Shashi Shekhar, hailing from Bihar's Nalanda district, was staying alone in room number 111 of Hindu College hostel on the university campus.
He was found dead by one of the inmates of the hostel around 9.30 a.m. on Friday and he immediately informed the warden.
The body has been sent for autopsy to the Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in north Delhi. The student's family members have been informed about his tragic death.
Shekhar's father is a professor in the Nalanda University in Bihar.
A class lecture notebook has been recovered from Shekhar's room. On one page he has written - 'It's my story: Can we do nothing for the dead? For a long time there has been no answer to the question'. The note is followed by his signature in Hindi.
Shekhar topped his Bachelor of Arts (Hindi Literature) class. He won the gold medal and received a scholarship to pursue Master of Arts (Hindi Literature) in 2011.
Shekhar was last seen around 2 a.m. in the hostel. Later, he went into his room.
