidner (Associate Chair, Chemical Engineering, SC) for information. The immediate concern right now is bringing Sandesh’s body back to India. Influential alumni at Washington have also been contacted by the Dean of Alumni Affairs, Prof. Amit Patra for the recovery of the corpse, currently under the custody of local police. A family member has to claim the body within a maximum of 7 days; a visa for this purpose requires a letter of invitation from the university or the local governing authority (the Indian Embassy at Washington has a say in such matters). Sandesh’s relatives are seeking help from the Ministry in this regard.
This has been an extremely unfortunate incident to exacerbate what has already proven to be a dark year in IIT Kharagpur’s history. We express our condolences to Sandesh’s family and friends. Updates on the circumstances are to follow once we receive more information.
We also request anybody who feels they may be of help to his relatives to let us know as soon as possible; we shall put them through to the Dean’s office at the earliest.
Update
Sandesh’s body is in Medical University of South Carolina at Charleston, SC. An autopsy has been conducted on the body and the details of it have been communicated to his family and relatives. The coroner’s office in Charleston handles matters related to moving the body from USA to India. This transfer of body is an expensive affair but thankfully Sandesh had medical insurance coverage from India as well as USA which will take care of this expenditure. They are trying to send the body when they finish all the legal procedure here.
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June 30th, 2009 at 01:58
wth, Whats wrong ? Life is becoming such cheap, I am now feeling scared.
June 30th, 2009 at 03:40
Life isn’t cheap as long as we stick to basics. In this case, the basic is: swimming is not suggested in unknown places. An age-old one, but we intend to overlook it. Anyways, really feel sorry for Sandesh.
June 30th, 2009 at 03:55
This is so bad……….second time in this year i hve lost another batchmate.
(((…………..please take care guys……….condolences to sandesh’s family n frenz….
June 30th, 2009 at 04:10
Let’s just pray for his family and friends, so they have the courage to bear the hard time. May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 09:49
I am so sorry to hear about Sandesh’s unfortunate death. My thoughts and prayers go to him, his family and friends. This is indeed a huge loss to the IIT Kharagpur family.
June 30th, 2009 at 09:51
What the hell is happening in Kgp? Unnatural deaths have become the order of the day nearly!!
June 30th, 2009 at 10:08
Holy!!!not another loss!!What is happening!!!
This is so shocking,another of my batch-mate departs.
May Sandesh’s soul rest in peace..thats all I can pray for at the moment.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:21
This year is really turning out to be dark in the history of kgp. May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 10:52
May his soul res in peace…..
June 30th, 2009 at 10:52
May his soul rest in peace…..
June 30th, 2009 at 11:23
Its quite unfortunate to hear about this.Its yet another death Kgp has faced since the last few months.What has happened 2 kgp???
June 30th, 2009 at 11:29
really srry 2 hear dis..a huge loss..God bless his family..
June 30th, 2009 at 12:03
May his soul rest in peace…I hope Vinod Gupta is being contacted
June 30th, 2009 at 13:01
This is a most grievous incident. My condolences to Sandesh’s family.
My hopes and prayers are with you.
June 30th, 2009 at 13:02
HOLY !! 4th death this year !! what the hell is going on
. May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 13:59
So bad year for kgp…
deep condolences for sandesh’s soul.
June 30th, 2009 at 13:59
this has indeed been a dark year in the history of kgp…friend..may your soul rest in peace n may God give strength to your parents
here’s another of the mishaps: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/First-year-student-found-dead-at-IIT-Kharagpur/476934
June 30th, 2009 at 14:00
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June 30th, 2009 at 14:01
Seriously!!! What has gone wrong with kgpians
June 30th, 2009 at 14:12
This is shocking news. May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 14:25
It is very shocking to here it once again!!
It has been a miserable year in the history of IIT Kharagpur.
May his soul rest in peace……
June 30th, 2009 at 14:33
Shocking.. KGP is really cursed and one more batchmate of mine departs. I have known him since my first year as a section-mate. May Sandesh`s soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 14:38
Sandesh was in my section in the 1st year.His enthusiasm and smile is still vivid in my memory.May his soul rest in peace.
I am really aghast at the turn of the events in the last few months.I would request all my friends of kgp to be extra carefull while they are at something which can accidently lead to such painfull incidents.
June 30th, 2009 at 16:29
this is sad… not good times for kgpians this year…
June 30th, 2009 at 18:12
May his sole rest in peace & give strengths 2 his family 2 cum out of ths unfourn8 incident…
June 30th, 2009 at 19:07
guys please take care of urself
June 30th, 2009 at 19:10
I deeply regret learning of the untimely passing of Santosh Kumar Jat, your fellow student and/or classmate, and extend my sincerest condolences to all at Kgp and especially to the Jat family. May hope and peace be yours today, and always…
Wishing you strength during this difficult time,
Greet Provoost
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
(Visitor at Kgp in 2007)
June 30th, 2009 at 19:22
This year is really turning out to be dark in the history of kgp and things are becoming worst day by day. May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 19:29
Kgp is going thru the darkest hour in its history…
May his soul rest in peace.
June 30th, 2009 at 19:58
I heard the news from my student presently in paris.I simply request as a mother that when you go to new places let caution precede adventure.What did the parents do to receive such a shattering news?may his soul rest in peace and may the parents have the courage.
July 1st, 2009 at 02:52
May your soul rest in peace.I’ll miss u buddy and your talks.I am totally shocked by reading this.
July 1st, 2009 at 03:10
It’s a shattering news. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. Remember him very vividly from 1st year.
Every now and then we hear people drowning in rivers, seas and yet every single time we think that we will be safe. Anything even remotely dangerous can be perilous and better safe than sorry. I would suggest people to avoid such situations where a little bit of extra thrill can lead to such grave consequences.
July 1st, 2009 at 05:19
I heard of this news yesterday. It is really sad as I had known him. His smile is still vivid in my memory.
May God give his family strength to bear the loss and may his soul rest in peace.
July 1st, 2009 at 10:13
Dear friends…It’s not a strange phenomenon..It is strange to see that still why we don’t inquire about death..If there is some fever in the body, it is understood that there is some problem in the body and we go to a doctor..But there are so many problems in the universal society body, but we never inquire…and we never meet a proper doctor like saints and great enlightened beings…Mistake is a mistake if we don’t learn from it and it is not if we learn from it…Let the Sandesh’s incident open a new chapter in our lives and let us become serious about LIFE.
July 2nd, 2009 at 13:20
I still cannot believe we have lost Sandesh. He was always smiling, always ready to do stuff with a lot of enthusiasm…
May your soul rest in peace, Sandesh.
July 2nd, 2009 at 14:24
sad
July 2nd, 2009 at 19:05
Rest in peace , Sandesh .
July 2nd, 2009 at 21:58
I first come to know about it from someone’s status msg on Gtalk. It is a very disheartening and unfortunate incident. We, the students of IIT Kgp, sympathize with the family of Sandesh. But students shouldnt get discouraged due to this incident and shouldnt stop pursuing their internships abroad.Such an unfortunate incident can happen anywhere even in India, so we shouldnt let this break our confidence and if needed should go for higher education abroad, keeping just one thing in mind to be less adventurous as someone will be waiting for u back in ur nation.
July 3rd, 2009 at 11:24
It’s sad, Sandesh was a good friend of mine.
May his soul rest in peace.
July 8th, 2009 at 13:46
i really very shocked when i recieve this news. he was really a bright student.
July 14th, 2009 at 22:15
quite a folly at folly beach .. may he rest in peace ..
July 15th, 2009 at 11:31
Much peace, much love and much comfort to family and friends of Sandesh. I did not know Sandesh in person, but nevertheless when a brother is gone we share messages of condolences.
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