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7 unusual facts about Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur


Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

The convention marks the presence of Kiran Bedi, Bana Singh, Yogendra Singh Yadav, Raju Narayana Swamy, Arunima Sinha, Rajendra Singh and other personalities from different fields in previous years.

Jitendra Malik

He earned a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1980, and received a gold medal as the best graduating student there in electrical engineering.

Loharinag Pala Hydro Power Project

Professor G. D. Agrawal (b. 1932), former dean of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, in the first week of March 2009 called off his second fast in a year against Himalayan dam projects, after the Indian government agreed to speed up its inquiry into how electricity could be generated without the flow of the Ganges being impeded.

Muktesh Pant

After completing his undergraduate education at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India, Pant worked in the marketing department of Hindustan Lever.

Rahul Ram

in Chemistry from IIT Kanpur after getting the Bachelor's degree in Chemistry at St. Stephens College, Delhi.

Rajamanohar

He holds a graduate degree in Industrial design from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.

Sajal K. Das

Dr. Das is also an E.T.S. Walton Professor of Science Foundation of Ireland, a Visiting Professor of IIT at Kanpur and IIT Guwahati, an Honorary Professor of Fudan University in Shanghai, an International Advisory Professor of Beijing Jiaotong University, China, and a Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore.


Man Singh Tyagi

After retiring from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur as a Professor of Electrical Engineering, he joined Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering department of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani as a Professor.

Samir Khuller

Khuller obtained his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and was awarded a PhD in 1990 from Cornell University as a student of Vijay Vazirani.


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