KIIT Suicide: Professors Apologise For 'Feeding 40,000 Nepali Students For Free' Remark. WATCH

The KIIT professors issued apology videos after their remarks in the viral video triggered massive outrage on social media.

KIIT professors have issued an apology over the 'feeding 40,000 Nepali students for free" remark.

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The faculty members of the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha issued an apology to the students from Nepal after a video of them surfaced where they were heard comparing the university's budget to Nepal's national budget. One of them said, "We are feeding and teaching over 40,000 students for free", a remark which escalated the KIIT row.

Following this, the staff members Manjusa Pandey and Jayanti Nath have now issued an apology to the Nepal students, saying that the remark was made in "spur of the moment" and was not made with an "intention to offend or demean anyone".

"I want to communicate that whatever statements I made, are mine and have nothing to do with the KIIT university. If any of my statements have hurt the sentiments of any of my Nepali students or people of Nepal, I apologise for it sincerely," Pandey said, while apologising for her statements. 

Apologies for hurting any of the sentiments of my students,brothers and sisters of Nepal@MEAIndia@PM_nepal_@DrSJaishankar@PMOIndia@MofaNepal@IndiaInNepal@EONIndia pic.twitter.com/0ftMLawxJZ

— manjusha pandey (@MPandey40122) February 18, 2025

In another video, Jayanti Nath also aplogised to the students, stressing that the remarks did not reflect the views of the university and that she had only reacted to comments calling India and KIIT "corrupt and poor".

"I deeply regret if my words caused unintended hurt to anyone's sentiment. I want to emphasise that my words do not reflect the views of the university or any of the faculties. I am extremely sorry and apologetic for whatever has happened," Nath said.

"My words were in response to statements made during the protest where my country and my institution were called corrupt and poor. In that heated exchange, my reply was made to defend against these remarks, not to demean Nepal or its people anywhere," she added.

@MEAIndia@PM_nepal_@DrSJaishankar@PMOIndia@MofaNepal@IndiaInNepal@EONIndia pic.twitter.com/zPsRL0wNm8

— Jayanti Nath (@JayantiNath6) February 18, 2025

KIIT had also issued an apology over the " extremely irresponsible" remarks made by its staff and informed that it had removed them. It also urged the Nepali students to join the regular academics with immediate effect.

Unrest began on the college campus after a 20-year-old Prakriti Lamsal died by suicide on Sunday. Several videos of security peronnel of the university surfaced after this, showing them abusing and using force against protesting students demanding justice for the woman.