Niharika is probably no more in this world...
Niharika was the captain of the then Dream Team 12 years ago(evidence: The report of their dream team project having her name as the captain that was accidentally found by Sanyukta in the library that was ordered by Vardhan to be burnt) consisting of her, Vardhan, probably Kabir and a lot more from their batch...
Kabir fell in love with Niharika while she fell in love with Vardhan...
And by the looks of things probably Vardhan was also in love with her which leads to their rather obvious rivalry even after 12 years ago...
Their dream team project probably aimed at the betterment of the villagers' lives like providing them with the basic amenities like safe and clean drinking water, electricity etc, etc,
And Kabir would have probably been blinded by vengeance towards Vardhan.
He probably would have jinxed their project and would have aimed at putting the blame on Vardhan as retaliation...
That probably would have misfired and led to the terrible accident which probably would have taken poor Niharika's life..(ofc this is merely my assumption)
Now the reason why i think Niharika would have lost her life is...
Just take a trip down memory lane...
A few days ago when Sanyukta was pleading before Vardhan sir and the dean to exempt her from getting the consent letter from someone from her home before heading out for their trip, the dean was this close in revealing the incident that happened 12 years ago as an example to stress the importance of getting the consent from her home...
And by the looks of how Vardhan is being traumatised by being reminded of that incident time and again by the village folks and how he reminisced about Niharika and said "Aaj tum mere saath nahin ho..." and all that, this is what i feel...
Would love to hear the rest of your views...Whew!!! Quite an analysis if i might say so myself!!!