Even since its inception the 1960’s Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has always held a leading position for excellence in technical education and training. With the start of the millennium, IIT Kanpur would like to achieve a leading position in the areas of basic and applied research, both at the national and worldwide

Campus and Infrastructure:
Though the college is not centrally located around the city of Kanpur, it has got quite an urban campus. Some students refer the campus of IITK as the best amongst all the IIT’s in the country. The lecture rooms are extremely neat and clean with comfortable benches. The air conditioned classrooms are well equipped with projectors which makes lecture sessions very live. There are many recreational centres within the campus. Moreover, the campus is wifi enabled which keeps research work and socializing to the premium level.

Placement

The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) is well known for its academic excellence and is often considered as the 'first stop' for a large number of industries and other organizations for recruiting undergraduate and post-graduate students. We truly appreciate the faith bestowed on us from several organizations and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them. The Students Placement Office (SPO) is run and managed by an efficient team of office staff & students and handles all aspects of placements at IIT Kanpur. Right from contacting companies to managing all logistics of arranging for tests, pre-placement talks and conducting final interviews the SPO team provides it's best possible assistance to the recruiters. The hospitality and the functioning of SPO is applauded and well received by the visiting recruiters every year. With over 2000 companies contacted each year SPO has maintained a prolific placement record among all IITs despite the recession during the past couple of years. In 2012, IIT-K gathered huge attention when FACEBOOK offered an annual package of $1,40,000(about 72 lac rupees) to one of its students. Other IT giants like MICROSOFT, GOOGLE also visit IIT-K's campus every year.