Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur: Statistics
| Rank | Ranking |
|---|---|
| #574 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #93 of 5,830 | In Asia |
| #5 of 876 | In India |
| #1 of 79 | In Uttar Pradesh |
| #1 of 4 | In Kanpur |
| #71 of 1,023 | For Technical Drawing |
| Top50% | For 71 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 5%
- Enrollment
- 3,500
- Type
- Non-profit
- Funding
- Public-private
partnership - Highest Degree
- Doctorate
- Website
- iitk.ac.in
- Languages
- English
Acceptance rate & Admissions
| Acceptance Rate | 5% |
|---|---|
| Admissions Requirements | 12th year senior secondary/intermediate examination or recognized foreign equivalent, and all Indian competitive joint entrance examination (JEE) conducted by the Institutes of Technology (IITs) |
| Academic Calendar | July to April (July - November; January-April) |
| Enrollment | 3,500 |
| Full time employee | 1,750 |
| Student:staff ratio | 2:1 |
Publications & Citations
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur majors
by publication & citation count
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 174 | 1220 |
| 1992 | 165 | 1224 |
| 1993 | 209 | 1395 |
| 1994 | 190 | 1421 |
| 1995 | 248 | 1579 |
| 1996 | 247 | 1801 |
| 1997 | 266 | 2031 |
| 1998 | 298 | 2318 |
| 1999 | 318 | 2586 |
| 2000 | 314 | 3082 |
| 2001 | 362 | 3536 |
| 2002 | 407 | 4346 |
| 2003 | 453 | 5747 |
| 2004 | 543 | 7076 |
| 2005 | 622 | 9598 |
| 2006 | 744 | 11434 |
| 2007 | 823 | 14872 |
| 2008 | 927 | 17825 |
| 2009 | 898 | 21535 |
| 2010 | 903 | 23589 |
| 2011 | 1075 | 28655 |
| 2012 | 1002 | 29936 |
| 2013 | 1166 | 35459 |
| 2014 | 1264 | 39384 |
| 2015 | 1502 | 41544 |
| 2016 | 1631 | 42644 |
| 2017 | 1629 | 45947 |
| 2018 | 1750 | 46994 |
| 2019 | 1935 | 54650 |
| 2020 | 2071 | 63376 |
| 2021 | 2163 | 73148 |
Tuition
| Local studetns | 25,000 per semester (INR) |
|---|
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has financial aid programs and on-campus housing.
Programs and Degrees
| Programs | Associate's degree | Bachelor's | Master's | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Arts | Humanities | – | + | + | + |
| Business | Politics | Social Sciences | – | + | + | + |
| Languages | Culture | Linguistics | + | – | – | – |
| Nursing | Health | Pharmacy | Medicine | – | – | – | – |
| Engineering | IT | – | + | + | + |
| Maths | Natural Sciences | + | + | + | + |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur alumni
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
- Occupations
- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Infosys, and has been the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus. As of April 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$4.4 billion.
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Ashwini Vaishnaw
- Biography
-
Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and ex Indian Administrative Service officer currently serving as the Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics & Information Technology in Government of India, since 8 July 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In June 2019, he became a member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha State in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house. On 7 July 2021, he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister and was given the charge of Railways and Information Technology ministries. Earlier in 1994, Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre, and has worked extensively in Odisha. Vaishnaw was born in Hindu Swami (Bairagi) Family.
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Duvvuri Subbarao
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Duvvuri Subbarao, is an Indian economist, Central Banker, and retired IAS officer. He was the 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India, served under Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. After stepping down from RBI, he was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow first at the National University of Singapore and later at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ashoke Sen
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
-
Ashoke Sen FRS is an Indian theoretical physicist and distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad. He is also an honorary fellow in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, India and also a Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT and a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. His main area of work is string theory. He was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize "for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory".
General info
| Alternative names | IIT Kanpur भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1959 |
| Accreditation | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) |
| Motto | From Darkness, lead me to Light |
| Colors | blue |
| Academic structure | Department of Engineering Department of Humanities Department of Management Department of Science |
| Affiliations and memberships | Association of Indian Universities (AIU) |
Location and Contacts
| Address | Office of Research & Development, IIT Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208 016 India |
|---|---|
| City population | 2,767,000 |
| Phone | +91 (512) 259 7578 |
| Fax | +91 (512) 259 0134 |