D Shankaran, Founder of Shankar IAS Academy, Commits Suicide

New Delhi: The founder of Shankar IAS Academy, D Shankaran, died after hanging himself at his Mylapore residence on Thursday.

Shankaran committed suicide owing to some personal issues, the police said.

He was rushed to a hospital by a friend, where he was declared bought dead, The Hindu reported.

Survived by wife and two daughters, Shankaran was 45.

D Shanakar had founded the Shankar IAS Academy, which has centres in Chennai, Bengaluru, among others, in 2004 to train civil service aspirants.