ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Tompkins County Sheriff's Office and Cornell Police are conducting a joint investigation to find a graduate student from Cornell University who has been reported missing.

Ritesh S. Shetty, 24, who resides at 114 Summerhill Drive in the town of Ithaca, was reported missing to Cornell Police Sept. 26 by his housemates, after they had not seen him for several days. A native of Bombay, India, he is a graduate student in chemical engineering who has been studying at Cornell since the fall of 1999.

Shetty is described as male, 5-and-a-half-feet tall, with brown eyes and brown hair. He weighs approximately 125 pounds and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a cream-colored tee shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. He does not drive and usually walks to and from campus.

Investigators ask that anyone who has seen Shetty, or may know of his whereabouts, contact Cornell Police at (607) 255-1111 or the Tompkins County Sheriff's Office at (607) 272-2444.