Head of the History Department of Tentulia Sasan Debasthan College in Ganjam district Prabhakar Mohapatra allegedly committed suicide on Friday.
The deceased, who was residing in a rented house with his wife and daughter at Ura village, hanged himself near a well at the backyard of the house early in the morning.
His family members rushed him to the Bhanjanagar Sub-Divisional Hospital, where he was declared brought dead.
Police have sent the body for postmortem and started investigation into the incident to ascertain the causes for which the Mohapatra ended his life.
A pall of gloom descended on the area after the incident.