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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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New Core Lab 310
Phone: 0512-2597644