A 33-year-old Indian pupil was run over by a truck whereas biking again to her London house final week. Cheistha Kochhar, who had earlier labored with the general public coverage think-thank NITI Aayog, was pursuing her PhD on the London College of Economics.

Amitabh Kant, former CEO of NITI Aayog, shared the information of her dying in a web-based publish.

Cheistha Kochar labored with me on the #LIFE programme in @NITIAayog She was within the #Nudge unit and had gone to do her Ph.D in behavioural science at #LSE
Handed away in a horrible visitors incident whereas biking in London. She was vivid, good & courageous and at all times stuffed with… pic.twitter.com/7WyyklhsTA

— Amitabh Kant (@amitabhk87) March 23, 2024

“Cheistha Kochar labored with me on the #LIFE programme in @NITIAayog. She was within the #Nudge unit and had gone to do her Ph.D in behavioural science at #LSE. Handed away in a horrible visitors incident whereas biking in London. She was vivid, good & courageous and at all times energetic. Gone away too early. RIP,” wrote Mr Kant on X.

Kochhar was hit by a rubbish truck on March 19. Her husband, Prashant, was forward of her when the accident occurred and rushed to her rescue. She died on the spot.

Her father Lt Gen SP Kochhar (retired), who’s in London to gather her physique, shared a hyperlink on LinkedIn to publish testimonials and recollections along with her.

“I’m nonetheless in London attempting to gather the stays of my daughter, Cheistha Kochhar. She was run over by a truck on 19 Mar whereas biking again from LSE, the place she was doing her PhD. It has devasted us and her massive circle of buddies,” he wrote.

Cheistha Kochhar, who earlier lived in Gurugram, moved to London final September to pursue a PhD in organizational behaviour administration on the London College of Economics. She earlier studied at Delhi College, Ashoka College, and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Chicago. 

She was a senior advisor on the Nationwide Behavioural Insights Unit of India at NITI Aayog throughout 2021-23, in keeping with her LinkedIn profile.