Chennai, Aug 21: A 21-year-old IIT woman student was today found hanging in her room and was later declared brought dead by doctors at a government hospital here, police said.

The first year M Tech student, a native of Kareem Nagar in Andhra Pradesh was found hanging in her room by a dupatta around 2.30 pm by a carpenter, who went there to fix a door, they said.

Police has not found any suicide note. The body is kept at the Government Hospital, they said.