IIT Kanpur is a top ranked engineering college in India. It is one of the oldest and largest IITs, and is part of the 6 elite IITs (IIT Delhi, Bombay, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee, and Guwahati). 

IIT Kanpur has the 3rd largest campus among the IITs (1055 acres). The huge campus of IIT Kanpur contains a gymnasium, a playground, tennis courts, hostels, a health centre, an auditorium, mess & canteens, shopping centres, and more. 

Here are some pictures of the IIT Kanpur campus-

P.K. Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur

Swimming Pool at IIT Kanpur

Flight Lab, IIT Kanpur

Entry Gate, Academic Block, IIT Kanpur

The Incubation Centre at IIT Kanpur provides an excellent platform for budding entrepreneurs by providing the necessary help to convert their ideas into commercially viable products. It also provides services related to patenting and commercialization. The office of Research and Development at IIT Kanpur is responsible for helping startups. It has various departments for different processes. There’s a Project and Management cell, a Store and Purchase Management cell, a Cheque Cell, an Advance and Cash Management cell, and more.

Thus, IIT Kanpur ensures that its students get all the necessary help and support in building successful startups.

If you want to check the student list of IIT Kanpur, you can make a simple google search. 

Type “IIT Kanpur student list” on the Google search bar. It is better if you enter the name of the respective branch as each department publishes a separate list of its students.

Here’s the student list for B.Tech Electrical Engineering (batch-wise)- https://www.iitk.ac.in/ee/b-tech-students

Here’s the list for B.Tech Aerospace Engineering (current students)- https://iitk.ac.in/aero/ug-current-students

Likewise, you can find the list of students for every branch/course at IIT Kanpur.

Yes, the IIT Kanpur blockchain course is worth it. 

IIT Kanpur has launched a professional Certificate program for a duration of 4 months in collaboration with Simplilearn. The program trains students right from the fundamentals of blockchain. It also covers the technical and functional aspects of building a blockchain solution. This Online Bootcamp program teaches students the use of tools and techniques for building a blockchain. This course offers learning with the use of real-world blockchain applications in Fintech, Healthcare, Supply Chain Management, Bitcoin wallets, and more. 

The lectures are delivered by the faculty of IIT Kanpur. Admission into this course is done by registering oneself on Simplilearn and enrolling for this course. The shortlisted candidates have to pay the required fee of INR 1.10 Lakhs. To be eligible for this course, one must have a relevant bachelor's degree with 50% marks, and a good understanding of mathematics and JAVA basics. 

IIT Kanpur is one of the top 6 IITs in India, and it is particularly celebrated for its education and placements in the field of engineering. 

The Phase I of IIT Kanpur 2024 placements has concluded. In this phase, 989 placement offers were made in total, including 22 international offers. The average CTC during the placements stood at INR 26.27 LPA. 

Goldman Sachs, Reliance, ICICI Bank, Samsung, Qualcomm, etc. are some among the top recruiters. During the 2023 placements, IIT Kanpur students received 1200 offers in total, including 74 International offers. The highest CTC was INR 1.9 CPA during 2023 placements. The highest CTC for B.Tech CSE, Mechanical, Civil was INR 1.02 CPA.

Given below is the IIT Kanpur placement report 2024 for different branches:

B.Tech placement 2024 at IIT Kanpur (Branch-wise):

As evident from the following table, IIT Kanpur recorded good placements for all its B.Tech branches in 2024.

The official website of IIT Kanpur is https://www.iitk.ac.in/

On the home page, you can find the latest events and trends at IIT Kanpur. There are particular sections on the website for administration details, admission details, announcements, faculty, departments, and more.

Here’s a look of the website for your reference-

Dr. Manindra Agrawal is the new Director at IIT Kanpur. Sir is a professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur. He is a pioneer in cybersecurity and blockchain in India. He has been honoured with a long list of awards and titles including the Padma Shri, and several others like the Gödel Prize, Clay Research Award, Fulkerson Prize, ICTP Prize, etc. You can read more about sir’s works and publications on- https://iitk.ac.in/new/manindra-agrawal

IIT Kanpur offers a decent hostel facility for its students. There is a separate hostel facility for male and female students of IIT Kanpur, but the hostel fee is same for both the genders. 

The total hostel fee at IIT Kanpur is INR 15,390 per semester. Out of the total fee, INR 1,250 is the hostel seat rent, INR 25 is the water charge, and INR 14,110 is the mess establishment charge. The hostel and mess registration is done online.

The students at IIT Kanpur hostels get wifi facility, proper beds, shelf, table, tube light, bed light, and fan in each room. The mess food is hygienic and decent in taste. The menu is different for each day. Even though on some days South Indian dishes are served in the mess, students from the South find it a bit difficult to adjust to the food available in and around the campus. 

IIT Kanpur was established on November 2, 1959. Professor P. K. Kelkar was the first director of IIT Kanpur, and he started his term on December 14, 1959. The first batch of B.Tech students was admitted in August 1960. 

Over the past few decades, IIT Kanpur has proved to be one of the top technical institutes in India and across the world. In the 2024 QS World University Rankings, IIT Kanpur is ranked # 2 in India in Mathematics and Data Science. Moreover, it is consistently ranked #4 among the top engineering colleges in India as per the current NIRF Rankings.

IIT Kanpur is one of the 6 oldest IITs, and an ‘Institute of National Importance’. Admission into B.Tech at IIT Kanpur is based on JEE Advanced results, followed by JoSAA counselling. 

The JEE Advanced 2024 cutoff is not yet released. However, here is the JEE Advanced cutoff 2023 for admission at IIT Kanpur (for open category & gender-neutral seats, round 1)- 

JEE Advanced 2023 Cutoff for IIT Kanpur (Round 1):

For more information on the previous year JEE Advanced cutoff, you can visit the official JoSAA website- https://josaa.admissions.nic.in/applicant/SeatAllotmentResult/CurrentORCR.aspx