Toya Chatterjee, a resident of Kolkata and the fourth year student of B-Tech in Biological Sciences, was found hanging from the ceiling in her hostel room by her father on Friday night, Assistant Registrar K V Satyamurthi said on Saturday.

Chatterjee (22) failed in two subjects but did not inform her parents, he said, adding her father arrived in Kanpur on Friday to attend the convocation ceremony thinking her daughter would receive the B-Tech degree.

Chatterjee's father, who was staying at a hotel in the city, found her daughter dead in her room when he came on Friday night to meet her, he said.

A suicide note was recovered from her room which read "Papa, I failed in two subjects but did not inform you about this. I won't be able to receive the degree during this convocation since I could not pass. I'm ashamed. Please take care of Mummy."