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    • Final-year B.Tech student's body found hanging in IIT-Kanpur hostel room: Police

      Dheeraj Saini (22) from Haryana, a final-year B.Tech student of electrical engineering, had not stepped out of his room no. 123 at Hostel-1.

    • IIT-Kanpur professor among astronomers to discover 'Super Jupiter' outside our solar system

      Dr Prashant Pathak is among the team of astronomers have to discovered Epsilon Indi Ab, also called 'Super Jupiter' as its mass is more than six times that of Jupiter, the largest planet of our solar system

    • How UPSC topper Aditya Srivastava reacted after finding out his result. Watch

      Aditya Srivastava from Lucknow secured AIR 1 in the Civil Services Exam 2023. A video of his reaction after finding out his result has gone viral with over five million views.

    • IIT student reveals facing mental health issues due to 'zero female interaction' in college

      Writing on Reddit, an IIT Kanpur student said that he had been facing mental health issues after being unable to make a single female friend in college.

    • IIT Kanpur alumnus donates $250,000 to establish endowed programs

      The sum would be utilised towards the institution of an Endowed Faculty Chair, a Faculty Fellowship and a Travel Grant program for students, the institute said in a statement.

    • IIT Kanpur partners with UP govt to enhance telemedicine using AI 

      The MoU outlines several key areas of collaboration, including anchoring telemedicine hubs and enhancing the quality of telemedicine services, implementing AI-based solutions to address population health impact, among others.

    • IIT Kanpur’s 1974 batch pledges Rs 10 crore to set up legacy fund

      'The ‘Class of 1974 Batch Legacy Fund’ is sure to propel learning among its fraternity. IIT Kanpur extends its profound gratitude to the Class of 1974 for their remarkable contribution and unwavering commitment,' the institute said in a statement.

    • IIT Kanpur filed 122 IPRs in 2023, achieves licensing rate of 14%

      IPRs filed include 108 patents, 4 design registrations, 3 copyrights, and 1 trademark application, along with 4 US and 2 China patents.

    • IIT Kanpur's first phase of 2023-24 placement season sees strong outcomes

      Microsoft, Samsung, Goldman Sachs, and others actively participated in IIT Kanpur's placements, highlighting the institute's strong professional standing and diverse opportunities.

    • IIT Kanpur launches Kotak School of Sustainability, to run UG & PG skill-building programs

      Kotak is funding IIT Kanpur through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program to establish the Kotak School of Sustainability to promote pedigree education, research, and outreach, the institute said in a statement.

    • Artificial rain & cloud seeding in Delhi won’t work, ‘as ineffective as the smog tower’, say experts

      Delhi government will bear the cost of Phases 1 & 2 of cloud seeding, totalling Rs 13 crore. Cloud seeding experiment, at Rs 1 lakh per sq. km, is likely to bring relief only for a week. Experts are sceptical about the endeavour. Here's why

    • Bihar farmer's son enrolls into IIT at 13, picked by Apple at 24

      Satyam Kumar, the son of a farmer in Bihar's Bhojpur district, secured a seat in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur at the age of 13 in 2013, after securing a rank of 679.

    • Severe air pollution: Delhi govt plans artificial rain on Nov 20-21 to provide relief to residents

      The artificial rain, also known as cloud seeding, will be induced by a team from IIT Kanpur once the Supreme Court gives a go-ahead to the plan, which will be submitted in front of the court on November 10 by the Delhi government

    • Delhi govt to attempt inducing artificial rain to curb air pollution: Minister Gopal Rai

      Rai said he held a meeting with scientists from IIT Kanpur who told him that cloud seeding could only be attempted if there were clouds or moisture in the atmosphere.

    • IIT Kanpur fest turns into WWE as kabaddi players beat each other up, smash chairs. Viral video

      A violent brawl erupted between two kabaddi teams during an inter-college sports fest at IIT Kanpur on Sunday.

    • Citing IIT Kanpur study, Bengaluru-based Latlong claims its API 2x better than Google Maps

      Latlong said in a blog post, citing Prof. Onkar Dikshit of the National Centre of Geodesy at IIT Kanpur, that the accuracy of its API is 35x better than that of Microsoft Bing API and nearly 200x times better than that of TomTom API.

    • IIT Kanpur licenses revolutionary gene therapy to Reliance Life Sciences

      The patented technology which was developed by Prof. Jayandharan Giridhara Rao and Shubham Maurya from the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur, alters an organism's gene to remedy a hereditary illness, IIT Kanpur stated in a media release.

    • IIT Kanpur launches two-year MTech program on drones

      IIT Kanpur director Abhay Karandikar said that the MTech in UAV will require students to complete 150 credits of coursework and thesis research work

    • When the IBM 1620 computer arrived at IIT Kanpur against all odds to open many windows

      The earliest computer courses were started at IIT Kanpur in August 1963 on an IBM 1620 system. An excerpt from a new book 'Against All Odds: The IT Story Of India', by authors S Kris Gopalakrishnan, N Dayasindhu, Krishnan Narayanan, revisits the story of how many storms were braved to bring in the state-of-the-art machine and get the computer program started.

    • IIT-Kanpur, IISc Bengaluru researchers develop technology to turn ACs into affordable air purifiers

      With smog and pollution posing grave danger across several cities, especially during the winter, this invention is expected to be a boon for many, officials said. Ankush Sharma, Professor in-charge (Innovation and Incubation) at IIT-Kanpur, ”This technology comes as a simplistic handy tool, which can be easily mounted atop regular ACs and utilised by switching on the ’fan mode’.

    • IIT Madras raises Rs 131 crore from alumni and corporates in FY22, up 30% YoY

      Some of the older IITs including IIT-Madras are increasingly tapping alumni and corporates to contribute so that they can accelerate their growth, fulfil their desire to expand, pursue R&D activities, and rely less on annual government budegeratry grants.

    • 73 of India’s 100 unicorns have at least one founder from IIT

      A majority of India’s 100 unicorns, most of which were crowned unicorns only over the last two years, have founders with an IIT background.

    • Indigo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal donates Rs 100 crore to IIT Kanpur

      Beyond the government funding, the IITs, especially the older ones, are increasingly looking at industry support, donations from past students and endowments to accelerate their growth and achieve desired expansion.

    • Piyush Goyal urges IITians to turn into 3 Idiots' Rancho in social inclusion push

      The Union minister reminded the elite institute’s students of their collective responsibility towards those left behind in villages.

    • The Tech Weekender: Top news from the world of technology this week

      PM Narendra Modi launches blockchain-based digital degrees at IIT-Kanpur, we test out PlayGo's N37 wireless headphones, take a look at five trends that will shape India's technology sector in 2022 and more

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