IIT Kanpur PhD student found hanging in hostel room

IIT Kanpur has condoled the untimely and unfortunate demise of a PhD student

A PhD student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has been found dead inside his hostel room of the campus. The Institute is awaiting the police investigation to determine the likely reason behind this tragic incident.

Prasant Singh, a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur with outstanding academic qualifications, enrolled in IIT Kanpur in 2019 for his master's degree before deciding to enrol in a Ph.D. program in 2021. Singh was found dead inside his room on September 6 night.

IIT Kanpur has condoled the untimely and unfortunate demise of the PhD student.

As per IIT Kanpur, the incident happened on September 6, 2022, at about 8:30 p.m. A resident of Hall 8 called the Institute security section to report that Prasant Singh’s room was locked from the inside and was unresponsive to knocks. When the Institute's administrators forcibly opened the door, they discovered Prasant Singh hanging from the ceiling with the help of a bedsheet.

He was hurried to the health centre of the Institute, where the on-call physician pronounced him dead. In the meantime, Prasant Singh's family members and the city police were made aware of his tragic passing. The police forensic team came that same evening and began their investigations.

Prasant Singh's body was taken to the Mortuary of Hallet Hospital, Kanpur. The Institute is awaiting the police investigation to determine the likely reason behind this tragic incident.

Prasant Singh, a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering with outstanding academic qualifications, enrolled in IIT Kanpur in 2019 for his master's degree before deciding to enrol in a Ph.D. program in 2021. IIT Kanpur administration in a statement stated: “With his passing, the Institute lost a talented student and aspiring scientist.”

Last week, a student of the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad) was found dead in at the campus. 

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