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The Oldest Inhabitant, a grand inherited Sentinel, continues to adorn the institute’s landscape since its inception.
Its vast canopy, supported by hanging roots and sprawling branches, truly represents the symbiotic relationship between the institute and its alumni, supporting, sustaining and nurturing each other and making seminal contributions to the global economy. With this classic Banyan beauty at the entrance, PARK 67 is an oasis of peace and tranquility. -
Green walkways breathing life.
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Socialization zones brightened with the hues of red, orange, yellow and pink.
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Amphi-theatre of peace and serenity.
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The beautiful landscape and the aesthetic design of the park make it an idyllic place for improving health and wellness.
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A walk through its leafy paths amidst the myriad hues of flora and fauna or a meditative trance in its serene ambience – the park is truly a source of joy and rejuvenation for kids and elderly alike.
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The green oasis, spread over 2 acres, receives visitors from far-off places as well – (a) Painted-lady, most commonly seen in winters; (b) Tawny coster, seen in winter and rainy season; (c) Taiga-Flycatcher, a winter migratory bird; (d) Not to mention the permanent resident of the campus, the blue creature, who continues to amuse everyone.
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A memory of yesteryear brought to life to stand as a symbol of peace and harmony forever.
IIT KANPUR
Wins big in the Inter-IIT Student Meets
The Students' Gymkhana has performed exceptionally well this year by winning the general championship third time in a row in the Inter-IIT Sports Meet, securing 3rd position in the Inter-IIT Cultural Meet and winning the general championship in the Inter-IIT Tech Meet.
Collaborates with TCS to set up research ecosystem for ICME
The institute has joined hands with Tata Consultancy Services to build a world class educational and research ecosystem for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) at the institute's campus. The centre is intended to carry out cutting edge research on structural materials such as high strength steel and aluminum, engineering polymers, composites and additive manufacturing.
Joins hands with other IITs to create Autonomous Vehicle Solutions
The institute has collaborated with IIT Bombay and IIT Madras to work on driverless solutions and develop technologies for the Indian market. The teams believe that the solution that works in India will work anywhere in the world. The project has evoked a lot of interest from top Indian automotive companies. At IITK, Prof. Gaurav Pandey from the Department of Electrical Engineering is working towards building an autonomous vehicle with a group of students. Before joining IIT, he was a part of autonomous vehicle research group at the US-based Ford Motor Company.
Simplifies the GPCR Drug Discovery
A team of researchers led by Dr. Arun K Shukla from the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering has shown that discovering new drugs that bind to G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs), which are central to almost every physiological process in our body such as vision, taste, immune response and cardiovascular regulation, is much easier than previously thought.
From Left: Ashish Srivastava, Punita Kumari and Dr. Arun K. Shukla.
The research is published in the journal Nature Communications. “Whenever researchers are designing a drug to stop GPCR signalling, they look for a drug that simultaneously triggers the binding of arrestins to both the sites in the receptor. Our work will change the way people will look at drug discovery for GPCR signalling,” said Dr. Arun K. Shukla.
Wins the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2017
Mr. Sachin N.P., a student of Design program at the institute, was awarded this year’s Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award for his efficient Braille writing tool Anubhav. The GYTI awards felicitate students for designing affordable/frugal solutions and pushing the technological edge. The tool comes up with the concept of cells with raised dots on a slate and a stencil that flips down vertically from one row to the other. Consequently, the raised dots are embossed on to a paper with the help of a hollow tube stylus. Mirroring of alphabets while writing is no longer required. This system enables users to read as they write and perform mathematical calculations. This is a game changing experience as it enhances and enlightens the self-confidence and self-esteem of the visually blind. His work was supervised by Prof. Shantanu Bhattacharya.
Secures Second Position at Students Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAVe) Competition
Varun, the autonomous underwater vehicle designed by the institute’s AUV team, won the second position in its debut at the fifth National Competition on Student
Autonomous underwater Vehicles (SAVe) organized by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, India.
A team of 15 undergraduates from different disciplines worked on its design and development. Varun, with its five degrees of freedom, has a depth of operation of 50 m and can run up to two hours continuously.
ALUMNI In NEWS
(January-March 2017)
Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy
(MT/EE/1969) selected for The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal 2017 in Global Innovations. The medals are the highest external honors bestowed by the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.
Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
(MT/ME/1974) conferred with the 4th highest civilian honor of the country 'Padma Shri' by the Government of India. He is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Cyient Limited.
Dr. Pawan Goenka
(BT/ME/1975) appointed as the Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, an Indian multinational automobile manufacturing corporation headquartered in Mumbai.
Prof. Pradeep K. Mascharak
(PhD/CHM/1979) honored with the ‘Outstanding Faculty Award’ from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences, University of California.
Dr. Sandip Patil
(PhD/CHE/2012), the founder of E-Spin Nanotech Pvt. Ltd. currently incubated at SIIC, named as one of the top ten outstanding young people in the city of Kanpur. He becomes the first person from IIT Kanpur to be recognized and awarded by JCI.
Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi
(BT/MT/PhD/EE/1986/1988/1995) appointed as the Director of IIT Roorkee.
Prof. Ambuj Tewari
(BT/CSE/2002) selected for the 'Sloan Research Fellowship' 2017 in the Computer Science category by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.
Prof. Shailendra Singh
(PhD/HSS/1987) appointed as the Director of IIM Ranchi. Currently, he is the Dean (Research) and a Senior Professor of Human Resource Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Dr. Somak Bhattacharya
(PhD/EE/2015) honored with the prestigious ‘Young Scientist Award’ by the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) at the AP-RASC 2016 conference held at Seoul, South Korea. He received this award for the third time in his career.
Prof. Vijay Kumar Ramakrishnan
(BT/ME/1983) elected as a member of the O2Micro International's Board of Directors. Currently, he serves as a Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sudhakar Kesavan
(BT/CHE/1976) honored with the 'TiE DC Legend Award' 2016 for his philanthropic contributions to the Greater Washington DC community and for mentoring young entrepreneurs. Currently, he serves as the Chairman and CEO of ICF, headquarter based in Fairfax, Virginia.
Mr. Suhail Abidi
(BT/CHE/2006) receives $2 million funding from Flipkart for his Bengaluru-based parenting social network site, Tinystep. He founded the company in July 2015.
Mr. Amit Kumar Agarwal
(BT/CE/2000) raises $7.4 million (Rs. 50 crore) funding in Series B round for his Bengaluru based startup, NoBroker. It is a peer-to-peer, broker-free listing portal for home rentals. He founded the company in 2013.
Dr. Deepak Kumar Agarwal
(MT/ME/2004) awarded the ‘Swarna Jayanti Award’ by the Aeronautical Society of India for his outstanding contributions in the field of aviation, aeronautics and aerospace.
Dr. Guruswami S.M. Sundaram
(PhD/CHM/2006) and his team at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered an imaging compound ‘Fluselenamyl’ that may help in early detection of Alzheimer. The compound is said to be 2 to 10 times more effective than tracers currently approved by FDA.
Prof. Sumant Nigam
(MSC5/PHY/1978) awarded the ‘Jefferson Science Fellowship 2016-2017’ by the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland.
Dr. Sudipta Sengupta
(BT/CSE/1997) named an ACM Fellow for his outstanding contributions to the fields of cloud networking, storage and data management. Currently, he is leading an end-to-end innovation agenda at Microsoft Research and contributing to the company’s transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business.
Prof. Rakesh Agrawal
(BT/CHE/1975) honored with the 2017 ACS Award in Separations Science & Technology. Currently, he is the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University.
Prof. Veena Sahajwalla
(BT/MME/1986) awarded the Jubilee Professorship by the Indian Academy of Sciences. She becomes the first woman to receive this honour. Currently, she is serving as the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
Ms. Neha Walani
(BT/CHE/2009) selected for Robert Swan’s International Antarctic Expedition 2017 under the ‘Leadership on the edge’ program. The expedition also has a Zero Waste journey. Zero Waste Solutions is an initiative where she is working to tackle issues of waste management and pollution in India.
Prof. Anurag Kumar
(BT/EE/1977) inducted into the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Brahmapur. Currently, he is serving as the Director of IISc Bangalore.
Mr. Sanjiv Puri
(BT/ME/1985) named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ITC Ltd., India’s most valued consumer products maker. Currently, he is serving as the Executive Director of the company.
Dr. Rohit Gurjar
(Dual/PhD/CSE/2010/2015) named the winner of the ACM India Dissertation Award 2017 for his Ph.D. thesis 'Derandomizing PIT for ROABP and Isolation Lemma for Special Graphs'.
Dr. Ankur Gupta
(PhD/ME/2015) honored with the 'ISEES Young Scientist Award' for his outstanding contributions in the fields of Energy, Environment, Sustainability and Combustion. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at IIT Bhubaneswar.
Dr. Arindam Bose
(BT/CHE/1975) selected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA, for innovations in the manufacture of biologics and service to the professional society organizations that represent the biopharmaceutical industry.
Prof. Jagdish Narayan
(BT/MME/1969) selected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, USA, for contributions in heteroepitaxial film growth by laser ablation in large misfit systems and new materials.
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
(BT/PhD/CSE/1986/1991) honored with the Goyal Prize 2017 by Kurukshetra University for his contributions in the field of applied sciences by researching on connections between polynomial identity testing.
Dr. K.M. Abraham
(MT/IME/1989) honored for excellence in civil services by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information. Currently, he is serving as an Additional Chief Secretary with the Kerala government.
Mr. Rupak Kumar Dutta
(BT/CHE/1979) appointed as the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka state. Currently, he is serving as the Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Prof. Rajat Moona
(BT/EE/1985) appointed the first Director of IIT, Bhilai. Since 2011, he has been serving as the Director General of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune.
Mr. Amit Agarwal
(BT/CSE/1995), the head of Amazon’s India operations, promoted to global senior vice president (SVP). This elevation is seen as a recognition of Mr. Agarwal’s achievement in making Amazon the key player in the Indian e-commerce market.
FORBES 30 Under 30 list 2017
Mr. Farid Ahsan
(BT/MME/2014), the co-founder of ShareChat.
Mr. Ankush Sachdeva
(BT/CSE/2015), the co-founder of ShareChat.
Mr. Bhanu Singh
(BT/EE/2014), the co-founder of ShareChat.
Mr. Varun Khaitan
(BT/EE/2009), the co-founder of UrbanClap.
TWAS Awards 2016
Prof. Shiraz Naval Minwalla
(MSC5/PHY/95) is a theoretical physicist known for his seminal and influential contributions to theoretical physics and the discovery of new terms in the equations of charged relativistic hydrodynamics. Currently, he is a faculty at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Prof. Sandip P. Trivedi
(MSC5/PHY/1985) is a theoretical physicist credited with finding the first models of accelerated expansion of the universe in low energy supersymmetric string. He specializes in string theory, cosmology and particle physics. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhari
(MSC2/PHY/1980) is a theoretical astrophysicist known for his pioneering work in the field of solar magneto-hydrodynamics. Currently, he serves as a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Prof. Amitabha Chattopadhyay
(MSC2/CHM/1980) is a molecular biologist known for developing the ‘Parallax’ method for determining membrane penetration depths of a wide variety of membrane-bound fluorophores including proteins and peptides. Currently, he serves as an Emeritus Professor, Biological Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, and J.C. Bose Fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology.
Distinguished Alumnus Award 2016
Prof. Anurag Kumar
(BT/EE/1977) is an expert in communication networks and has worked on analytical and experimental research in traffic modeling, traffic engineering and quality of service techniques. Currently, he serves as the Director of the IISc, Bangalore. Awarded for Academic Excellence.
Prof. Arvind Pradhan
(BT/ME/1974) is an award-winning entrepreneur armed with 25+ years of rich experience of working in different manufacturing environments across the globe. Currently, he serves as the President and CEO of Camaco LLC. Awarded for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
Mr. Prabhat Singh
(BT/CE/1980) is a visionary professional credited with putting India on the world gas map. He is armed with 35 years of diverse experience in the hydrocarbon sector. Currently, he serves as the CEO and MD of Petronet LNG. Awarded for Professional Excellence.
Mr. Vishnu Agarwal
(BT/EE/1966) is the Chief Managing Director of Technical Associates Limited. Founded in 1967 to engineer innovative and relevant solutions for meeting the energy requirements of tomorrow, the company has grown into a respected Power Transformer manufacturing company. Awarded for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
Prof. Sanjiva K. Lele
(BT/ME/1980) is an expert in the field of aeronautical engineering. Currently, he is a Professor with joint appointments in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. Awarded for Academic Excellence.
Prof. Uday B. Desai
(BT/EE/1974) is an academician best known for building up the IIT, Hyderabad. In 2009, he was appointed as the first Director of the Institute and continues to nurture it to the best of his abilities. He is also the Mentor Director for IIT Bhilai and IIIT Chittoor. Awarded for Academic Excellence.
Mr. Ram Sewak Sharma
(MSC/MTH/1977), an IAS officer of the 1978 Jharkhand cadre batch, is the Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. In recent times, he has been instrumental in some key policy initiatives of the Narendra Modi government such as Digital India drive and local electronics manufacturing initiatives. Awarded for Management Excellence.
Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award 2016
Dr. K. M. Abraham (MT/IME/1989), a 1982 Kerala cadre IAS officer, is best known for exposing irregularities in the functioning of the Sahara group during his tenure as the whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. Despite facing intense pressure from the government, he exposed two of the fraudulent companies of the group and held them liable to refund investors. IIT Kanpur has conferred upon him the Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award 2016 for displaying highest professional integrity and honesty while serving his duty.
A Kaleidoscopic Mosaic of Legacy
- Park 67, An Alumni Gift
Photographs by Sunit Gupta
Corporate Social Responsibility Funds
A new initiative by IIT Kanpur to collaborate with industry
TCS Foundation starts a TCS Research Scholar Program that will provide scholarships to suitable Ph.D. candidates working in the areas of Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering and Information Technology, for a period of five years starting from 2015-2016.
IDEA Cellular Limited collaborates on ‘Gamification of Education’ project that aims to develop multimedia rich lessons as interactive games to address curricular objectives. The company will be involved in the operationalization of the project across 25 schools in Kanpur and Madhya Pradesh.
Frontier Alloy Steels Limited supports ‘Infrastructural Technology Research and Development’ under which scientific and educational activities will be undertaken such as software and hardware development, trainings and workshops, field visits, etc.
Tower Research Capital India Private Limited agrees to provide funds for establishing, funding and running research projects in the field of machine learning/algorithms. A part of the funds will be used to encourage programming and coding initiatives amongst students, coding boot camps, summer and winter coding tasks/mentoring.
GIFTS RECEIVED RECENTLY
R.K. GUPTA SCHOLARSHIP for students of any discipline of the four-year B.Tech. program with family income between Rs. 5 and 10 lakh. The scholarship will start from the first academic year and will be provided maximum for four years, subject to continued meritorious performance.
Funds received from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for building up the Interdisciplinary Center for Cyber Security and Cyber Defense for critical infrastructures.
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FACULTY In NEWS
Prof. Jayandharan G. Rao
awarded the 2017 CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research in the Life Sciences category. Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. He primarily works in the areas of gene therapy and human molecular genetics.
Prof. Avinash K. Agarwal
awarded the ‘Rajib Goyal Prize’ for young scientists in the Physical Sciences category. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include IC engine combustion, biodiesel and biofuels, homogenous charge compression ignition and others.
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
awarded the 'Goyal Prize' by Kurukshetra University for his research on polynomial identity testing. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests include Computational Complexity Theory, Computational Number Theory and Algebra.
Prof. Raju Gupta
awarded the awarded the ‘International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal’ 2017. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. His research interests include nanomaterials: synthesis and exploitation of organic molecules, polymers and surface-functionalized nanoparticles and their assembly for electronics and energy applications.
Prof. Sandeep Shukla
selected as an IEEE Computer Society distinguished visitor for a period of three years. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Prof. P. Venkitanarayanan
invited to serve as the Associate Technical Editor of the Journal of Dynamic Behavior of Materials, USA (Springer). Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Prof. Sandeep Verma
invited by the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, to serve as an Associate Editor of Chemical Communications. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry.
Prof. S. Ganesh
and his team have received the best paper award at HPCA 2017 (23rd IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Computer Architecture) held at Austin, US. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. His research interests include neurodegenerative disorders, stress biology and human molecular genetics.
Prof. S.N. Singh
Department of Electrical Engineering has been elected as the 'IEEE India Council Chair-Elect' 2017 by the IEEE India Council Members. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
PINGALA, the Automation Project
Pingala is a massive project undertaken by the New Office Automation (NOA) team set up by the Department of Infrastructure and Planning, IITK. Started in April 2016 with a vision to automate all the administrative procedures in the institute, the project will be implemented in three phases. The database required for the project has been provided by ‘Team Computers’, a startup by an IITK alumnus, Ranjan Chopra. ‘Pingala’ is named after a little-known Indian genius who formulated the first binary digit system. This project has a lot to offer for everyone – faculty, office staff and students.
Presently, Phase I is underway, which primarily deals with procedural and accounting requirements. The NOA team has set a target to complete it by the end of this year. Phase II will be primarily for the unique requirements of the Dean of Academic Affairs (DoAA) and the Dean of Research and Development (DoRD). It consists of 46 modules and will take another 6 to 8 months. Phase III has as many as 63 modules that will handle requirements related to Gymkhana, Placements Office, Institute Works Department (IWD), Right to Information (RTI), Health Centre and many more. The third phase will take around 8 to 10 months. The team, however, plans to start the work of the third phase parallelly with the second phase.
An archival module is also being developed for the departments, where they can maintain an archive of students’ personal records, important documents and other valuable resources. Important office orders will be stored directly in the archive. The concerned persons will be sent an email regarding it, and they may choose to share the order with any other individual through the common archive. This module shall be completed once the more fundamental modules are ready.
(Text sourced from Vox Populi, IITK Student Magazine)
CULTURE POTPOURRI
For Instance Nemade
19 January 2017
The Centre for Creative Writing and Publication at IITK organized an evening to showcase the life and work of the eminent Marathi novelist, poet and critic, Bhalchandra Nemade. The 90-minute documentary was followed by book reading.
Nevertheless, She Persisted
8 March 2017
The Women’s Cell and the Student Gymkhana at IIT Kanpur celebrated the International Women’s Day at the Open Air Theatre in New SAC. The event included screening of short films and reading by students on women empowerment. On 25th March, it also held a panel discussion on ‘Women in Academic Institutions: Issues and Concerns’.
(Photo credits: Sunit Gupta)
Annual Flower Show
25-26 February 2017
The annual flower show was held at the institute’s nursery with hundreds of varieties of flowers on exhibit. This year too saw an enthusiastic participation from the campus community. The ardent garden lovers exhibited their nature collection for everyone to see and appreciate. The best ones were awarded prizes as well, by the nursery. The Women's Association organized a fete full of fun, food and an online competition for children at the nursery.
Montage Film Festival
26-29 January 2017
Different genres of Indian and Foreign Cinema including feature films, short fiction films and documentaries spanning contemporary to time classics were showcased during the three-day film festival. Apart from film screenings, informal talks and panel discussion by eminent personalities of the Indian Film Industry were also held.
TECHKRITI 2017
23rd to 26th March
- This year’s technical and entrepreneurial festival of the institute was cloaked in the theme, Factualising Fictions. The theme of the festival was a tribute to the enduring spirit of a man who never fails to transform its fictions into reality. Here is the musical reflection of the theme https://www.facebook.com/techkriti.iitk/.
- The fun filled four days were replete with cultural shows, talks, competitions and musical nights.
- The history of the event held so far since 1999 can be accessed here http://www.techkriti.org/nostalgia/
REUNIONS HELD
50th year Reunion of the Class of 1972, 2-4 February 2017.
40th Year Reunion of the Class of 1977, 18-20 February 2017.
50th Year Reunion of the Class of 1967, 24-26 February 2017.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 50th Convocation on 15 and 16 June 2017.
Chief Guest: Dr. Clayton Daniel Mote Jr., President, National Academy of Engineering, USA.
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