Professor Sameer Khandekar, the dean of scholar affairs and head of mechanical engineering at Indian Institute of Know-how (IIT) Kanpur, died of cardiac arrest on Friday whereas giving a speech throughout an alumni meet on the college.

The 53-year-old professor collapsed whereas delivering his deal with on the institute’s auditorium and handed away. Reportedly, he was speaking about methods to take care of good well being earlier than the incident occurred. A few of his final phrases to the scholars had been, “Care for your well being.”

Khandekar, whereas delivering his deal with, felt uneasy instantly and skilled some ache in his chest. After a while, he began sweating profusely and collapsed on the stage.

He was taken to the hospital the place he was declared lifeless upon arrival. As per Dr Neeraj Kumar, Khandekar was already lifeless earlier than he was dropped at the hospital.

“After going by means of his medical historical past and inspecting him, we will say that he both died attributable to cardiac arrest or cardiac block. Particular particulars will likely be cleared within the postmortem report,” he instructed India Immediately/Aaj Tak.

Khandekar had been affected by ldl cholesterol since 2019 and was present process steady medicine.

His son Pravah Khandekar, who’s learning at Cambridge College, will conduct the final rites of his father, the India Immediately report additional talked about citing folks related to Khandekar.

He’s survived by his mother and father, spouse and son.

He had joined the reputed college in 2004 as an assistant professor. He later grew to become an affiliate professor after which he was appointed because the division head of the mechanical division and scholar welfare dean.

The professor additionally has eight patents to his identify.

(With inputs from Simer Chawla)

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