Asst registrar of IIT-K commits suicide By IANS | 2 Views IIT-K starts course in Geodesy - Measuring the Earth. Image Source: IANS News Kanpur : , May 12 (IANS) Surjeet Kumar Das, an assistant registrar at IIT, Kanpur committed suicide at his official residence here. The deceased was reportedly depressed. His family said his younger son, who is just one and a half-years-old, had tested Covid positive and hence Surjeet's depression had deepened. Kalyanpur police station's Inspector Veer Singh said, "As per an initial investigation, the deceased Surjeet Kumar Das was in a depressed state and was under the treatment of a doctor based in Delhi."