IIT Madras graduate Saketh Sreenivasaiah’s LinkedIn post draws attention after US death – News

A heartfelt graduation post by 22-year-old Indian-origin student Saketh Sreenivasaiah has resurfaced on social media days after his body was recovered from a lake in California, drawing attention to an emotional tribute he paid to a “dearest friend and batchmate Kedar. ” Sreenivasaiah, a postgraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, had graduated nearly six months ago from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) with a BTech in Chemical Engineering. According to his LinkedIn profile, he secured a CGPA of 8.41. In July 2025, sharing a photograph from his convocation ceremony, he had written: “I’m delighted to share that I’ve officially graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.” Reflecting on his journey, he added: “The past 4 years (technically 3.5 since we started during the later part of the infamous Covid era) have been an incredible journey, rich with learnings not just from lectures and labs, but more so from the projects and PoRs I’ve been a part of, and all the amazing people I’ve had the privilege to know closely (my peers, professors, seniors & juniors). There are far too many stories, learnings, and moments to do justice to in a single post!”
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