Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (commonly known as IIT Kanpur or IITK) is a Central deemed University
located in Uttar Pradesh, about 15 km north-west of the city of Kanpur in the Kalyanpur
suburb.
Established in 1959 as one of the first Indian Institute of Technology, the institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine leading US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP).
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. In 1963, the institute moved to its present location, on the Grand Trunk Road
near the village of Kalyanpur in Kanpur district.
During the first ten years of its existence, IIT Kanpur benefited from the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP), where a consortium of nine US universities (namely M.I.T, University of California, Berkeley
, California Institute of Technology
, Princeton University
, Carnegie Institute of Technology
, University of Michigan
, Ohio State University
,
Case Institute of Technology
and Purdue University
) helped set up the research laboratories and academic programmes. The first Director of the Institute was Dr. P. K. 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 earliest computer courses were started at IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620
system. The initiative for computer education came from the Electrical Engineering department, then under the chairmanship of Prof. H.K. Kesavan, who was concurrently the chairman of Electrical Engineering and head of the Computer Centre. Prof. Harry Huskey of the University of California, Berkeley
, who preceded Dr. Kesavan, was instrumental in providing the impetus for the computer activity at IIT-Kanpur. In 1971, the institute initiated an independent academic program in Computer Science and Engineering, leading to M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees.
In 1972 the KIAP program ended, in part because of tensions due to the U.S. support of Pakistan. Government funding was also reduced as a reaction to the sentiment that the IIT's were contributing to the brain drain. Since then IIT Kanpur has increased collaboration with industry and has achieved a reasonable level of stability.
Envisioned to bolster enhanced research in power, a Real Time Digital Simulation Facility at the Electrical Engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has started functioning on 22nd July, 2011.
. A five year dual degree B.Tech/M.Tech is offered in some of the areas as well. IIT Kanpur also offers five year integrated M.Sc. Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in particular) and in Economics.
From 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering a 4 year BS program in sciences. Students can also choose a 5 year double major program.
. Until 2011, admissions to the M.B.A. program are accomplished through the Joint Management Entrance Test
(JMET), held yearly, and followed by a Group Discussion/Personal Interview process. In 2011 JMET was replaced by Common Admission Test
(CAT).
. In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked first by India Today
and fourth by Outlook India. In the Mint
Government Colleges survey of 2009 it ranked second.
The institute has its own airfield, for flight testing and gliding.
P K Kelkar Library (formerly Central Library) is an academic library of the institute with a collection of more than 300,000 volumes, and subscriptions to more than 1000 periodicals. The library was renamed to its present name in 2003 after Dr. P K Kelkar, the first director of the institute. It is housed in a three-story building, with a total floor area of 6973 square metres floor area. The Abstracting and Indexing periodicals, Microform and CD-ROM databases. technical reports, Standards and thesis are part of the collection. Each year, about 4500 books and journal volumes are added to the collection.
The Computer Centre has about 200-300 Linux terminals and more than 100 Windows-NT terminals supported by the PARAM
10000 supercomputer, and is continuously available to the students for academic work and recreation. It hosts about 50 SUN workstations. The IITs (and especially IIT Kanpur) and BITS Pilani are among the first large academic institutions in India to be networked , with an institute-wide LAN and Ethernet access to every student room in the residence halls.
A team of students, working under the guidance of faculty members of the institute and scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are set to launch India's first nano satellite 'Jugnu'.
The institute has around 4,000 students with equal numbers of graduate and undergraduate students.
girls' hostels fondly called as 'Halls of Residence'. Each hall is equipped with excellent sports and computing facilities besides institute's common facilities. IIT Kanpur enjoys vibrant student culture where students from different backgrounds bring different tastes of life with them.
The Students' Gymkhana functions mainly through the Students' Senate, an elected representative body and the elected executives: the President, General Secretary Cultural Council, General Secretary Science and Technology Council, General Secretary Games and Sports Council and the General Secretary Films and Media Council. The Senate lays down the general guideline for the functions of the executives and their associated councils. The Senators elect their own Senate Convener.
The Gymkhana has a say in the policy and decision making bodies of the institute. The President and the Convener of the Students' Senate are special Invitees to the Institute Academic Senate. The President is usually invited to the meetings of the Board of Governors when matters affecting students are being discussed. Nominees of the Students' Gymkhana are also members of the various standing Committes of the Institute Senate. All academic departments have Departmental Undergraduate and Post Graduate Committees consisting of members of the faculty and nominees of the Students' Gymkhana.
The council consists of following sub groups:
The Council primarily looks over the following events and clubs:
The FMC is responsible to look over the following:
Science and Technology Council is a part of Student's Gymkhana and provides opportunity and a platform for students to pursue their hobbies in field of science and technology.The Council currently comprises of 8 clubs and a Rubik's cube hobby group.
Along with the magazine a student research platform PoWER Promotion of work Experience and Research has been started. Under it several independent student groups are working on projects like the Lunar Rover for ISRO, alternate energy solutions under the Group for Environment and Energy Engineering, ICT solutions through a group Young Engineers, solution for diabetes, green community solutions through ideas like zero water and zero waste quality air approach. A budget of Rs 1.5 to 2 crore has been envisaged to support student projects that demonstrate technology.
The students of IIT Kanpur made a nano satellite called Jugnu, This small satellite was given by president Pratibha Patil
to ISRO for launch. .
Jugnu is an Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. It is a nanosatellite which will be used to provide data for agriculture and disaster monitoring. It is a 3-kilogram (6.6 lb) spacecraft, which measures 34 centimetres (13 in) in length by 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in height and width. Its development programme cost around 25 million rupee. It has a design life of one year.
Jugnu's primary instrument is the Micro Imaging System, a near infrared camera which will be used to observe vegetation. It also carries a GPS receiver to aid tracking, and is intended to demonstrate a microelectromechanical inertial measurement unit.
Jugnu will be launched into low Earth orbit by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flying from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch is currently scheduled to occur during 2011
The institute is part of the European Research and Education Collaboration with Asia (EURECA)
programme since 2008.
SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC) conducted the Nettech
Summer Program 2007 for engineering students from all over India at IIT Kanpur Campus.http://nettech.in/success
Asian University Rankings IIT Kanpur ranked 36th and first in India. However, in the Asian University Rankings for IT & Engineering it was ranked 17th, behind several other Indian IITs. In the 2010 QS Work Ranking, IIT Kanpur ranked 249.
IITK also ranked first in the India Today
Best Engineering Colleges in India, 2010 and 2011.
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
located in Uttar Pradesh, about 15 km north-west of the city of Kanpur in the Kalyanpur
Kalyanpur
Kalyanpur, which means "City of Progress", is the name of several places in South Asia:Places* Kalyanpur, Agra, * Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in east Uttar Pradesh* Kalyanpur, Kanpur, also spelt Kalianpur...
suburb.
Established in 1959 as one of the first Indian Institute of Technology, the institute was created with the assistance of a consortium of nine leading US research universities as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP).
History
IIT Kanpur was established by an Act of ParliamentParliament of India
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
in 1959. The institute was started in December 1959 in a room in the canteen building of the Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute
Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur is an academic autonomous engineering college under the Uttar Pradesh Technical University. Its programs have been conferred autonomous status under the university. It is the second engineering institute in Uttar Pradesh after the former University of...
at Agricultural Gardens in Kanpur. In 1963, the institute moved to its present location, on the Grand Trunk Road
Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...
near the village of Kalyanpur in Kanpur district.
During the first ten years of its existence, IIT Kanpur benefited from the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP), where a consortium of nine US universities (namely M.I.T, University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
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, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Carnegie Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institute of Technology
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, University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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, Ohio State University
Ohio State University
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,
Case Institute of Technology
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA...
and Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
) helped set up the research laboratories and academic programmes. The first Director of the Institute was Dr. P. K. Kelkar (after whom the Central Library was renamed in 2002).
Under the guidance of economist John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith , OC was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism...
, IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to offer Computer Science education. The earliest computer courses were started at IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620
IBM 1620
The IBM 1620 was announced by IBM on October 21, 1959, and marketed as an inexpensive "scientific computer". After a total production of about two thousand machines, it was withdrawn on November 19, 1970...
system. The initiative for computer education came from the Electrical Engineering department, then under the chairmanship of Prof. H.K. Kesavan, who was concurrently the chairman of Electrical Engineering and head of the Computer Centre. Prof. Harry Huskey of the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, who preceded Dr. Kesavan, was instrumental in providing the impetus for the computer activity at IIT-Kanpur. In 1971, the institute initiated an independent academic program in Computer Science and Engineering, leading to M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees.
In 1972 the KIAP program ended, in part because of tensions due to the U.S. support of Pakistan. Government funding was also reduced as a reaction to the sentiment that the IIT's were contributing to the brain drain. Since then IIT Kanpur has increased collaboration with industry and has achieved a reasonable level of stability.
Envisioned to bolster enhanced research in power, a Real Time Digital Simulation Facility at the Electrical Engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur has started functioning on 22nd July, 2011.
Academics
Undergraduate
IIT Kanpur offers four year B.Tech programs in Aerospace Engineering, Biological Sciences and Bio-engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The admission to these programs is procured through Joint Entrance ExaminationIndian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination
The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination is an annual college entrance examination in India. It is used as a sole criterion for the Indian Institutes of Technology as well as other institutes.The exam is conducted by the various IITs by a policy of rotation...
. A five year dual degree B.Tech/M.Tech is offered in some of the areas as well. IIT Kanpur also offers five year integrated M.Sc. Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry in particular) and in Economics.
From 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering a 4 year BS program in sciences. Students can also choose a 5 year double major program.
Postgraduate
Postgraduate courses in Engineering offer Master of Technology (M.Tech) and Ph.D. degrees. The institute also offers M.B.A. (2 years), M.Sc. (2 years) and M.Des degrees. Admissions to M. Tech is made once a year through Graduate Aptitude Test in EngineeringGraduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technologies on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development ,...
. Until 2011, admissions to the M.B.A. program are accomplished through the Joint Management Entrance Test
Joint Management Entrance Test
Joint Management Entrance Test was an admission exam used by some institutes in India as the first step in the admission to postgraduate programs in management. Institutes which used the exams included Indian Institute of Science and the IIT Schools of Management. The results of JMET were used to...
(JMET), held yearly, and followed by a Group Discussion/Personal Interview process. In 2011 JMET was replaced by Common Admission Test
Common Admission Test
The Common Admission Test is a Computer Based Test in Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. The Indian Institutes of Management use the test as an important component in selecting students for the business administration programs. The test is conducted...
(CAT).
Rankings
Internationally, IIT Kanpur was ranked 306th in the QS World University RankingsQS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
. In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked first by India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
and fourth by Outlook India. In the Mint
Mint (newspaper)
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Government Colleges survey of 2009 it ranked second.
Departments
The academic departments at IIT Kanpur are- Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Biological Sciences and Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Humanities and social sciences.
- Economics
- English
- Fine Arts
- Philosophy
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Management
- Industrial and Management Engineering
- Sciences
- Chemistry
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics
- Inter Disciplinary
- Environmental Engineering and Management
- Laser Technology
- Master of Design
- Materials Science Program
- Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Laboratories and other facilities
The campus is spread over an area of 4.3 square kilometres (1,062.6 acre). Institute facilities include the National Wind Tunnel Facility. Other large research centres include the Advanced Centre for Material Science, a Bio-technology centre, the Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems, and the Samtel Centre for Display Technology, Centre for Mechatronics, Centre for Laser Technology, Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer and Internet Security, Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing. The departments have their own libraries.The institute has its own airfield, for flight testing and gliding.
P K Kelkar Library (formerly Central Library) is an academic library of the institute with a collection of more than 300,000 volumes, and subscriptions to more than 1000 periodicals. The library was renamed to its present name in 2003 after Dr. P K Kelkar, the first director of the institute. It is housed in a three-story building, with a total floor area of 6973 square metres floor area. The Abstracting and Indexing periodicals, Microform and CD-ROM databases. technical reports, Standards and thesis are part of the collection. Each year, about 4500 books and journal volumes are added to the collection.
PARAM
PARAM is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in Pune, India. The latest machine in the series is the PARAM Yuva.Param means supreme in Sanskrit.-History:...
10000 supercomputer, and is continuously available to the students for academic work and recreation. It hosts about 50 SUN workstations. The IITs (and especially IIT Kanpur) and BITS Pilani are among the first large academic institutions in India to be networked , with an institute-wide LAN and Ethernet access to every student room in the residence halls.
A team of students, working under the guidance of faculty members of the institute and scientists of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are set to launch India's first nano satellite 'Jugnu'.
Students
Student festivals
National events
- AntaragniAntaragniAntaragni is the annual inter-collegiate cultural festival of IIT Kanpur, held in October/November, and is one of the most popular college festivals in India. The name of the festival was changed from Culfest to Antaragni in 1993, Culfest was the first college cultural festival of its kind in India...
: Annual cultural festivalCulfestA culfest or cultfest is an annual event organized by colleges in India.-General format:Most college culfests last from two to five days...
held over 4 days in October. - TechkritiTechkritiTechkriti is the annual inter-collegiate Technical and Entrepreneurship festival of IIT Kanpur. 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.Speakers at Techkirti have included...
: Annual technology and business festival held over 4 days in February. - Udghosh: Annual inter-college sports meet held in September.
Intra-IITK events
- Josh: Annual intra-institute sports festival.
- Galaxy: Annual inter-hall cultural competition.
- Takneek: Annual inter-hall technology competition.
- Varchasva: Annual inter-hall sports competition.
- Spectrum: Annual inter-hall films and media competition.
Halls of Residence
IIT Kanpur has well built modern infrastructure for promoting student's personal growth. The institute has 9 boys' hostels and 2girls' hostels fondly called as 'Halls of Residence'. Each hall is equipped with excellent sports and computing facilities besides institute's common facilities. IIT Kanpur enjoys vibrant student culture where students from different backgrounds bring different tastes of life with them.
Student publications
The students bring out a monthly newspaper, Vox Populi and NERD, a science and technology magazine.Student voluntary services
The students participate voluntarily in social services and organisations, "Prayas" being one of them, where they involve local underprivileged children in educational activities during their free time, conduct awareness programs and provide for campus visits.Student Gymkhana
The Students' Gymkhana is the students' government organization of IIT Kanpur. Established in 1962, the Gymkhana seeks to cultivate qualities of leadership amongst students to foster a corporate life and to advance the general cause of the student body of the student body of the Institute.The Students' Gymkhana functions mainly through the Students' Senate, an elected representative body and the elected executives: the President, General Secretary Cultural Council, General Secretary Science and Technology Council, General Secretary Games and Sports Council and the General Secretary Films and Media Council. The Senate lays down the general guideline for the functions of the executives and their associated councils. The Senators elect their own Senate Convener.
The Gymkhana has a say in the policy and decision making bodies of the institute. The President and the Convener of the Students' Senate are special Invitees to the Institute Academic Senate. The President is usually invited to the meetings of the Board of Governors when matters affecting students are being discussed. Nominees of the Students' Gymkhana are also members of the various standing Committes of the Institute Senate. All academic departments have Departmental Undergraduate and Post Graduate Committees consisting of members of the faculty and nominees of the Students' Gymkhana.
Presidential Council
The aim of the Presidential Council shall be to help the President in discharging his/her duties and any other duty assigned by the Senate. The council consists of the following sub groups:- Gymkhana Lectures and Discussion Club
- Prayas
- Students’ Placement Office
- Book Club
- The Entrepreneurship Cell
Cultural Council
The aim of the Cultural Council is to organize and promote all cultural extra-curricular activities and any other duty assigned by the Senate.The council consists of following sub groups:
- Music Club
- Dance Club
- Dramatics Club
- Fine Arts
- ELS
- Crescent Sun
- Vivekananda Samiti
- Quiz Club
- SPIC MACAY
- HSS
Games Council
The aim of the Games Council is to organize and promote all extracurricular activities in the field of games and any other duties assigned by the Senate.The Council primarily looks over the following events and clubs:
- Inter-IIT Sports Meet
- Taekwondo Club
- Adventure Sports Club
- Chess Club
Films and Media Council
The aim of the Films & Media Council is to organize and promote all Cinematic activities on behalf of the Students’ Gymkhana and any other duty assigned by the Senate.The FMC is responsible to look over the following:
- Meander - The Students’ Magazine
- Animation Club
- CD Club
- La Montage Club
- Photography Club
- Regional Movies Club
- STV Club
Science and Technology Council
The aim of the SnT council is to organize and promote all scientific and technological activities.Science and Technology Council is a part of Student's Gymkhana and provides opportunity and a platform for students to pursue their hobbies in field of science and technology.The Council currently comprises of 8 clubs and a Rubik's cube hobby group.
- Astronomy Club
- Business Club
- Electronics Club
- Programming Club
- Gliding Club
- HAM Club
- Aeromodeling Club
- Robotics Club
Students' research related activity
Research is controlled by the Office of the Dean of Research and Development. Under the aegis of the Office the students publish the quarterly NERD Magazine (Notes on Engineering Research and Development) which publishes scientific and technical content created by students. Articles may be original work done by students in the form of hobby projects, term projects, internships, or theses. Articles of general interest which are informative but do not reflect original work are also accepted.Along with the magazine a student research platform PoWER Promotion of work Experience and Research has been started. Under it several independent student groups are working on projects like the Lunar Rover for ISRO, alternate energy solutions under the Group for Environment and Energy Engineering, ICT solutions through a group Young Engineers, solution for diabetes, green community solutions through ideas like zero water and zero waste quality air approach. A budget of Rs 1.5 to 2 crore has been envisaged to support student projects that demonstrate technology.
- Jugnu (satellite)Jugnu (satellite)Jugnu , is an Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. It is a nanosatellite which will be used to provide data for agriculture and disaster monitoring. It is a spacecraft, which measures in length by in...
The students of IIT Kanpur made a nano satellite called Jugnu, This small satellite was given by president Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Patil
Pratibha Devisingh Patil is the 12th President of the Republic of India and first woman to hold the office. She was sworn in as President of India on 25 July 2007, succeeding Dr. A.P.J...
to ISRO for launch. .
Jugnu is an Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. It is a nanosatellite which will be used to provide data for agriculture and disaster monitoring. It is a 3-kilogram (6.6 lb) spacecraft, which measures 34 centimetres (13 in) in length by 10 centimetres (3.9 in) in height and width. Its development programme cost around 25 million rupee. It has a design life of one year.
Jugnu's primary instrument is the Micro Imaging System, a near infrared camera which will be used to observe vegetation. It also carries a GPS receiver to aid tracking, and is intended to demonstrate a microelectromechanical inertial measurement unit.
Jugnu will be launched into low Earth orbit by a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle flying from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The launch is currently scheduled to occur during 2011
The institute is part of the European Research and Education Collaboration with Asia (EURECA)
European Research and Education Collaboration with Asia
The European Research and Education Collaboration with Asia project, aims to establish an alliance in research and education between European and Asian countries by identifying major areas of co-operation between them. This project is funded by the European commission and the consortium comprises...
programme since 2008.
SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre
IIT Kanpur has set up the SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre in collaboration with the Small Industries development Bank of India (SIDBI) to foster innovation, research, and entrepreneurial activities in technology-based areas. SIIC provides a platform to business Start-ups to develop their ideas into commercially viable products.SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre (SIIC) conducted the Nettech
Nettech
Nettech Private Limited, known simply as Nettech, is a computer networking training provider headquartered in Kolkata, India. Its courses focus on computer networking in the Linux environment, network security, information security management systems and counter measures against hacking and other...
Summer Program 2007 for engineering students from all over India at IIT Kanpur Campus.http://nettech.in/success
Academic rankings
In the 2011 QSQS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a method that has published annually since 2004....
Asian University Rankings IIT Kanpur ranked 36th and first in India. However, in the Asian University Rankings for IT & Engineering it was ranked 17th, behind several other Indian IITs. In the 2010 QS Work Ranking, IIT Kanpur ranked 249.
IITK also ranked first in the India Today
India Today
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in Mumbai. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi...
Best Engineering Colleges in India, 2010 and 2011.
Notable alumni
- Chandra KintalaChandra KintalaChandra Kintala was a computer science researcher in New Jersey, United States and Bangalore, India from 2006–2009.He worked at Bell Labs in AT&T, Lucent and Avaya in New Jersey, where he and Dr. David Belanger invented a language and a software tool used in AT&T for data analytics on very large...
, Professor and Director of Software Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology; Director(Retd.), Bell Labs, USA - Ashoke SenAshoke SenAshoke Sen , FRS, is an Indian theoretical physicist. He has made a number of major original contributions to the subject of string theory, including his landmark paper on strong-weak coupling duality or S-duality, which was influential in changing the course of research in the field...
, FRS and Padma ShriPadma ShriPadma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
, string theorist - N.R. Narayana Murthy, founded the software corporation InfosysInfosysInfosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
- Manindra AgrawalManindra AgrawalManindra Agrawal is a professor at the department of computer science and engineering and the Dean of Resource, Planning and Generation at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also the recipient of the first Infosys Prize for Mathematics.-Early life:Manindra Agrawal obtained a...
, Nitin SaxenaNitin SaxenaNitin Saxena is an Indian scientist, active in the fields of mathematics and theoretical computer science. His research focuses on topics in computational complexity, especially algebraic approaches....
, and Neeraj KayalNeeraj KayalNeeraj Kayal is an Indian computer scientist. Kayal was born and raised in Guwahati, India.Kayal graduated with a B.Tech from the Computer Science Department of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur , India in 2002...
(proved with their AKS primality testAKS primality testThe AKS primality test is a deterministic primality-proving algorithm created and published by three Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur computer scientists, Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena, on August 6, 2002, in a paper titled "PRIMES is in P"...
that primality testing has a polynomial time algorithm, a major result in theoretical computer scienceTheoretical computer scienceTheoretical computer science is a division or subset of general computer science and mathematics which focuses on more abstract or mathematical aspects of computing....
). Clay Research AwardClay Research AwardThe Clay Research Award is given annually by the Clay Mathematics Institute to mathematicians to recognize their achievement in mathematical research...
, 2002, Godel PrizeGödel PrizeThe Gödel Prize is a prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science, named after Kurt Gödel and awarded jointly by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory .The...
, 2006 - Pradeep SindhuPradeep SindhuPradeep Sindhu is the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer/ Vice Chairman of the Board of the Directors of Juniper Networks Inc. He was also the CEO of the company until 1996....
, founder - Juniper NetworksJuniper NetworksJuniper Networks is an information technology and computer networking products multinational company, founded in 1996. It is head quartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA. The company designs and sells high-performance Internet Protocol network products and services... - Ashok JhunjhunwalaAshok JhunjhunwalaDr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras at Chennai, India and has served as the departmental Chair. He received his B.Tech degree from IIT Kanpur, and his MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Maine. From 1979...
, Padma ShriPadma ShriPadma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...
and Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras) - Umang GuptaUmang GuptaUmang Gupta is an Indian-American engineer, businessman and millionaire philanthropist.- Career :Umang Gupta is the current Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Keynote Systems, Inc. since December 1997. Keynote Systems is a Silicon Valley, California Company that employs 307...
, Chairman of the BoardChairman of the BoardThe Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...
and Chief Executive OfficerChief executive officerA chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...
of Keynote Systems, Inc. - Amitabh ThakurAmitabh ThakurAmitabh Thakur is an officer of the Indian Police Service who is a Superintendent of Police in Uttar Pradesh. He is presently doing a fellowship at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow following a controversy in which his request for a leave was denied by the government in Uttar Pradesh....
, an officer of the Indian Police ServiceIndian Police ServiceThe Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...
, social activist, writer - Anil K. RajvanshiAnil K. RajvanshiDr. Anil K. Rajvanshi is an academic from India, and is the current Director of the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute .Dr. Rajvanshi was born and raised in Lucknow, India. He has been the director of NARI at Maharashtra, India since 1981. Prior to taking this position he served on the...
, Director, Nimbkar Agricultural Research InstituteNimbkar Agricultural Research InstituteNimbkar Agricultural Research Institute is a non-governmental organisation and non-profit research and development institute in Phaltan, Maharashtra, India. The institute undertakes research and development in the fields of agriculture, renewable energy, animal husbandry and sustainable...
and winner of Jamnalal Bajaj Award 2001, FICCI award 2002, Globe Award 2009. - Debabrata GoswamiDebabrata GoswamiDebabrata Goswami is an Indian spectroscopist, winner of the Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow Award , Swarnajayanti Award , presently Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.-Career:...
, scientist, famous for his "Adiabatic Quantum Computing" Work with Lasers; Wellcome TrustWellcome TrustThe Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
International Senior Research Fellow - Jainendra K. JainJainendra K. JainJainendra K. Jain is an Indian American physicist, who is currently the Erwin W. Mueller Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. Jain is known for his theoretical work on quantum many body systems, most notably for postulating Composite fermions....
, condensed matter theoristCondensed matter physicsCondensed matter physics deals with the physical properties of condensed phases of matter. These properties appear when a number of atoms at the supramolecular and macromolecular scale interact strongly and adhere to each other or are otherwise highly concentrated in a system. The most familiar... - Satyendra DubeySatyendra DubeySatyendra Kumar Dubey was a project director at the National Highways Authority of India . He was murdered in Gaya, Bihar after fighting corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral highway construction project.-Early life:...
, whistle-blower whose murder shocked the nation - Ayyalusamy RamamoorthyAyyalusamy RamamoorthyAyyalusamy Ramamoorthy is a professor of biophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1990. He is graduated in Chemistry of 1984 batch from V.O.C...
, scientist in the area of NMR and biological membranes
- Duvvuri SubbaraoDuvvuri SubbaraoDuvvuri Subbarao is an Indian economist, central banker, and civil servant. He is the 22nd and current Governor of Reserve Bank of India, serving under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh....
, 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of IndiaReserve Bank of IndiaThe Reserve Bank of India is the central banking institution of India and controls the monetary policy of the rupee as well as US$300.21 billion of currency reserves. The institution was established on 1 April 1935 during the British Raj in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of... - Mriganka SurMriganka SurMriganka Sur is an Indian-born neuroscientist working in the USA.-Biography:Sur did his early schooling in Allahabad, India at the St. Joseph's Collegiate School...
, neuroscientist), Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience, Head, Dept of Brain and Cognitive Science MIT, Fellow of Royal Society - Rajeev MotwaniRajeev MotwaniRajeev Motwani was a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University whose research focused on theoretical computer science. He was an early advisor and supporter of companies including Google and PayPal, and a special advisor to Sequoia Capital. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in...
, computer scientist), Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Helped back companies such as PayPal and Google - Rajesh GopakumarRajesh GopakumarRajesh Gopakumar is a theoretical physicist at Harish-Chandra Research Institute , Allahabad, India. He hails from the state of Kerala and was the 1987 topper in IIT-JEE.-Career:...
, physicist and string theorist at HCRI, Allahabad - Utpal BhattacharyaUtpal BhattacharyaUtpal Bhattacharya is a finance professor at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is known for his research on market integrity, especially on insider trading....
, expert on financial ethics - Abhay BhushanAbhay BhushanAbhay Bhushan Abhay Bhushan Abhay Bhushan (born Abhay Bhushan (born Abhay Bhushan (born [[Allahabad] ), [[India]], 23 November 1944) has been a major contributor to the development of the Internet TCP/IP architecture, and is the author of the [[File Transfer Protocol]] and the early versions...
, author of File Transfer ProtocolFile Transfer ProtocolFile Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server... - Shiraz MinwallaShiraz MinwallaShiraz Minwalla is an Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is currently a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai...
, a string theorist at TIFR who was awarded ICTP PrizeICTP PrizeThe International Centre for Theoretical Physics Prize, ICTP Prize, worth 3000 Euros is awarded to young researcher in physics and mathematics from developing countries to promote theoretical research in physics and mathematics in developing countries...
for his contribution to theoretical physics - Rajiv DixitRajiv DixitRajiv Radheshyam Dixit was an Indian social activist. He started social movements in order to spread awareness on topics of Indian national interest through the Swadeshi Movement, Azadi Bachao Andolan, and various other works...
, social activist