Graduated from IIT Madras in 2025: 22-yr-old Indian-origin student reported missing in US

Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a 22-year-old Indian student in Berkeley, has been missing since Tuesday, and the Berkeley Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating him. Authorities have classified him as an at-risk missing person.

Sreenivasaiah was last seen in the 1700 block of Dwight Way on Tuesday, according to police.




He is described as an Indian man who stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 160 pounds. He has short black hair and brown eyes. Police have not disclosed further details about the circumstances surrounding his disappearance but said he is considered at risk.

The Consulate General of India in San Francisco has also expressed concern over the case. In a statement, it said, "Consulate General of India in San Francisco is deeply concerned about the disappearance of Saketh Sreenivasaiah, an Indian post-graduate student of UC Berkeley, hailing from the State of Karnataka. The Consulate is in touch with the family and also is in contact with the concerned local authorities to locate the student."



Sreenivasaiah is pursuing a Master’s degree in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of California, Berkeley. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is enrolled in the MS PDP’26 programme at UC Berkeley and completed a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras in 2025.

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According to his Linkedin profile he was “a Masters student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at UC Berkeley, with an undergraduate degree from IIT Madras.”