New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur is actively considering the transfer of a first-year undergraduate who suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder and wants to move to IIT Delhi so he can continue his treatment at AIIMS, Delhi.

ThePrint has learnt that IIT Kharagpur’s director reached out to the boy’s father soon after the Supreme Court issued a notice to the two IITs and AIIMS on the student’s petition challenging the denial of his transfer by IIT Kharagpur.

“The original correspondence with IIT Kharagpur was sometime back, when the present Director was not in office. Once the case was brought to his attention, the Director communicated with the father and even the institute’s lawyer reached out to the boy’s legal team in the Supreme Court, seeking informati

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