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Tidbits about IIT-Kanpur
IIT-Kanpur was established in 1959 in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
During the first ten years of its existence, IIT-Kanpur benefited from the Kanpur-Indo-American Programme, where a consortium of nine US universities helped set up the research laboratories and academic programmes.
It is spread in a over an area of 1,200 acres. The total faculty strength is approximately 500.
There are a total of 10 hostels with a total of 2,000 undergraduate and an equal number of postgraduate students.
The annual cultural festival is called Antaragni. It is held around the end of October every year. The annual science and technology festival, Techkriti, is held at the end of February each year.
The annual sports festival, Udghosh/Galaxy, is held around the end of November each year and the annual film festival, Umang is celebrated in the early January. All four are amongst the most popular college events in North India.
It was rated the No 1 Engineering Institute in India by India Today in 2004.
It was rated the No 1 Engineering college in India by Data Quest in 2005.
It is the first academic institute in India to have Smart Card-based security and surveillance.
The Indian Institutes of Technology need no introduction either in India or abroad, for their alumni have already made their presence felt everywhere. The Institutes were set up by the Government of India as 'Institutions of National Importance' and almost all reputed international academic benchmarks have given them high rating. Sakshi Arora takes you through the corridors of IITs..
