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About IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur was established as an epitome of engineering education in India. Since its inception, the institute has been a front runner in producing technical and professional leaders. It has always strived to develop itself as an arsenal of educational excellence and research in harmony with the spirit of modern India.

academic programs

Departments Inter-Disciplinary

Centres of Excellence

National Facilities

National Initiatives

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Distribution of students based on programs

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UndergraduateB.TechB.Tech-M.Tech Dual DegreeB.S.B.S. - M.S. Dual Degree

Post-GraduateM.TechM.Sc (2 year)M.Des (Master of Design)MBA

Double MajorB.Tech in the parent department with a second major in any other department.

Interdepartmental Dual Degree Allows students to pursue an M.Tech/M.S. in didifferent department along with B.Tech/B.S. in their parent department.

MinorStudents take a minor to gain specialization in a specic eld of a department, different from the parent department.

NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

placement PreparationWorkshops/Sessions• Soft Skills/Personality Development Workshops• Resume Sessions• Mock GD/PI Preparation Sessions• Case Study Workshops• Career Awareness Workshops

STUDENTs’ ACCOMPLISHMENTSInter IIT Sports MeetGeneral Championship for two consecutive years: 2013@ IIT Guwahati & 2014@ IIT BombayStudent PlanetariumFirst fully student built facility in Asia. Featured in the Limca book of records.OOpen Air TheatreFirst student designed amphitheatre to feature in TANNOY sound magazine.SAE Aero Design East-2013IIT Kanpur was ranked 8th overall and 1st among all the asian countries.BAJA Student India““Best Incoming (rookie) Team” and 4th in both design and acceleration events.ROBOCON – 2014Awarded “Best Innovative Design”.

Placements2014-15

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Total students1092

Placed students902

PPO’s offered81

Companies240

Dual96%

EE91%

ECO93%

CSE98%

IME93%

MBA100%

M.Sc95%

MDes 88%

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Research & Development

Externally funded R&D Projects452

Worth of R&D Projects ̀342 Crores

Intellectual Property Earnings$ 172,065

InternationalPatents

12 National Patents

52Design Patents

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Advanced centre for Materials Science (ACMS)Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Photoelectron Spectros-copy with AES, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, AHSS Confocal & Multi-photon Microscope

Flight Lab Piper Saratoga, Cessna 206, Hansa-3, Piper Super Club PA-18-150, Sinus-123 Pipistrel Gliders

HPC FacilityHPC2010 – 376 node, 34.50 Terra Flops, HPC2013 – 781 node, 359.6 Terra Flops

Nano SciencesPPulse Laser Thin Film Deposition, NSOM/Ra-man/Confocal/AFM, SEM with E-Beam Lithography, Adiabatic Demagnetisation Fridge, Wide & Small angle XRD

National Wind Tunnel Facility Aircraft, Missile, Helicopter, Road Vehicles Aerodynamics, Air pollution Dispersion, Wind Power Devices

SAMTEL Centre for Display TechnologyClean room for processing and fabrication of OLED devices, Diagnostic Facilities

UAV LabLALE xed wing UAV, carbon bre manufacturing facilifacility, Mold making, Autopilot testing, Propulsion benchmarking

4i LabMultiple CNC machining centres, Abrasive water jet cutting, 16 layer PCB manufacturing, Laser engraving, Rapid prototyping

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Academia• Several MoUs with world class universities.• MoUs promote, strengthen & maintain scientic and academic co-operation through faculty & student exchange.• Noted MoUs: TAMU, NUS, NYUST, University Of WWaterloo, Yale University, Technische Universität München, Durham U, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Tokyo, Yale, JICA, AOARD, etc.

Industry • Several collaborations with public and private sector rms.•• Public Sector : BHEL, GAIL, DRDO, RDSO, ONGC, Indian Railways, BSNL, etc.• Private Sector: HUL, L&T, SAP Labs, Boeing, Whirl-pool, Samsung Electronics, Intel, Chevron, Microsoft, Abbott Labs, Merck, Novartis, Infosys, etc.

COLLABORATIONS

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Faculty IIT Kanpur’s faculty are among the best in the world in their areas of expertise. They have made research contribution to pure science, engineering, humanities and management elds while empowering the next generation of students with a world class education.

Current faculty members409 6213

Total students15:1

Students to faculty ratio

Awards & Honours Padma Bhushan

Awardees

2Padma Shri Awardees

4S.S. Bhatnagar Awardees

23

INAE Young Engineer Awardees

32Bharat RatnaAwardee

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TWAS Fellows & Awardees

&74Godel Awardees

2Fulkerson Awardees

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