One of his friends said Naveen S Gyanagoudar, 22, had spoken to him shortly before his death on Tuesday.
Thousands of Indian citizens are still in Ukraine and are pleading to be evacuated after Russian troops invaded.
India has launched an operation to get its citizens home but it's been facing logistical hurdles.
India's foreign ministry confirmed that Gyanagoudar had died in shelling in Kharkiv and said it was in contact with his family.
