Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)

ï Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur is one of the premier institutions established in 1959 by the Government of India funded by Ministry of Human Resource and Development.

ï 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.

ï The Institute now has its own residential campus spread over 1200 acres of land, about 2506 undergraduate and 1516 postgraduate students, 326 faculty and more than 900 supporting staff. The combined record of its past and present faculty and students along with the alumni spread across the world is awe-inspiring.

ï Under the guidance of eminent economist John Kenneth Galbraith, IIT Kanpur was the first institute in India to start Computer Science education.