It was declared to be an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act. Established in 1959 as one of the first Indian Institutes of Technology, the institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP). ==History== IIT Kanpur was established by an Act of Parliament in 1959.
The institute was started in December 1959 in a room in the canteen building of the Harcourt Butler Technological Institute at Agricultural Gardens in Kanpur.
All academic departments have Departmental Undergraduate and Post Graduate Committees consisting of members of the faculty and student nominees. ==Notable alumni== ==See also== Indian Institutes of Technology National Institutes of Technology Institutes of National Importance ==References== ==External links== Kanpur Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh Universities and colleges in Kanpur Educational institutions established in 1959 1959 establishments in Uttar Pradesh
This land was donated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the institute had moved to its current location. The institute has around 6478 students with 3938 undergraduate students and 2540 postgraduate students and about 500 research associates. ===Noida Extension centre=== IIT Kanpur is to open an extension centre in Noida with the plan of making a small convention centre there for supporting outreach activities.
In 1963, the institute moved to its present location, on the Grand Trunk Road near the locality of Kalyanpur in Kanpur district.
The earliest computer courses were started at IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620 system.
This land was donated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the institute had moved to its current location. The institute has around 6478 students with 3938 undergraduate students and 2540 postgraduate students and about 500 research associates. ===Noida Extension centre=== IIT Kanpur is to open an extension centre in Noida with the plan of making a small convention centre there for supporting outreach activities.
It began as an inter-collegiate cultural event in 1964, and now draws in over 1,00,000 visitors from 300 colleges in India Annual cultural festival held over 4 days in October.
In 1971, the institute began an independent academic program in Computer Science and Engineering, leading to MTech and PhD degrees. In 1972 the KIAP program ended, in part because of tensions due to the U.S.
In 1971, the institute began an independent academic program in Computer Science and Engineering, leading to MTech and PhD degrees. In 1972 the KIAP program ended, in part because of tensions due to the U.S.
Government funding was also reduced as a reaction to the sentiment that the IIT's were contributing to the [capital flight|brain drain]. The institute's annual technical festival, Techkriti, was first started in 1995. ==Campus== IIT Kanpur is located on the Grand Trunk Road, west of Kanpur City and measures close to .
There is a YouTube channel dedicated to the festival with 1,000+ subscribers. Techkriti: It was started in 1995 with an aim to encourage interest and innovation in technology among students and to provide a platform for industry and academia to interact.
Kelkar (after whom the Central Library was renamed in 2002). Under the guidance of economist John Kenneth Galbraith, IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to offer Computer science education.
The library was renamed to its present name in 2003 after Dr.
Notable speakers at Techkriti have included APJ Abdul Kalam, Vladimir Voevodsky, Douglas Osheroff, Oliver Smithies, Rakesh Sharma, David Griffiths and Richard Stallman. Udghosh: Udghosh is IIT Kanpur's annual sports festival Usually held in September.It started in 2004 as inter- college sports meet organised by the institute.
The institute is part of the European Research and Education Collaboration with Asia (EURECA) programme since 2008. Along with the magazine a student research organisation, PoWER (Promotion of Work Experience and Research) has been started.
Megabucks (a business and entrepreneurship festival) used to be held independently but was merged with Techkriti in 2010.
Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in particular), Earth Science and Economics. ===New academic system=== From 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering a four-year BS program in sciences and has kept its BTech Program intact.
Until 2011, admissions to the M.B.A.
In 2011, JMET was replaced by Common Admission Test (CAT). ===Admissions=== Undergraduate admissions until 2012 were being done through the national-level Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).
SIIC helps business Start-ups to develop their ideas into commercially viable products. A team of students, working under the guidance of faculty members of the institute and scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have designed and built India's first nano satellite Jugnu, which was successfully launched in orbit on 12 Oct 2011 by ISRO's PSLV-C18. ===Computer Centre=== The Computer Centre is one of the advanced computing service centre among academic institution in India.
It also carries a GPS receiver to aid tracking, and is intended to demonstrate a microelectromechanical inertial measurement unit. IITK Motorsports IITK motorsports is the biggest and most comprehensive student initiative of the college, founded in January 2011.
The festival includes Motivational Talks, Mini Marathon, Gymnastic Shows and Sport Quizzes to various sports events. Vivekananda Youth Leadership Convention: Vivekananda Samiti, under Students Gymkhana, on behalf of the IIT Kanpur, has undertaken the celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda from 2011 to 2015.
Its foundation was laid on 4 December 2012 on 5 acres of land allocated by Uttar Pradesh state government in the sector-62 of Noida city, which is less than an hour's journey from New Delhi and the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
In 2011, JMET was replaced by Common Admission Test (CAT). ===Admissions=== Undergraduate admissions until 2012 were being done through the national-level Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE).
Retrieved 9 October 2013. ===Helicopter service=== Being a major industrial town, Kanpur has a good connectivity by rail and by road but it lags behind in terms of air connectivity.
IIT Kanpur was suffering significantly in comparison to IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay due to this reason as far as visiting companies and other dignitaries are concerned On 1 June 2013, a helicopter ferry service was started at IIT Kanpur run by Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited.
The convention has included Kiran Bedi, Bana Singh, Yogendra Singh Yadav, Raju Narayana Swamy, Arunima Sinha, Rajendra Singh and other personalities from different fields in previous years. E-summit: It started in 2013.
The first E-Summit was scheduled for 16–18 Aug 2013.
In June 2014 IIT Kanpur launched their 2nd supercomputer which is India's 5th most powerful supercomputer as of now.
The new supercomputer 'Cluster Platform SL230s Gen8' manufactured by Hewlett-Packard has 15,360 cores and a theoretical peak (Rpeak) 307.2 TFlop/s and is the world's 192th most powerful supercomputer as of June 2015. ==Students' research related activity== Research is controlled by the Office of the Dean of Research and Development.
The festival includes Motivational Talks, Mini Marathon, Gymnastic Shows and Sport Quizzes to various sports events. Vivekananda Youth Leadership Convention: Vivekananda Samiti, under Students Gymkhana, on behalf of the IIT Kanpur, has undertaken the celebration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda from 2011 to 2015.
It was ranked 65 in QS Asia Rankings 2020 and 25 among BRICS nations in 2019.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 601–800 globally in the 2020 ranking 125 in Asia and 77 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020. In India, among engineering colleges, fifth by Outlook India and fourth by The Week in 2019.
It was ranked 65 in QS Asia Rankings 2020 and 25 among BRICS nations in 2019.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked it 601–800 globally in the 2020 ranking 125 in Asia and 77 among Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020. In India, among engineering colleges, fifth by Outlook India and fourth by The Week in 2019.
It was ranked fourth among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020, and sixth overall.
It ranked fourth among engineering colleges by India Today in 2020. The Department of Industrial and Management Engineering was ranked 16 among management schools in India by NIRF in 2020. ==Laboratories and other facilities== The campus is spread over an area of .
Following the Ministry of Human Resource Development's decision to replace IIT-JEE with a common engineering entrance examination, IIT Kanpur's admissions are now based on JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) -Advanced level along with other IITs. Postgraduate admissions are made through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering and Common Admission Test. ===Rankings=== Internationally, IIT Kanpur was ranked 350 in QS World University Rankings for 2021.
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