Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is one of the premier institutions established by the Government of India. The aim of the Institute is to provide meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leadership in technological innovation for the industrial growth of the country. The Institute began functioning in the borrowed building of Harcourt Butler Technological Institute with 100 students and a small faculty. The Institute now has its own sprawling residential campus about 2255 undergraduate and 1476 postgraduate students, 309 faculty and more than 900 supporting staff. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur carries out original research of significance and technology development at the cutting edge. It imparts training for students to make them competent, motivated engineers and scientists. The Institute not only celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision and encourages growth, but also inculcates human values and concern for the environment and the society.

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Students Placed: 28

Infrastructure Overview: IITK has well equipped with all the modern facilities.

Hostel Details: Students at IIT Kanpur reside in the hostels or halls of residence, 7 boy's hostels and 2 girl's hostel. IIT Kanpur is renowned for its rich hostel culture, revolving around various inter hostel and Intra hostel activities.

Laboratory Details:Institute has well equipped labs with all modern facilities in all departments.

Classrooms Details: The courses are delivered from the E-Classroom set up at IIT Kanpur to the E-Classrooms at both the location via VSAT with full two way interactivity. The E-Classroom has three wall-mounted cameras with remote control, mixer/switcher and a video distributor.

Library Details:P. K Kelkar Library (Formerly Central Library) of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is an academic Library with a collection of more than 3,00,000 volumes and subscriptions to more than 1000 periodicals.

Extra Curricular Details:At the college level, festivals like Antaragni, Techkriti, Udghosh, Alfaaz, Umang and Megabucks explore a wide range of activities, from cultural to technical, from literary to business. Students at IIT Kanpur can thus dare to look beyond their technical confines and venture into uncharted territories, in an effort to discover their own strengths and talents.