IIT-Kanpur holds virtual placement drive amid pandemic
Career | December 04, 2020 18:10 ISTFor the first time ever, the placement drive at IIT-Kanpur (IIT-K) is being held in an online mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
For the first time ever, the placement drive at IIT-Kanpur (IIT-K) is being held in an online mode due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Masks have become a precautionary measure for saving lives during the ongoing corona pandemic.
Developed by Dr Tushar Deshpande, who has done doctorate in chemical engineering, the film can be used as a bandage to prevent a wound from getting infected. It will also speed up healing by aiding tissue building around the wound. It allows air to pass but no virus.
An IIT Kanpur-incubated company is set to launch a series of automatic disinfectant chambers that would help reduce the risk of people catching COVID-19 when they visit public places, the institute director said on Thursday.
Jails in Uttar Pradesh will soon start production of polythene-based improvised Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) kit, developed by IIT- Kanpur researchers, for Corona warriors. A beginning in this direction is being made in Mathura jail.
The IIT-Kanpur, after cancelling annual technical festival 'Techkriti' and suspending classes for students, has now asked the students to vacate the hostels.
With the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has decided to suspend all classes and exams as a precautionary measure till March 29, its director Abhay Karandikar said here on Friday.
The students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur have hit a 'blind spot' over the inquiry into Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem 'Hum dekhenge' which was sung as a protest anthem at a solidarity march on December 17 in support of the students of Jamia Millia Islamia.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur Director Abhay Karandikar has clarified that a probe committee set by up by the reputed institute is not probing renowned poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz's poem.
"Hum dekhenge lazim hai ki hum bhi dekhenge" -- The reason why it all began. During a peaceful march at IIT Kanpur, students sang the poem penned by renowned poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.
The IIT-Kanpur has developed a new type of horseshoe that will have a longer life and save the horses from the excruciating pain they have to undergo while changing them.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) on Thursday entered into a partnership with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson to deploy Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) to monitor air pollution in Delhi.
The bank, comprising information on the status of teachers, non-teaching staff and government programme implementation in primary and secondary schools, will be key to improve the overall education infrastructure.
IIT Kanpur is happy to share that their noted alumnus Dr Dev Joneja has gifted USD 100,000 to the Institute to upgrade the Class of 1984 Faculty Research Fellowship to an Endowed Chair.
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology here said they have developed an air pollution sensor which they claim costs much less than similar instruments worldwide.
An appeal filed by IIT-Kanpur came up, a division bench of Justices Huluvadi G Ramesh and Dhandapani held that the July 2 order of the single judge was "totally unwarranted" since the evaluation of the exam was already done.'
Formerly known as IIT JEE exam, JEE advanced 2018 grabbed the media attention when only a little more than 18,000 students could qualify the exam.
Police identified the victim as Bheem Singh, a third-year student of Ph.D, said Senior Superintendent of Police Akhilesh Kumar.
India slipped in world university rankings as its share of such institutions marginally fell from 31 to 30 in the global 1,000 list topped by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
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