13 Facts About IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is a public research university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

IIT Kanpur was established by an Act of Parliament in 1960 by the Government of India.

Under the guidance of economist John Kenneth Galbraith, IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to offer Computer science education.

IIT Kanpur is to open an extension centre in Noida with the plan of making a small convention centre there for supporting outreach activities.

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 concernedOn 1 June 2013, a helicopter ferry service was started at IIT Kanpur run by Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited.

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IIT Kanpur is the first academic institution in the country to provide such a service.

IIT Kanpur offers four-year BTech 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.

From 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering a four-year BS program in sciences and has kept its BTech Program intact.

Internationally, IIT Kanpur was ranked 277 in QS World University Rankings for 2022.

In India, IIT Kanpur was ranked third among engineering colleges by India Today in 2021.

IIT Kanpur has set up the Startup Innovation and Incubation Centre in collaboration with the Small Industries development Bank of India aiming to aid innovation, research, and entrepreneurial activities in technology-based areas.

In June 2014 IIT Kanpur launched their second supercomputer which is India's fifth most powerful supercomputer as of now.

Students of IIT Kanpur made a nano satellite called Jugnu, which was given by president Pratibha Patil to ISRO for launch.