Research Centres/Facilities Sponsored Research

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

he Institute’s research and Development activity aims at innovation and technology development through
At a Glance

meaningful education, to conduct original research of the highest standard and to provide leader-
benchmark of modern engineering education in the country. The aim of the Institute is to provide
IIT Kanpur, established in 1959, was the fourth oldest among the group of IITs created to set a new
 BSNL-IITK Telecom Center of Excellence  Advanced Center for Materials Science
interaction with universities, governments and industries to meet the needs of the society and industry. The
 Center for Environmental Science and Engineering  Advanced Center for Electronic Systems
scope and quantum of research has significantly increased today from the earlier milleau of internally
 Center for Mechatronics  National Wind Tunnel Facility
Academic Departments 15 funded thesis projects to complex interdisciplinary research programs. The Institute faculty, research staff and
 Engine Research Laboratory  Nano-Imaging Facility students conduct research with goals and objectives ranging from intellectual curiosity, addressing contemporary
 National Information Center of Earthquake Engineering  Ion Beam Complex Inter Disciplinary Programmes 5 challenges, developing technology, or writing scholarly publications.
 SAMTEL Center for Display Technologies  Glass Blowing Section
Faculty Members 407
 Solar Energy Research Enclave  Liquid Nitrogen and Helium Facility Office of R&D Major Govt. Funding Agencies
 Syndicate Bank Entrepreneurship Research and Training  High Performance Computing Project Research Staff 664  Provide administrative and managerial support for Aeronautics Research and Development Board (ARDB)
Center  Nodal Center of National Facility for Atom Probe R&D activities Board of Research & Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)
 Thematic Unit of Excellence Tomography (NFAPT) Research Establishment Officer 15  Management of R&D project as per norms Central Power Research Institute (CPRI-MoP)
 Administer fellowships like INSPIRE, DBT Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
Externally funded Ongoing R&D 592 WELLCOME, NBHM etc Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO)

Students’ Initiatives Projects (till 31 March 2018)  Technology Development, Patenting and Transfer
 Provide platform for start-ups
Dept. of Science & Technology (DST)
Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT)
Total number of Patent Filed 451
The students of IIT Kanpur have always participated in the front-line of new and innovative research projects ushering in the  Establish links with funding agencies, potential Dept. of Atomic Energy (DAE)
beginning of numerous fields of interest related to science and technology. The excellence is reflected in various directions sponsors Dept. of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY)
starting from UG Research Projects, B. Tech Projects, M. Tech and Ph D research Projects. Some of the recent endeavors in Technologies Licensed Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)
56  Promote Institute-Industry interactions
this directions are: Dept. of Ocean Development (DOD)
 Publish R&D related periodicals like Newsletter,
Pushpak Abhyast Brochure, Directions - Institute Research Magazine, Dept. of Space (DOS)
The team Pushpak represents a The endeavour is supported by Convocation Reports Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
group of students from The Boeing, USA. A team of 2017-18  Organize Institute Lectures, CNR Rao Lectures, Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD)
Aeromodelling club under the students designed an Industry Connect Talk Series Ministry of Earth Sciences
 Total Number of Projects 297
Science & Techology Council. They Unmanned Ground Vehicle  Look after agreements and MoUs Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
are known for their expertise in (UGV) that could successfully  Total Amount Sanctioned 161 Cr
 Administer initiation grant to new faculty members Ministry of Environment & Forests
designing UAV based solutions. perform simple path planning Ministry of Power
and obstacle avoidance. Ministry of Coal & Mines (MoCM)

Lunar Rover Formula Racing Car ContactIndustry Suggested Chairs National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore (NAL)
Officer-in-Charge Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
The objective of this project was to S A E C l u b I I T Ka n p u r a re Research Publications (2016-17)
develop a 6 wheel Lunar Rover for involved in design and Email: [email protected]
conducting experiments in manufacturing of an off-road  Journal 1511 phone: 0512-2597385

ship in technological innovation.

kinematic control and vision based racing vehicle using institute's  Conferences 430
navigation on lunar like terrain. in-house facility.
 Books 22
AUV  Books Chapter 18
Number of Sponsored, Consultancy Projects and Total Amount sanctioned for project over last 6 Years
'Varun' is the Autonomous
Recent Success Underwater Vehicle being
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300 290
 First humanitarian drone, developed at IIT Kanpur in d e ve l o p e d b y a te a m o f

Research & Development

association with Endure Air put into use for medicine undergraduate students under 249
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delivery at Malawi the Science and Technology
Council
Contact Sanctioned Amount (Rs in crore) 200
176 168
 IIT Kanpur made it to podium finish in the Amazon 161 159
Dean of Research & Development Sponsored project
Robotics Challenge 2017 NERD 150 132 136 133 128

www.iitk.ac.in/dord
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 122 123
Consultancy project
N E R D (Notes on Engineering Research and 96 90
 A team of IIT Kanpur students participated Kanpur 208016 100 82
Development) is a student publication celebrating the U. P. , India
successfully in ROBOCON 2016
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Events & Happening Industrial Collaboration Innovation & Incubation Academic Programmes
National Science day
National Science Day is celebrated in
Institute Lecture Series
The Institute Lecture Series is
T he focus of research at IIT kanpur is to generate new ideas, to create innovative solutions and to reveal
basic principles of matter with an emphasis on using all these knowledge in developing practical engineer-
Foundation for Innovation and Research in Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T.) fosters innovation, research, and
entrepreneurial activities in technology-based areas. F.I.R.S.T. provides a platform for start-ups by budding
Departments/IDPS Academic Programmes

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India to mark the discovery of the ing and technological applications. In this process institute work closely with the industry partners with the entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to convert their innovative ideas into commercially viable products. It also

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objective of adding value to their products and services, with the larger goal of bringing in novel solutions for the provides services related to patenting and commercialization.

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researchers from various
of the National Science Day celebra- domains like eminent society at large. The office of the Associate Dean, Industrial Collaboration (ADIC) strives to provide a structural
tion, a thematic workshop on interaction of IIT Kanpur with the industry. Noida Accelerators Wall Street
historians, policy makers, Aerospace Engineering
“Science and Technology for a National International
technologists and leading
Sustainable Future” is being organized
scientists who could disseminate to the campus commu- UP Govt NSTEDB Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
by the Centre for Environmental
nity on subjects of broad interest. Our distinguished IIT Kanpur Offers IIT Kanpur looks for SIDBI DBT
Science and Engineering (CESE) IIT DSIR MSME
Kanpur on February 28 , 2018. speakers of 2017 were Prof. Joachim Frank, 2017 Noble
 Industry oriented courses, workshop, seminar, conference  Collaboration with industry in terms of DIT
FIRST IITK Chemical Engineering
Prize winner in Chemistry, Prof. Bharat Ratra, Kansas State long term and short term projects BIRAC
 Engineering & Technological solution of industrial problems
University Columbia University; Mr. Biplab Ketan Paul,
 Short term and long term internship programme  Projects under the aegis of Corporate Civil Engineering
Ashoka Fellow Director, Naireeta Services; Prof. Ashok Social Responsibility (CSR)
Technology Day Jhunjhunwala, Principal Advisor to the Minister of Power
 Advanced material testing facility
Vibrant Innovation and Entrepreneuship
 Licensing of patents and transferring of technology Computer Science & Engineering
National Technology Day is commemorated to celebrate the and MNRE; Prof. A.K. Sood, Indian Institute of Science, Ecosystem at IIT kanpur
 On campus office facility
anniversary of first of a series of successful nuclear test Bangalore; Prof. Parrinello Michele, ETH Zurikh.
Electrical Engineering
(Pokhran II) held on May 11, 1998. IIT Kanpur celebrates more at http://www.iitk.ac.in/dord/institute-lecture-series Partners Offerings
National Technology Day every year on May 11 with a series
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of invited lectures and an exhibition of the innovations from
the institute. The theme of the event for 2017 was ‘From
CNR RAO Endowed Lecture Industry Engagement
Industry Partners  Open to anyone
 Mentoring
Tinkering to Technology’ and students from different schools The objective of this lecture series Sponsored with  Access to IITK infrastructure Materials Science & Engineering
in Kanpur city were invited to attend the talks. is to give one faculty member of IIT Research & Incubated  Dedicated technology transfer office
Kanpur, each year, the honor of Consultancy & Startup  IP Management, Legal Accounting
delivering a lecture to the Projects company  Acceleration Support Service
Mechanical Engineering
institute's community, sharing the  Industry Interaction Initiatives
excitement of his/her research with Modes of
 Office & Residential Space Chemistry
them. Prof. Sandeep Verma, Dept. of Chemistry was Engagement  Finding assistance SEED (level I,II)
speaker of 2018.
Earth Sciences

Incubatio Portfolio
more at http://www.iitk.ac.in/dord/c-n-r-rao-lecture-series Industry Industry
Focussed R&D Connect Talk
11% Mathematics & Statistics
Center Series 4% 6%
Drug / BIO Science Programmes Offered
7% Materials & Chemicals
Publication Profile of IIT Kanpur 7%
Electronic/ ICT
Software
 Invent Social Incubator
 PRISM Programme
Physics
Current 41
Publications statistics of last 3 years Automation & Mechanical  MoLE Incubator
Discipline-wise distribution of Publications 2016-17 Graduated 47 29% Economic Sciences
Design
 MSME Business Incubator
1485 Industry Specific Research Cells 22%
Clean Technology
2016-17

 NIDHI PRAYAS
435 100%  Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) National Hub Others Humanities & Social Sciences
18 90%
 NIDHI-EIR -Residence Program
22  Railway Research Cell 14%
80%  Startup India Certification
70%  Space Technology Cell Design Programme
 BIRAC Bio-Incubator
2015-16

1391
390
60%  Unilever Research Cell
49 50%
18 40%
30%
Materials Science Programme
1013 20%
2014-15

70
299 10%
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Contact Contact Cognitive Sciences
Journal Conference Books Book Chapters
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Industry Suggested Chairs
Associate Dean, Industrial Collaboration (ADIC) SIDBI Innovation & Incubation Centre, IIT Kanpur
Journal Paper Conference Paper Engineering Science Email: [email protected] Photonics Science & Engineering
Email: [email protected]
Book Chapter Book Industrial Management Humanities & Social Sciences
VLFM Programme: Post Graduate Program for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing
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