Can we call suspend function in init block in Kotlin?

I am trying to call a suspend function in my Android project.
I am using init block in view model class and calling suspend function which is fetching data from firestore.
But this is giving me error.
Please suggest What should I do?

 init {
        _collegeList = getCollegeData() // giving error
// error: Suspend function 'getCollegeData' should be called only from a coroutine or another suspend function
    }

This is my data class file

private suspend fun getListOfColleges(): List<DocumentSnapshot>{
        val db = FirebaseFirestore.getInstance()
        val snapshot = db.collection("Colleges").get().await()
        return snapshot.documents
    }

    suspend fun getCollegeData(): ArrayList<College>{
        try {
            val collegeList = getListOfColleges()
            for(dS in collegeList){
                val college:College? = dS.toObject(College::class.java)
                if(college != null){
                    collegeData.add(college)
                }
            }
        } catch (e: Exception){
            Log.d("Fetching Data","${e.message}")
        }
        return collegeData
    }

>Solution :

Note that suspend functions must be called within another suspend function (which init is not) or within a coroutine (which you did not launch).

init {
    viewmodelScope.launch {
        _collegeList = getCollegeData()
    }
}

You should familiarize yourself with suspend functions and coroutine. You can start here: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-basics.html