A resident of Guwahati's Gitanagar area, Mahesh Bhuyan was a professor at Cotton University's Chemistry department. He had also served as the registrar of Gauhati University (GU).
Reportedly suffering from various ailments for the past few days, Mr. Bhuyan today breathed his last at around 5 am in morning.
Meanwhile, Assam education minister Ranoj Pegu was present at Cotton University to pay his last respects. He also wrote about it on Twitter.