Language Laboratory at IIT Kanpur is a pedagogy driven laboratory which supports various kinds of language teaching activities at the institute.
Of the various language teaching activities conducted in the laboratory, the most important is the Communication Skills course taught at the IIIrd year undergraduate level. The remedial English language course taught at the Ist year level is also partially conducted in the language laboratory. Apart from these courses from the undergraduate curriculum, the laboratory also supports the institute's Foreign Languages Programme. Currently, the programme runs six courses in French, German and Japanese. All the tutorial activities associated with these courses are held in the language laboratory. The laboratory also facilitates the English Conversation classes conducted by the Counselling Service for IIT Kanpur students. The laboratory infrastructure comprises a state-of-the-art Robotel New Smart Class Digital technology housed in the New Core Lab building. The set up provides an advanced language laboratory teaching/learning experience. The Smart Class has fifty six booths for students and a teacher console. The teacher's Control Unit enables the teacher to direct the video, audio, keyboard and mouse signal to any booth. The Students' Terminals allow the students to interact with the teacher.
Contact Information
New Core Lab 309
Phone: 0512-2596369/6200
The Department Research Facility of HSS is envisaged as a ground to nurture discussions as well as application of social models into innovative products and services.
Developed on approximately 1400 sq feet, this facility falls under the direct administrative charge of the Convenor, Seminar and Research Committee. The flexible modular nature of the space facilitates administration and execution of research projects from varied disciplines undertaken by the Faculty from time to time. Currently, the Lab hosts the MHRD sponsored Project on Frugal Innovation in Design and Technology for Grassroots Designers. The project has built up a workshop for developing wooden products as well as small scale technologies for cottage industries. Besides the regular cutting and grinding tools, the lab currently has a Lathe, Milling and Band-saw for prototyping, as well as two Mak-it sets. The space also facilitates participation of community members in collaborative workshops with the project team. All faculty members of the HSS department can apply for space in this facility for research purposes. Space is allotted in a time bound manner for the project duration alone.
Contact Information
Faculty Building 153
Phone: 0512-2597685
The Fine-Arts Lab is the main art studio and an integral part of the Fine-Arts discipline that supports various discipline-related activities.
Among the regular activities, the compulsory Fine-Arts postgraduate courses “ART703: STUDIO ART” and “ART711: Creative Painting – Methodology & Practices” are conducted at this lab. Occasionally, other Fine-Arts postgraduate and undergraduate courses are taught here. All the tutorials and practical activities associated with these courses are also held in the Fine-Arts Lab.
Along with regular teaching activities, the Fine-Arts Ph.D. students are encouraged to use this space for their art practice and research activities. Besides this, Fine-Arts discipline also organizes international Fine-Arts workshops in this studio space for the students and faculty members of this institute. In recent years, two noteworthy art workshops were conducted there by Prof. Kathleen James-Chakraborty (University College Dublin, Ireland) and Prof. MojganJahanara (University of Art, Tehran).
Contact Information
Faculty Building 667
Phone: 0512-2597145
The Psychology Lab is equipped with the latest and some of the best facilities for behavioural research in the country.
It has facilities for conducting research in many cutting edge areas of psychology. The major equipments include Eye-Tracker, Bio and Neurofeedback systems, Vienna Testing System and Electronic Tachitoscope. Besides them, several other facilities and equipments are also available. The lab also has some of the best known software such as E-Prime and SuperLab for designing and conducting experiments. For data analysis (both, qualitative and quantitative) software such as SPSS, LISREL, NVivo, Atlas.ti and Decision Explorer are available. The lab is equipped with one-way glass room with audio and video devices. It also has a large collection of psychological tests and batteries. Currently the lab is engaged in several applied research projects. Selected facilities can be booked online at https://172.31.1.236/iit/login.pl The facilities are available to outside researchers against payment.
Contact Information
New Core Lab 310
Phone: 0512-2597644
English
| NAME | BATCH | ORGANISATION/ DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
| A. C. Pandey | 1980 | Retired Assistant Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Kanpur |
| Achla M. Raina | 1992 | Associate Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Kanpur |
| Arya Sircar | 1978 | Professor, BHU, Varanasi |
| Asha Kaul | 1989 | Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad |
| Avanthika Rohatgi | 1984 | Lecturer, Butler University, USA. |
| Abhilasha Jain | 1990 | Sen Balika PG College, Kanpur |
| Deepa Chatterjee | 2001 |
Senior Lecturer, Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar |
| Fanny Gupta | 1980 | Manager, English Language School, Bangalore |
| G. Neelakantan | 1989 | Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Kanpur |
| Ibha Pradhan | 1991 | Assistant Professor, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar |
| J. Paul | 1987 | Reader, K. M. Institure, Agra |
| K. Biswas | 1982 | Lecturer, Kanpur University |
| K. Geetha | 1986 | Language Consultant to various software companies, USA |
| Navneet Sethi | 1997 | Assistant Professor, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| R. Khusu | 1988 | |
| Sanjay Kumar | 1993 | Associate Professor, Department of English, B.H.U., Varanasi |
| Sanjeev Sharma | 1984 | Administrative Officer, Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi |
| S. Mohanty | 1987 | Professor, Department of English, University of Hyderabad |
| Sabi Ashraf | 1985 | Lecturer, Halim Muslim College, Kanpur |
| Thomas Chacko | 1981 | Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| T. Dhanapal | 1984 | Senior Research Officer, Tamil Nadu Academy of Science and Education, Madras |
| V. Ragunathan | 1993 | Lecturer, Miranda House, New Delhi |
Philosophy
| NAME | BATCH | ORGANISATION/ DESIGNATION |
|---|---|---|
| Amitabha Dasgupta | 1978 | Hyderabad |
| A. Raghuramaraju | 1987 | Reader, Hyderabad University |
| Anupam Yadav | 1994 | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Baroda |
| B. P. Patra | 1990 | Assistant Professor, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar |
| D. C. Srivastava | 1991 | Lecturer Christ Church College, Kanpur |
| Gautam Biswas | 1984 | Professor, Department of Philosophy, North Bengal University |
| Jagat Pal | 1980 | Professor, Department of Philosophy, NEHU, Shillong |
| K. A. P. Sinha | 1975 | Reader, Department of Philosophy, Magadh Univeristy, Gaya |
| K. C. Rauta | 1978 | Reader, Pune University |
| Kumar Neeraj Sachdev | 1999 | Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
| Laksman Behra | 1978 | Lecturer, Government College, Orissa |
| Manoj Srivastava | 2002 | Email : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Nishigandha Bhuyan | 2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, ISB, Hyderabad |
| N. Malla | 1971 | Professor, Department of Philosophy, NEHU Shillong |
| Nagarjuna G | 1994 | HBCSE, TIFR, Bombay |
| P. R. Bhat | 1980 | Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Bombay |
| Preethi | 1987 | Lecturer, AMU Women College |
| R. D. Dixit | 1975 | |
| R. S. Mishra | 1968 | Retired Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Kanpur |
| Renu Khanna | 1980 | Lecturer, Bharatpur College, Rajasthan |
| S. G. Kulkarni | 1980 | Reader, University of Hyderabad, |
| Syed Abdul Syed | 1985 | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Aligarh Muslim University |
| Sanil V. | 1995 | Assistant Professor, Department of HSS, IIT Delhi |
| Sebastian V. | 1986 | Reader, Department of Philosophy, Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| T. R. Kanaujia | 1990 | Lecturer, Zakir Hussain |
| T. K. A. Neesar | 1988 | Professor, Sree Shankara Sanskrit University, Kaladi |
| V. N. Sinha | 1969 | Professor, Department of Philosophy, Magadh University, Gaya |
| Vanlalnghak | 1988 | Reader, Department of Philosophy, NEHU, Shillong |
| V. A. Vinayakumar | 1987 | Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Goa University |
| V. K. Bharadwaja | 1969 | Retired Professor, University of Delhi |
| V. R. Vyas | 1975 | Director, NEHU Centre, IGNOU |
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The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) was established in 1960 along with other departments of Science and Engineering. With an intent to sharpen the creative talents of the students and to help them evolve as better leaders and decision- makers, the institute allocated more than fifteen percent of the total UG course credits to HSS courses.
The Department has twenty-nine faculty members who teach a range of courses in English, Fine Arts, Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology. Many faculty members of HSS actively participate in the interdisciplinary postgraduate programme in Design (M. Des.) and co-supervise students of other departments as well. Besides teaching, the faculty members are involved in thesis supervision of Ph.D. scholars working in different areas...
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