Bansal came to know about the hacking only after his friends and relatives started calling him up Tuesday after reading the mail.

'I used to change the password of my account frequently. I am surprised and shocked by the incident. I am afraid of the misuse of my mail account,' Bansal told reporters in Saharanpur, some 400 km from Lucknow.

The branch of IIT, Roorkee in Saharanpur offers three courses: B.Tech paper technology, M.Tech polymer science and B.Tech process engineering.