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| Batchmates say Prathyusha was a bubbly girl and had no problems in her studies. |
January 20, 2016, NewCrunch
IIT-Madras has lodged a complaint with Kotturpuram police that a second year student Prathyusha L Vedantam has gone missing from its campus.
Prathyusha has reportedly left behind notes in her hostel room saying she was heading to Himalayas to attain sainthood.
Prathyusha, 26, from Brodipet in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, is an almunus of RVRJC College of Engineering. She joined IIT-Madras's department of engineering design in 2014.
In the notes she left behind in English and Telugu, Pratyusha says she wants to do research in spirituality and attain sainthood, reports The Times of India quoting a police officer.
She also reportedly says she would be under the protection of god and hopes never to be found again, reports Deccan Chronicle.
DC also quoted a staff of Sabarmati hostel where she stayed, saying Prathyusha had an ever-smiling face, and was nice to people.
Her batchmates said Prathyusha was bubbly girl with no signs of depression and had no problems in her studies.
“We were stumped to hear that she left her studies to attain sainthood,” one of them said.
Media reports said Prathyusha's social media presence showed a deep concern with spirituality.
But NewsCrunch finds that she had presence in Quora, Facebook, Linkedin and YouTube.
Prathyusha was not very active on these platforms, nor was there any sign that she was obsessed with spirituality.
Prathyusha went missing on Sunday after checking out of the hostel during the early hours. Her parents alerted the university authorities after she failed to reach home.