India, Feb. 15 -- A 22-year-old Indian student who had been missing in the United States since February 9 has been found dead, India's mission in San Francisco confirmed on Sunday, bringing a tragic end to days of uncertainty for his family.

Saketh Sreenivasaiah was a young engineering graduate with a strong academic background in India and the United States.

According to his LinkedIn profile, he was a Master's student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of California, Berkeley. Before moving to the US, he completed his Bachelor of Technology in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

On his LinkedIn page, he described himself in his own words: "I'm a Masters student i...