IIT Kanpur professor Sameer Khandekar died after he collapsed while delivering a lecture at the university after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday (December 22, 2023).
He was 55.
He was delivering an address at an alumni meet event at the IIT Kanpur auditorium.
As per a report published in India Today, Khandekar was talking about ways to maintain good health and one of his last words to the students was, “Take care of your health.”
The professor was rushed to hospital and was declared dead.
The professor’s son, who studies at Cambridge University, will conduct the last rites of his father, according to people associated with Khandekar, the Indian news channel reported.
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X user Krrishna Dwivedi posted: “Scientist Sameer Khandekar died while speaking on stage at IIT Kanpur. Professor’s last words were, take care of your health. When he fell, people thought he had become emotional, so they sat down!!”
Physicist Girish Kulkarni said: “I still can’t believe Prof. Sameer Khandekar is no longer with us. He was truly a role model for faculty members. He will be deeply missed.”
IIT Indore faculty Debayan Sarkar posted on X: “Sameer Khandekar, IIT Kanpur…Sir you will be missed…Om Shanti.”
Former IIT Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar posted on X: “It’s unbelievable! The news of my friend Prof. Sameer Khandekar’s (Professor in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur) sudden and very untimely passing has left us in deep shock and sadness. A cherished colleague always full of energy and enthusiasm. Our thoughts are with his family during this difficult time. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Rest in peace, dear friend.”
